NGUYEN Gia Minh Thao

NGUYEN Gia Minh Thao obtained the B.Eng. (honors) and M.Eng. (first class) degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT, ĐH Bách Khoa TpHCM) in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Then, he earned a Dr.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering and Intelligent Control from Waseda University, Japan in 2015, with a full Japanese scholarship.

Prof. Thao has good experience and skills in teaching and research guidance of both undergraduate and graduate levels. From 2010 to 2012, he was a University Lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, HCMUT, Vietnam. From 2015 to 2020, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Waseda University and Toyota Technological Institute, Japan. From 2020 to 2023, he was an Assistant Professor in Nagoya University and Toyota Technological Institute, Japan. Since 2023, he has been an Associate Professor in Shimane University, Japan, where he is currently the Principal Investigator and head of the Electric Motors and Energy Systems Laboratory (EMES Lab, consisting of 2 PhD students, 7 Master students, 10 undergraduate students, and 2 international exchange Master students). The EMES Lab has also been approved as a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Unit of the university.

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His research interests and expertise in both simulation and experiment include: Electric motors and drive systems, SiC/GaN power electronics and converters, Intelligent control (fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks), Hybrid control design, Disturbance observers, Electromagnetic characterization, High-frequency magnetics, Photovoltaic and wind power systems, Hybrid energy management systems, Battery management systems, AI/deep learning (convolution neural networks, hybrid fuzzy models), Finite element analysis, and Electric vehicles.

Prof. Thao has published 47 refereed Journal articles, 69 refereed international Conference papers, 3 refereed Book chapters in Springer Nature and IET, 1 Patent, and many domestic conference presentations in the above research fields.

He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Committee Member of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) Chugoku branch, technical Committee member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), and member of Asian Control Association (ACA), and Vietnamese Academic Network in Japan (VANJ). He is also a co-admin of Vietnam Power Electronics Community (VPEC). Prof. Thao received the "Best Paper Award" of ASEAN Symposium on Automatic Control 2011, "Excellent Oral Presentation" of the 2015 International Conference on Computer Research and Development, "Excellent Paper Award" of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, and "Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" of International Journal of Hydrogen Energy in 2017 and IEEE ISEE 2021. Moreover, his research papers with students won the "Best Student Paper Award" from the IEEE ICCT-Pacific 2025 and the "Excellent Poster Award" from the JIGER Kick-off Symposium in 2026.

He is currently an ASSOCIATE EDITOR of the IEEE Industry Applications Society – Industrial Automation and Control Committee. He is also an ASSOCIATE EDITOR of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS (Q1 journal) and IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, a Guest Editor of Sensors (Q1 journal), Electronics, and IET Journal of Engineering, a Review Editor of Frontiers in Electronics, and an Editorial Board member of Journal of Computer Science and Cybernetics.

Additionally, he is an experienced REVIEWER for 11 refereed IEEE Transactions, 3 refereed journals of IET, more than other 15 Web of Science (WoS)-indexed journals, and many IEEE-sponsored international conferences. In detail, Prof. Thao is a Reviewer for top international journals indexed in WoS and Scopus, such as: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, IEEE Access, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, IET Control Theory & Applications, IET Power Electronics; IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution; ISA Transactions, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Results in Engineering, IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications, Journal of Power Electronics, Electronics, Energies, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Automation in Construction, etc.

Besides, he has been the Organizing Committee Co-Chair of the international symposium VKSPE–SWPEA 2026. He has also been a key Organizing Committee Member and the Young Professionals Program Chair of the IEEE ICCT-Pacific 2025–2027 conferences. Furthermore, he has actively served as a Chair of special sessions in many IEEE-sponsored international conferences: ICCT-Pacific 2025–2027, GCCE 2020–2025, IES ONCON 2023, ICCE 2022, and VPPC 2019.