Researcher · Engineer · Research Leader

Ngo Trung Kien

Researcher in intelligent communication systems & agentic AI.

I am a Lecturer and Researcher at the Hanoi School of Business and Management, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. My work spans visible-light communication, agentic AI, IoT for smart agriculture, and quantum-safe security, connecting rigorous research with practical systems.

Intelligent CommunicationsAgentic AIAutonomous SystemsSmart AgricultureSecure & Quantum-Safe

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In systems we design,
ethics is the first protocol.
Design principle
We build not only for performance, but for people.

Research Trajectory

From signals to intelligence.

I study how information moves, how intelligent systems coordinate, and how communication networks can become autonomous — one trajectory, from the physical links I engineered to the agent systems I build now.

01
Signals
2014 — 2019
Wireless engineering in industry, a research traineeship at VTT, and an M.Sc. in Wireless Communication Engineering at the University of Oulu.
02
Connections
2019 — 2023
Ph.D. at the University of Palermo (ENLIGHT’EM) on intelligent hybrid VLC/RF management; visiting researcher at Toshiba Research Europe; Best Poster Award, ACM MobiCom 2023.
03
Networks
2023 — 2024
Publications from this period describe learning-based control and optimization for hybrid VLC/RF networks.
04
Intelligence
2024 — 2025
Lecturer and Researcher at Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, then at HSB, VNU Hanoi.
05
Agents
2025 —
ActantOS brings runtime safety to multi-agent AI, with MedAI and ScienzaOS applying AI to medicine and academic life.

Career Record

Jul 2025 — present

Lecturer & ResearcherHanoi School of Business and Management, VNU

Jun 2024 — Jun 2025

Lecturer & ResearcherPosts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology

Jul 2020 — Dec 2023

ResearcherENLIGHT'EM, University of Palermo

Dec 2022 — Feb 2023

Visiting ResearcherToshiba Research Europe Limited

May 2018 — Feb 2019

Research TraineeVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Feb 2014 — Jul 2016

Wireless Communication EngineerAscent Communication Technology

Education

2023

Ph.D. in Information and Communication TechnologiesUniversity of Palermo, Italy

2019

M.Sc. in Wireless Communication EngineeringUniversity of Oulu, Finland

2014

B.E. in Electronics Telecommunication EngineeringPosts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam

Teaching

5 courses across algorithms, programming, and data analysis at HSB and PTIT.

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Research Map

Five directions, and the record each one has produced.

Each row is one research area, read from the same verified interests the rest of the site uses. The columns are what that area has actually produced — a system, a publication, a title. Counts are counts of records, not estimates.

