Phan Nguyen (Nguyễn Hòa Phan)
Undergraduate Student @ KAIST
I am an undergraduate student in the School of Computing and the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). My research interests lie in reinforcement learning, robot learning, and world models. Besides research, I enjoy competitive programming and hold the Candidate Master title on Codeforces.
- Email: nhphan (at) kaist.ac.kr or hoaphan2892003 (at) gmail.com
- External Links: [Google Scholar | LinkedIn]
About Me
Research Experience
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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Lab. (U-AIM), KAIST (June. 2026 - Present)
Research Intern, Advisor: Prof. Chang D. Yoo
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AIBioMed Research Group, Taipei Medical University (Sep. 2025 - Feb. 2026)
Research Intern, Advisor: Prof. Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le
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AI Security Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Jun. 2025 - Aug. 2025)
Research Intern, Advisor: Prof. Shilin Wang
Education
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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (Aug. 2023 - Present)
B.S. in Computer Science
B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering
Awards and Honors
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First Place Winner in Global AI Defense Challenge 2025 (Aug. 2025)
Ranked 1/364 in Video Generation Track and awarded prize of 100,000 CNY (~14,500 USD) - 31st Place in ICPC Asia Pacific Championship 2025 (Mar. 2025) [cert | photo]
- Gold Medal in ICPC Asia Taichung Regional Contest 2024 (Nov. 2024) [cert | photo]
- Third Prize in Vietnam Mathematical Olympiad for Undergraduate Students 2022 (May. 2022) [cert]
- Third Prize in Vietnam National Mathematical Olympiad 2020 (Mar. 2020) [cert]
- Highest Score in Quoc Hoc Hue HSGS Entrance Exam 2018 (Aug. 2018) [photo]
Publications
2026
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NFAD: Nuisance-Filtered Anomaly Detection Under Distribution Shift
Dat Cao*, Son Nghiem*, Phan Nguyen*, Jun Rekimoto, Jhih-Ciang Wu
Under review [paper] -
No Anomalies Left Behind: Zero-Shot Graph Anomaly Detection with Training-Free Spectral Experts
Dat Cao, Phan Nguyen, Hien Chu, Son Nghiem
Under review -
[C.2] A Zero-shot Generalized Graph Anomaly Detection Framework via Node Reconstruction
Phan Nguyen, Dat Cao, Hien Chu, Khue Hoang
Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), 2026 [paper] -
[C.1] DecompVLA: Bayesian Decomposition with Contrastive Language Grounding for VLA Models
Phan Nguyen, Dat Cao, Minh Nguyen
International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), 2026 -
[W.1] JI-ADF: Joint–Individual Learning with Adaptive Decision Fusion for Multimodal Skin Lesion Classification
Phan Nguyen*, Dat Cao*, Hien Kha, Hien Chu, Minh Le, Trang Pham, Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le
ICML 2026 Workshop SD4H [paper] -
[J.1] Robust Prediction of Drug Interactions using Chemical Descriptors
Quang-Hien Kha et al. (19 more authors, including Phan Nguyen)
npj Digital Medicine (Impact Factor: 18.0) [paper]
Miscellaneous
Professional Services
- Conference Reviewer: PRICAI (2026), IMIP (2026)
Activities
- Participant at Discover Citadel Hong Kong 2026 (Mar. 2026) [invitation]
- Volunteer at The ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2024 (Jul. 2024)
- Country Representative of Vietnam at KAIST International Students Association (Sep. 2023 - Sep. 2024) [cert]
- Vietnam Representative at Asian Science Camp 2022 (Jul. 2022) [cert]
- Mentee at Math and Science Summer Program 2021 (Jun. 2021 - Aug. 2021) [cert | report]
Others
- Vietnam Delegate at 26th Regional Leaders Forum 2022 (Nov. 2022) [cert]
- Gold Medal in Table Tennis in Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival 2021 (May. 2021) [cert]
- Odon Vallet Scholarship 2020 (Sep. 2020) [cert]
- First Prize in Provincial Mathematics Olympiad 2019 (Oct. 2019) [cert]
- Silver Medal in Mathematics in HSGS Olympiad 2019 (May. 2019) [cert]
- Bronze Medal in Mathematics in Northern Delta and Coastal Areas Olympiad 2019 (Apr. 2019) [cert]
Phan Nguyen @ KAIST