Cuong Pham

Hi! I am currently a 1st-year PhD student at College of Engineering & Computer Science and VinUni-Illinois Smart Healthcare Center, VinUniversity where I conduct research in AIxHealthcare fields. I got B.Eng. at VNU-HCM University of Technology, and M.Eng. at Ritsumeikan University.

Previously, I spent 1.5 years at Danish startup HĀTO to develop AI-based cardiac diagnostics, followed by a year at VNU HCMIU to conduct Brain Computer Interface research on Vietnamese cohorts.

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My current study focus on developing efficient multimodal AI framework for digital phenotype monitoring and assessment of some common neurological and mental health diseases, with a target on low-resource deployment setting.

I'm also interested in human-based biosignal experiments and analysis associated to different sub-domain studies in neurology, cardiology, and digital remote monitoring.

• [08/2025] We have sucessfully secured 60,000 USD grant from the Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator For Mental Health (NCAMH) 2025 funded by IBRO x Wellcome. I will serve as the Technical Lead and Project Coordinator for this study initiative on mental health interventions in Vietnam. [Read more].
• [07/2025] I conduct a short-term visiting research @ School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham (UK).
• [04/2025] I launched NEURAI project as a Technical Lead, collaborating with VNU HCMIU, RMIT Vietnam, Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, and Menthy Clinics. We developed a mobile platform for multimodal digital phenotypes acquisition and collect a large-scale dataset on Vietnamese mental health patients. [ ]
• [01/2025] I was awarded 3500 USD travel grant from IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS).
• [08/2024] I started the CS PhD program @ VinUniversity, advised by Dr. Hieu Pham, and Dr. Huong Ha under fully-funded fellowship by VISHC. My project is: "Developing a unified, low-cost, self-care mobile health application for common disease screening and early detection in low-and middle-income countries" [Read more].
• [11/2023] I started working @ School of Biomedical Engineering, VNU HCMIU, as a Technical Lead for the BCI Mouse Control project, funded by Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology (KC-4.0-07/19-25).
• [09/2023] I succesfully defensed my M.E. thesis: "Remote Photoplethysmography Assessment Using Deep Learning" @ GSISE, Ritsumeikan University (Chair: Dr. Ruck Thawonmas).
• [08/2022] I was awarded 2nd prize in Kyoto Startup Weekend Competition; sponsored by KYOTO Design Lab x Techstars.
• [06/2022] I joined Scadinavian startup HĀTO x Black VC as a part-time researcher, worked in the multidisciplinary field of cardiology diangostisc analysis, bio-signal processing, database management and AI .
• [09/2021] I started M.E. course @ Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University (Japan) with the fully-funded Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship by the Japanese Gonvernment.

• [Fall 2025] Introduction to Programming (COMP1010) | Computer Vision (COMP3040) @ CECS, VinUniversity.
• [Spring 2025] Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures (COMP1020) @ CECS, VinUniversity.
• [Fall 2024] Computer Vision (COMP3040) @ CECS, VinUniversity.
• [Fall 2022] Experiments in Artificial and Natural Intelligence @ CISE, Ritsumeikan University.