# Background — Van‑Loc Nguyen

> Education, experience, and the thread connecting them.


## Experience

### Software Engineer — Eurofins
Apr 2026 — Present · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

IT Application Monitoring and Observability.

### Student Researcher — Echizen Laboratory — National Institute of Informatics (NII) — 国立情報学研究所
Oct 2025 — Mar 2026 · Tokyo, Japan

Six‑month research residency under [Prof. Isao Echizen](https://research.nii.ac.jp/~iechizen/official/members_echizen-e.html), mentored by [Dr. April Pyone Maung Maung](https://rellm.jp/) at the [Echizen Laboratory](https://research.nii.ac.jp/~iechizen/official/index-e.html). Worked on media authenticity and digital forensics.

### AI Engineer — Autonomous
Mar 2025 — Aug 2025 · Remote

Responsible for building AI agents for real‑world needs. Improved existing MCP servers to enhance user experience. Optimised AI agents to run on local environments with small models (e.g. 4B‑parameter models).

### Research Assistant — Software Engineering Laboratory, University of Science, VNUHCM
Jan 2025 — Dec 2025 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Research on multimedia verification, applications of generative models, and other deep learning techniques in downstream tasks under [Assoc. Prof. Minh‑Triet Tran](https://www.fit.hcmus.edu.vn/~tmtriet/).

### Backend Engineer — Python + Django — Saritasa — Builders of Better
Jun 2023 — Feb 2025 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Back‑end development with Django REST Framework; built OpenAPI‑compliant APIs, implemented unit tests, and wrote documentation. Worked across multiple projects with US clients from varied industries including a [Crossing Guard Shift Management Platform](https://www.saritasa.com/work/crossing-guard-android-app) and chambers‑of‑commerce consulting tooling. Proficient in Postman and Swagger.

### Backend Engineer Intern — Saritasa — Builders of Better
Mar 2023 — May 2023 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Trained on core Python modules and Django development with real‑world applications. Learned GitHub flow, Jira, and Postman. Built an internship project demonstrating ability in Django and Django REST Framework.

## Education

### Master of Science in Computer Science, majoring in Artificial Intelligence — University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
Dec 2024 — Present · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Pursuing research in computer vision and generative models under [Assoc. Prof. Minh‑Triet Tran](https://www.fit.hcmus.edu.vn/~tmtriet/). Current thesis focuses on zero‑shot object removal and multi‑object reasoning for video.

### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Honors Program — University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
Oct 2020 — Oct 2024 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Graduated rank 6/59. Supervised by [Assoc. Prof. Minh‑Triet Tran](https://www.fit.hcmus.edu.vn/~tmtriet/). Defended undergraduate thesis with score 10.00; co‑authored multiple papers during final‑year research.

### Gifted Student — Mathematics — Lê Quý Đôn High School for Gifted Students, Ho Chi Minh City
Aug 2017 — Aug 2020 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Specialised track in mathematics at one of Ho Chi Minh City's leading gifted high schools, building the analytical foundations that carried into computer science research.

## Toolkit

### Languages — Primary stack
Python, TypeScript, C++, SQL

Python is the core; everything orbits it. TypeScript for frontend and tooling. C++ for algorithm work. SQL wherever data lives.

### ML / CV — Research & production
PyTorch, Diffusers, OpenCV, HuggingFace, LangChain

From training loops to inference optimisation. Comfortable with diffusion models, RAG pipelines, and multimodal retrieval.

### Web & Infra — Engineering backbone
Next.js, Django REST, FastAPI, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis

Full‑stack when required. Comfortable with containerisation, background workers, CI/CD, and shipping things that stay up.

- **Human languages:** Vietnamese native · English fluent · 日本語 basic · 中文 basic
- **Also uses:** Git, GitHub Actions, Jira, Linux, Jupyter, LaTeX, Postman, Swagger
- **Interests:** Diffusion world models · Vision‑language evaluation · Agents that don’t hallucinate · Multimedia verification