LookAtVietnam – Bui The Duy, 31, Dean of the Information Technology Faculty at Hanoi National University, has become the youngest associate professor so far in Vietnam.

Bui The Duy, 31, Dean of the Information Technology Faculty at Hanoi National University, has become the youngest associate professor so far in Vietnam

The news did not surprise people who know Bui The Duy. Born in 1978, Bui The Duy was a student of the renowned Mathematics-Informatics majoring class of the then Hanoi General University, now belonging to the Hanoi National University.

It also produced a number of young famous scientists in Vietnam. These include Dam Thanh Son, who twice won golden medals at the international mathematics Olympiad, who is now is the Physics Professor at Washington University in the US.

Alos, Ngo Bao Chau, who twice won gold at the international mathematics Olympiad, and is now is the Mathematics Professor at Paris University No 11. Chau was also the first Vietnamese person who won the Clay mathematics award.

These also include Ngo Dac Tuan, who received maximum scores at a mathematics Olympiad, and once came second when graduating from the Paris Polytechnique University. He is now is working for France’s National Scientific Research Center (CNRS).

In 1996, when Duy was a 12^th grade student, he once won first prize in a national competition for excellent information technology students. In the same year, he became a member of the Vietnamese team attending international informatics Olympiad in Hungary, where he won a bronze medal.

However, Duy’s name was famous even before he won the medal. A former student of the mathematics majoring class under the Hanoi National University, related that the name Bui The Duy was also mentioned by lecturers.

“The name was repeated so many times that we learnt by heart the biography of Bui The Duy. We know him better than Vietnamese heros Le Lai or Le Loi,” he said.

With excellent achievements gained in high school, Bui The Duy was accepted to study at the Hanoi National University in 1996 without having to take any exams. One year later, he flew to Australia to attend a training course under a scholarship offered by the Australian Government.

In 2001, he embarked on a post graduate training course at Twente University in the Netherlands and he spent three years only to get the doctorate.

At the age of 26, Duy, unlike other young scientists, who decided to stay in foreign countries, returned to Vietnam to become the lecturer of the Hanoi National University.

Explaining this, Duy said that the thing that persuaded him return to Vietnam was that he wanted to assist the development of his homeland. In early 2009, he became the youngest dean of the information technology faculty of the university.

Bui The Duy has had 35 scientific articles published in international magazines and presented at international workshops.

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