01
Intelligent Communications
How can a link decide which physical channel it should use, and keep deciding well as the network changes?
Show all 6 records
Publications
1. 2024AI-Enhanced VLC/RF Hybrid for Smart IoT: A RevolutionATC 2024
2. 2023A Novel Intelligent Management System Architecture for Hybrid VLC/RF Systems in Smart Retail EnvironmentsACM MobiCom 2023
3. 2023Seamless Handover in Hybrid VLC and WiFi Networks: An Experimental ModelICCCAS 2023
4. 2022VLC/WiFi Hybrid Architecture with Prioritized Feedback ChannelFITCE 2022
5. 2021Leveraging EDCA for Feedback Channel in Hybrid VLC/WiFi ArchitectureMedComNet 2021
Systems
- Intelligent Communicationsresearch
Publications5
- 2024AI-Enhanced VLC/RF Hybrid for Smart IoT: A Revolution
- 2023A Novel Intelligent Management System Architecture for Hybrid VLC/RF Systems in Smart Retail Environments
- + 3 more in the archive
Writing1
- Intelligent Hybrid VLC/RF NetworksIn production
02
Agentic AI
What must an autonomous agent be constrained by, and coordinated through, before it is allowed to act?
Show all 12 records
Titles
1. Engineering Secure Agentic SystemsPublished
2. Runtime Safety for Multi-Agent AI SystemsPublished
3. Governing AI Agents Before They ActPublished
4. Multi-Agent Systems for Systemic Risk and ResilienceIn production
5. AI Agents for Smart and Sustainable AgricultureIn production
6. From Prompt to AgencyPrepared draft
7. The Agent Builder's BlueprintPrepared draft
8. The Agent Reliability LoopPrepared draft
9. Permission to ActPrepared draft
10. Leading the Agentic ShiftPrepared draft
Systems
- ActantOSresearch
- ScienzaOSdevelopment
Publications2
- 2026Multi-Agent Systems for Nontraditional Financial Security: Architecture, mechanisms, stress testing, and policy implications
- 2026Towards food sustainability and security: Crop-aware network optimization using multi-agent reinforcement learning in hybrid VLC/RF systems
Writing10
- Engineering Secure Agentic SystemsPublished
- + 9 more titles
03
Autonomous Systems
Can a network or pipeline run itself — sensing, deciding, and correcting — without waiting on a human?
Show all 5 records
Publications
1. 2026Data driven adaptive SVC control for 110 kV substations using machine learning and edge deployment validationDiscover Electronics
2. 2025A Predictive Machine Learning Framework for Proactive Customer Satisfaction Management in ElectricityLNEE
3. 2025A Predictive Machine Learning Framework for Proactive Customer Satisfaction Management in Electricity SectorICDTDE 2025
Titles
1. Edge Computing and Distributed Systems for the Internet of ThingsIn production
2. Service-Oriented Computing and Software EngineeringIn production
Systems
No system on this site carries this area yet. The record is the publications below.
Publications3
- 2026Data driven adaptive SVC control for 110 kV substations using machine learning and edge deployment validation
- 2025A Predictive Machine Learning Framework for Proactive Customer Satisfaction Management in Electricity
- + 1 more in the archive
Writing2
- Edge Computing and Distributed Systems for the Internet of ThingsIn production
- + 1 more titles
04
Smart Agriculture
What does a rural field need from a communication network before intelligence can help it?
Systems
- AGRIFARM-AIdevelopment
Publications1
- 2025Smart and Sustainable Agriculture: Offline Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Handover in Hybrid VLC/RF Agricultural IoT Networks
Writing1
- AI Agents for Smart and Sustainable AgricultureIn production
05
Secure & Quantum-Safe
What has to hold when the adversary, or the network itself, is outside the assumptions the design was built on?
Show all 7 records
Titles
1. Engineering Secure Agentic SystemsPublished
2. The Agent Reliability LoopPrepared draft
3. Permission to ActPrepared draft
4. When Familiar Voices LiePrepared draft
5. The Creator's Provenance PlaybookPrepared draft
Systems
No system on this site carries this area yet. The record is the publications below.
Publications2
- 2018Distributed LSA Controller for Public Safety Communications
- 2018Critical Communications over Mobile Networks: Use Cases for 5G with Spectrum Sharing, Network Slicing and QoS Control
Writing5
- Engineering Secure Agentic SystemsPublished
- + 4 more titles

Every count above is a count of records in the archive.Full research record

Research × Engineering

The loop from question to system.

Research defines the questions. Engineering exposes the constraints. Systems reveal what theory misses.

How can we build trustworthy,
efficient, and autonomous systems
that sense, communicate, decide,
and act — securely at scale
in the physical world?

14PUBLICATIONSjournals, chapters
and conferences

5PROJECTSresearch and
systems

5AWARDSgrants and
recognitions

10YEARSresearch, teaching
and innovation

Question → Model → Experiment → System → Evaluation→ Iteration

Selected Work

ScienzaOS

The platform for academic life, connecting teaching, research, and university-industry collaboration.

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MedAI

Vietnamese traditional-medicine AI for herb lookup, interactions, references, and safety guidance.

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ActantOS

Runtime safety for multi-agent AI systems with policy enforcement, approvals, and evidence tracing.

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Intelligent Communications

Intelligent management for hybrid VLC/RF networks, from theory to experimental systems.

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AGRIFARM-AI

Hybrid VLC/RF, multi-agent learning, and agentic AI for precision farming.

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Selected Publications

Data driven adaptive SVC control for 110 kV substations using machine learning and edge deployment validation
2026Journal articleDiscover Electronics
Nguyen Thanh Quang, Ngo Trung Kien
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Smart and Sustainable Agriculture: Offline Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Handover in Hybrid VLC/RF Agricultural IoT Networks
2026Book chapterLNEE
Ngo Trung Kien, Vuong Thi Nhung, Le Anh Ngoc
DOI ↗
Multi-Agent Systems for Nontraditional Financial Security: Architecture, mechanisms, stress testing, and policy implications
2026Conference paperCITA
Trung Kien Ngo, Thu Huyen Hoang, Thanh Tung Trinh
Towards food sustainability and security: Crop-aware network optimization using multi-agent reinforcement learning in hybrid VLC/RF systems
2026Conference paperFutureTech
T. K. Ngo, N. V. Thi, P. A. Nguyen, and L. A. Ngoc
A Predictive Machine Learning Framework for Proactive Customer Satisfaction Management in Electricity
2025Book chapterLNEE
Ngo Trung Kien, Le Quyen Luu