Lam-Tung Nguyen

Researcher

Research Interests:

Algorithms
Optimization
Metaheuristics
Machine Learning
Phylogenetic Inference
High Performance Computing

I'm a computer scientist by training. My current research interest is maximum likelihood inference of phylogenetic trees for large biological data. I designed and implemented the core inference algorithm in the phylogenetic software IQ-TREE.

Short Vita:

Education:

1995-2002 : Hanoi-Amsterdam High School, class for gifted students in mathematics.
2002-2003 : Hanoi university of science and technology, bachelor in computer science (discontinued).
03.2004-05.2011 :
- Bachelor study at Vienna University of Technology, Software & Information Engineering (Computer Science).
- Master study at Vienna University of Technology, Information & Knowledge Management (Computer Science).
10.2011-03.2016 : PhD program Vienna Graduate School in Computational Science , Bioinformatics

Professional Experience:

4.2016-present: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Vienna
5.2011-3.2015: Research associate, Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna
2008-2011: Scientific Programmer, Max F. Perutz Laboratories
2009-6.2011: Computer administrator, Base19 - Homes for students
2006-2008: Tutor, Vienna University of Economics and Business
3.2006-7.2006: Intern, Siemens A.G

Degrees:

'B.sc.': Vienna University of Technology.
'Dipl.-Ing.' (= 'M.Sc.'): Vienna University of Technology.
'PhD': University of Vienna

Publications

L.-T. Nguyen, A. von Haeseler, B.Q. Minh (2016) Complex models of sequence evolution require accurate estimators as exemplified with the invariable site plus Gamma model. Systematic Biology. (under review)

J. Trifinopoulos, L.-T. Nguyen, A. von Haeseler, and B.Q. Minh (2016) W-IQ-TREE: a fast online phylogenetic tool for maximum likelihood analysis. Nucleic Acids Res., 44, W232-W235.

L.-T. Nguyen, H.A. Schmidt, A. von Haeseler, and B.Q. Minh (2014) IQ-TREE: A fast and effective stochastic algorithm for estimating maximum likelihood phylogenies.Mol. Biol. Evol..

T. Flouri, F. Izquierdo-Carrasco, D. Darriba, A.J. Aberer,L.-T. Nguyen, B.Q. Minh, A. von Haeseler, and A. Stamatakis (2014) The phylogenetic likelihood library. Syst. Biol..

Conferences

Poster presentation IQ-TREE: A simple and efficient stochastic search algorithm for estimating maximum-likelihood phylogenies 18th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2-5, 2014
Talk IQ-TREE HPC: Parallelized software for phylogenetic inference. Austrian High Performance Computing Meeting, 2016, Grundlsee, Austria.

Google Scholar Profile

Addresses

Tung Nguyen

Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV)
(CIBIV is a joint institute of Vienna University, and Medical University, Vienna, Austria)
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL)
Campus Vienna Biocenter 5 (VBC5), Ebene 1, Room 1812.4
A-1030 Wien, Austria

Phone: +43 1 4277 24025
Email: tung.nguyen@univie.ac.at

Postal Address:

Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV)
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL)
Dr. Bohr Gasse 9
A-1030 Wien, Austria

Tung Nguyen, last update 09.09.2010 .