Hien Nguyen

Hien Nguyen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she has been employed since Fall 2005. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Connecticut (2005), a Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1999), and a Bachelor of Science in Informatics and Applied Mathematics from Hanoi University of Technology (Vietnam). Her career spans industry experience at 3C Inc. and the United Nations Development Programme before transitioning to academia.

• Education:
  • B.Sc. Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Hanoi University of Technology
  • M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Connecticut

Research Interests: Hien Nguyen’s interdisciplinary research focuses on user modeling, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, collaborative filtering, and human factors. She integrates system-centered and user-centered approaches to improve information retrieval performance through formal knowledge representations in artificial intelligence.

Article Trends: While her core research aligns with computer science, recent publications span medical informatics, pharmacology, public health, and environmental science, indicating interdisciplinary collaborations. Topics include genomic studies in Vietnam, transnational caregiving, AI in healthcare, and environmental monitoring systems.

Grants: Notable grants include a $200,000 award (2007–2010) from IAPRA/DTO for collaborative problem-solving frameworks and a $50,000 award (2015–2016) from the Office of Naval Research for real-time inverse reinforcement learning.

Professional Service: She has served on program committees for conferences like User Modeling and Personalization (2010) and FLAIRS (2008–2016). She has chaired departmental committees at UW-Whitewater and reviewed for journals such as IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics and Journal of Intelligent Information Systems.