Office
Ultra-Intelligent Computing/Communication Laboratory
School of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Software
Chung-Ang University
221 Heukseok, Dongjak, Seoul, 156-756 South Korea

E-mail: tptruong at uclab.re.kr

Fax: +822 820-5301

Webpage: http://uc.cse.cau.ac.kr/tptruong.html

Research Interests :

• Wireless Communication
  
• Network Architectures
  
• Applied AI
  

Education :

• B.S.: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, 2018
• M.S.: Computer Science And Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, 2022.

International Journals
• T. H. Moges, T. P. Truong, D. S. Lakew, T. H. Huong, V. T. Hoang, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Age of information-aware trajectory optimization for time-sensitive UAV systems in uplink SCMA networks," to appear in Elsevier Computer Networks, 2025. (IF: 4.4, Top 14.4%) [PDF]
• T. S. Do, T. P. Truong, Q. T. Do, and S. Cho, "TranGDeepSC: Leveraging ViT Knowledge in CNN-based Semantic Communication System," in Elsevier ICT Express, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 335-340, April 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.icte.2025.02.010. (IF 4.1, Top 23.1%) [PDF]
• T. P. Truong, T. M. T. Nguyen, T. V. Nguyen, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Energy Efficiency in RSMA-Enhanced Active RIS-Aided Quantized Downlink Systems," in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 834-850, March 2025, doi: 10.1109/JSAC.2025.3531522. (IF: 13.8, Top 1.3%) [PDF]
• T. P. Truong, H. V. Nguyen, N.-N. Dao, W. Noh, and S. Cho, "Orthogonalized RSMA based Flexible Multiple Access in Digital Twin Edge Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 18740-18756, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2024.3476383. (IF: 8.9, Top 3.6%) [PDF]
• T.-H. Nguyen, T. P. Truong (co-first), A.-T. Tran, L.H. Park, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Intelligent Heterogeneous Aerial Edge Computing for Advanced 5G Access," in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 3398-3411, July-Aug. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TNSE.2024.3371434. (IF: 6.6, Top 4.2%) [PDF]
• N.-P. Tran, T. P. Truong, Q. T. Do, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Joint Wireless Resource Allocation and Bitrate Adaptation for QoE Improvement in IRS-Aided RSMA-Enabled IoMT Streaming Systems," in Elsevier Internet of Things, vol. 25, p. 101145, 2024, doi:10.1016/j.iot.2024.101145. (IF: 5.9, Top 19.10%) [PDF]
• T. P. Truong, V.D. Tuong, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "FlyReflect: Joint Flying IRS Trajectory and Phase Shift Design Using Deep Reinforcement Learning," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 4605-4620, 1 March1, 2023, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3218740. (IF: 10.238, Top 5.49%) [PDF]
• T. P. Truong, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "HAMEC-RSMA: Enhanced aerial computing systems with rate splitting multiple access," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 52398-52409, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3173125. (IF: 3.476, Top 38.04%) [PDF]
• T. V. Nguyen, T. P. Truong, T. M. T. Nguyen, W. Noh and S. Cho, "Achievable Rate Analysis of Two-Hop Interference Channel With Coordinated IRS Relay," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 7055-7071, Sept. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2022.3154372. (IF: 8.346, Top 9.57%) [PDF]
• V. D. Tuong, T. P. Truong, T. -V. Nguyen, W. Noh and S. Cho, "Partial Computation Offloading in NOMA-Assisted Mobile-Edge Computing Systems Using Deep Reinforcement Learning," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 17, pp. 13196-13208, 1 Sept.1, 2021, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3064995. (IF: 10.238, Top 5.49%) [PDF]

