Tuan-Loc Nguyen

Tuan-Loc Nguyen serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at San José State University while concurrently working as Sr Technical Product Manager at VMware. His academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Paris-Sorbonne University (2004) and an IT Engineering degree from Polytechnic University, Vietnam (1999).

• Ph.D. in Telecommunications, Paris-Sorbonne University, France (2004)
• IT Engineering, Polytechnic University, Vietnam (1999)

His research centers on High Performance Computer Architecture across multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM, KVM, VMware ESXi, OpenStack) and 5G Network Slicing applications (vEPC, IoT/connected vehicles, Mobile Edge Cloud). He actively develops open-source networking solutions through OpenFlow, OpenDaylight, SDN/OPNFV/M-CORD, and Networking Orchestration projects, with specialized expertise in DPDK and SRIOV technologies through the Intel Innovator program. Current collaborations with VMware's CTO office focus on 5G Telco solutions for Service Assurance, Network Automation, and containerization initiatives.

Professional recognition includes:

• Intel Innovator Program Member for Network High Performance

While no formal advising relationships or grant details are documented in the source material, his industry-academia bridge through VMware and open-source contributions demonstrates significant professional impact. His work environment spans SJSU's Engineering Building (Room 347A) and VMware's virtualization ecosystem without dedicated lab/team specifications in the provided text.