NGUYEN Gia Minh Thao

NGUYEN Gia Minh Thao obtained the B.Eng. (honors) and M.Eng. (first class) degrees in Electrical and Control Engineering from Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) in 2009 and 2011, respectively. He obtained a Dr.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering and Intelligent Control from Waseda University, Japan in 2015, with a full scholarship from JICA – AUN/SEED-Net.

Dr. Thao has good experience and skills in teaching and research guidance of both undergraduate and graduate levels. From Apr. 2010 to Sept. 2012, he was a Lecturer in the Falcuty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, HCMUT, Vietnam. From Nov. 2015 to Aug. 2020, Dr. Thao was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Waseda University and Toyota Technological Institute, Japan. He was a designated Assistant Professor in Nagoya University, Japan, from Sep. 2020 to Mar. 2021. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Toyota Technological Institute.

His research interests and expertise include: Power electronics and converters, Motor drive systems, Electromagnetic analysis, Finite element analysis, High-frequency magnetics and filters, Solar photovoltaic systems, Wind energy systems, Energy management systems, Intelligent control (fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks), Hybrid control design, Modeling and mathematical models, Simulation models and systems, Optimization algorithms, Machine learning (convolution neural networks, interval fuzzy model), and Mobile robots. Dr. Thao has published 20 refereed journal articles (and other 3 submitted journal articles under review), 41 refereed international conference papers (and other 2 submitted conference papers under review), 1 book chapter in Springer Nature, 1 exclusive patent, and many domestic conference presentations in these research fields.

He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Committee member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), and member of Asian Control Association (ACA), Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), and Vietnamese Academic Network in Japan (VANJ). He is also a co-admin of Vietnam Power Electronics Community (VPEC). Dr. Thao received the "Best Paper Award" of ASEAN Symposium on Automatic Control 2011, "Excellent Paper Award" of the 2020 23rd IEEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, and "Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" of International Journal of Hydrogen Energy in 2017.

He is currently an Associate Editor for the IEEE Industry Applications Society - Industrial Automation and Control Committee.

He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS and IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, a Guest Editor for ELECTRONICS and IET The Journal of Engineering, and an Editorial board member of the Journal of Computer Science and Cybernetics. Besides, he is an experienced Reviewer for 7 refereed journals of the IEEE, 3 refereed journals of the IET, more than other 10 WoS refereed journals, and many IEEE-sponsored international conferences. Furthermore, he has served a Chair of special sessions in IEEE-sponsored international conferences: GCCE 2023/ 2022/ 2021/ 2020, ICCAS 2023, ICCE 2022, and VPPC 2019.