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Exploring intelligent systems that sense, communicate, decide,
and act — securely — in the physical world.

My research sits at the intersection of communications, AI, agriculture, and secure systems. The goal is to design trustworthy, efficient, and autonomous technologies that make measurable impact in real-world environments.

Hybrid visible-light and radio-frequency link selectionAn LED fixture projects a directional optical cone and a radio-frequency access point radiates omnidirectional arcs. Both reach the same wireless node. A link manager receives channel state from both carriers and selects one of them, which is the mechanism studied in hybrid visible-light and radio-frequency network management.LED arrayRF access pointWireless nodeLink managerselects one carrieroptical · line of sightradio · non-directional
Hybrid VLC / RF link selectionLight is directional and needs line of sight; radio is not. A node reachable by both gains a choice, and a link manager that reads channel state from both can hand over between them. This is the mechanism behind the hybrid-network management work on thecommunications page.
Editorial artwork on warm paper showing a brass lantern and compass hub linked by blue and ochre signal paths, node circles, and a field map
Signals, paths, inquiryGenerated editorial artwork

Visual study · research

Signals become questions.

A visual study of signals, paths, and questions moving through a connected field.

The five research areas

These are the same five areas the homepage research map and the footer use, so the site no longer carries four different domain lists. Each area is assembled from the verified research interests in the record, and each carries the systems, publications, and titles it has actually produced. An area with no system on this site says so rather than filling the space.

  1. Intelligent Communications

    How can a link decide which physical channel it should use, and keep deciding well as the network changes?

    Publications

    5

    2024 AI-Enhanced VLC/RF Hybrid for Smart IoT: A Revolution

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  2. Agentic AI

    What must an autonomous agent be constrained by, and coordinated through, before it is allowed to act?

    Systems

    Publications

    2

    2026 Multi-Agent Systems for Nontraditional Financial Security: Architecture, mechanisms, stress testing, and policy implications

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  3. Autonomous Systems

    Can a network or pipeline run itself — sensing, deciding, and correcting — without waiting on a human?

    Systems

    No system on this site carries this area yet.

    Publications

    3

    2026 Data driven adaptive SVC control for 110 kV substations using machine learning and edge deployment validation

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  4. Smart Agriculture

    What does a rural field need from a communication network before intelligence can help it?

    Systems

    Publications

    1

    2025 Smart and Sustainable Agriculture: Offline Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Handover in Hybrid VLC/RF Agricultural IoT Networks

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  5. Secure & Quantum-Safe

    What has to hold when the adversary, or the network itself, is outside the assumptions the design was built on?

    Systems

    No system on this site carries this area yet.

    Publications

    2

    2018 Distributed LSA Controller for Public Safety Communications

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Selected Publications

Data driven adaptive SVC control for 110 kV substations using machine learning and edge deployment validation

Nguyen Thanh Quang, Ngo Trung Kien
Discover Electronics

Research contribution published as a journal record.

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Smart and Sustainable Agriculture: Offline Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Handover in Hybrid VLC/RF Agricultural IoT Networks

Ngo Trung Kien, Vuong Thi Nhung, Le Anh Ngoc
LNEE

Research contribution published as a book chapter record.

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Multi-Agent Systems for Nontraditional Financial Security: Architecture, mechanisms, stress testing, and policy implications

Trung Kien Ngo, Thu Huyen Hoang, Thanh Tung Trinh
CITA

Research contribution published as a conference record.

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Towards food sustainability and security: Crop-aware network optimization using multi-agent reinforcement learning in hybrid VLC/RF systems

T. K. Ngo, N. V. Thi, P. A. Nguyen, and L. A. Ngoc
FutureTech

Research contribution published as a conference record.

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Research Trajectory

Research foundation

Beginning of the verified research record in communications and intelligent systems.

Wireless systems

M.Sc. in Wireless Communication Engineering at the University of Oulu.

Hybrid networks

Ph.D. in ICT at the University of Palermo focused on intelligent hybrid VLC/RF management.

Research & teaching

Joined Hanoi School of Business and Management, VNU as Lecturer and Researcher.

Trustworthy systems

Expanding work across agentic AI, smart agriculture, and quantum-safe connected systems.

Evidence & Collaboration

Methods & Rigor

Reproducible research, formal models, careful evaluation, and clear provenance.

Data & Benchmarks

Evidence-centered evaluation for networks, AI systems, and connected environments.

Applied Validation

Research designed to connect theoretical contribution with practical deployment constraints.

Cross-Disciplinary

Work spanning engineering, computer science, agriculture, management, and security.

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