Tuan-Phong Nguyen

Tuan-Phong Nguyen is a computer scientist based in Hanoi, Vietnam, with a Ph.D. from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (Germany), M.Sc. from Saarland University (Germany), and B.Sc. from Vietnam National University Hanoi. His research focuses on Large Language Models, Knowledge Bases, Cultural Commonsense, and Vietnamese NLP. He has contributed to projects like UETsegmenter for Vietnamese word segmentation and organized the LM-KBC Challenge series since 2022.

• Affiliations: Vietnam National University Hanoi, Saarland University
• Education: Ph.D. (Max Planck Institute for Informatics), M.Sc. (Saarland University), B.Sc. (Vietnam National University Hanoi)
• Research Interests: LLMs, Knowledge Base Construction, Commonsense Knowledge, Vietnamese NLP

His work bridges AI and cultural knowledge, emphasizing scalable methods for extracting and utilizing commonsense. Recent publications explore LLM-driven knowledge analysis and cultural dialogue systems. He actively contributes to academic service as a reviewer for WebConf, ACL, ISWC, and organizes LM-KBC challenges.

Labs/Teams: Core contributor to LM-KBC initiatives and ASCENT knowledge base projects. Developed UETsegmenter toolkit for Vietnamese word segmentation.