International Conferences
• T. P. Truong, A.-T. Tran, V. D. Tuong, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "NOMA-Enhanced Quantized Uplink Multi-user MIMO Communications," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, Vancouver, Canada, May 2024. (Acceptance rate 19.6%)
• T. P. Truong, T.M.T. Nguyen, T.-V Nguyen, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "RSMA for Uplink MIMO Systems: DRL-based Achievable System Sum Rate Maximization," in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference, Workshops on Artificial Intelligence Enabled Next Generation Wireless Networks (GLOBECOM Wkshps), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2023.
• T. P. Truong, T. S. Do, J. Oh, D. Won, T. V. Nguyen, C. Lee, and S. Cho, "AI-Enabled Swarm Clustering for UAVs-Aided IoT Data Acquisition," in Proc. of ICAIIC, Fukuoka, Japan, February 2025.
• T. S. Do, T. P. Truong, Q.T. Do, D. Won, A.B. Wondmagegn, and S. Cho, "Super-Resolution Semantic Communication System for Satellite Image," in Proc. of ICAIIC, Fukuoka, Japan, February 2025. (Excellent Paper Award)
• Q. T. Do, D. Won, T. S. Do, T. P. Truong, S. Cho, "Security and Privacy Challenges in Semantic Communication Networks," in Proc. of ICAIIC, Fukuoka, Japan, February 2025.
• A.-T. Tran, T. P. Truong, D.H. Mac, D. Won, J. Kim, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "A DRL Framework to Optimize Energy Efficiency for Quadrature Rate-Splitting Multiple Access," in Proc. of ICAIIC, Fukuoka, Japan, February 2025.
• J. Oh, D. Lee, T. P. Truong, D. Hur, S. Hong, and S. Cho, "A Survey on Satellite Networks with Federated Learning to Analyze Data or Manage Resource," in Proc. of ICAIIC, Fukuoka, Japan, February 2025.
• D. Hur, C. Lee, J. Oh, T. P. Truong, M. C. Ho, and S. Cho, "A Survey on Sum-Rate Maximization Techniques in RSMA Networks," in Proc. of ICOIN, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January, 2025.
• D. Won, T. P. Truong, C. Song, J. Kim, T. S. Do, and S. Cho, "ML-Based Task-Oriented Offloading: A Survey," in Proc. of ICOIN, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January, 2025.
• S. Hong, C. Lee, J. Oh, T. P. Truong, M. C. Ho, and S. Cho, "Survey of Detector Research Trends for BER Minimization in Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems," in Proc. of ICOIN, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January, 2025.
• V. D. Tuong, T. P. Truong, A.-T. Tran, T.-V. Nguyen, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Reinforcement Learning For Resource Allocation in NOMA-Enabled Backscatter Communications," in Proc. of NOLTA, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, December 2024.
• T. P. Truong, T. M. T. Nguyen, T.-V. Nguyen, V. D. Tuong, and S. Cho, "Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based NOMA-Enhanced Vehicular MEC Networks," in Proc. of NOLTA, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, December 2024.
• T. V Nguyen, T.M.T. Nguyen, T. P. Truong, and S. Cho, "A Review on Near-Field Communications for 6G and Beyond," in Proc. of APCC, Bali, Indonesia, November 2024.
• T. P. Truong, A.-T. Tran, D. Lee, C. Lee, V. D. Tuong, Y. Lee, and S. Cho, "Intelligent Semantic Communication Networks Empowered by Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access," in Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligence of Things (ICIT 2024), Danang, Vietnam, September 2024.
• A. Samanta, T. P. Truong, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Loss-Aware Adaptive Load Balancing Scheme for IoT-Enabled WBANs with QoS-Factor," in Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligence of Things (ICIT 2024), Danang, Vietnam, September 2024.
• MC Ho, D. Won, T. P. Truong, J. Kim, and S.Cho, "A Review on Resource Allocation in FL-assisted IoT Networks: Overview, Research Challenges and Future Trends," in Proc. of ICMIC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2024.
• A.-T. Tran, T. P. Truong, MC Ho, T.S. Do, QT Do, D. Won, N.N. Dao, and S.Cho, "A DDPG-based Framework to Optimize Hierarchical Rate Splitting Multiple Access," in Proc. of ICMIC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2024.
• D.-T. Son, T. P. Truong, A.-T Tran, D. Won, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "A Review on UAV-Assisted Resource Allocation," in Proc. of ICUFN, Budapest, Hungary, July 2024.
• T. P. Truong, D. Hur, J. Oh, D. Lee, D. Won, J. Paek, and S. Cho, "NOMA-Enhanced Intelligent Semantic Communication Networks using Deep Reinforcement Learning," in Proc. of ICOIN , Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, January 2024.
• T. P. Truong, T.-H. Nguyen, A.-T. Tran, S. V.-T. Tran, V. D. Tuong, L. V. Nguyen, W. Na, L. Park, and S. Cho, "Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Sum-Rate Maximization for Uplink Multi-user SIMO-RSMA Systems," in Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligence of Things (ICIT 2023), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, October 2023. (Best Paper Award)
• T. P. Truong, N.-P. Tran, C. M. Ho, T. T. H. Pham, A.-T. Tran, and S. Cho, "Multiple Access in HAP-Enabled Maritime IoT Networks: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach," in Proc. of ICMIC, Jeju, South Korea, August 2023. (Outstanding Paper Award)
• T. -H. Nguyen, T. P. Truong, N. -N. Dao, W. Na, H. Park and L. Park, "Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Partial Task Offloading in High Altitude Platform-aided Vehicular Networks," 2022 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of, 2022, pp. 1341-1346, doi: 10.1109/ICTC55196.2022.9952890. (Best paper award)
• T. P. Truong, A. -T. Tran, T. M. T. Nguyen, T. -V. Nguyen, A. Masood and S. Cho, "MEC-Enhanced Aerial Serving Networks via HAP: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach," 2022 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Jeju-si, Korea, Republic of, 2022, pp. 319-323, doi: 10.1109/ICOIN53446.2022.9687270.
• A. Masood, T. -V. Nguyen, T. P. Truong, and S. Cho, "Content Caching in HAP-Assisted Multi-UAV Networks Using Hierarchical Federated Learning," 2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of, 2021, pp. 1160-1162, doi: 10.1109/ICTC52510.2021.9621115.
• A.-T. Tran, D.S. Lakew, T.-V. Nguyen, V.-D.Tuong, T. P. Truong, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Hit Ratio and Latency Optimization for Caching Systems: A Survey," 2021 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN 2021), Jeju, Korea, January, 2021.
• T.-V. Nguyen, V.-D. Tuong, A.-T. Tran, T. P. Truong, D. S. Lakew, C. Lee, Y.S. Lee, and S. Cho, "User-Preference-based Proactive Caching in Edge Networks," 2021 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN 2021), Jeju, Korea, January,2021.
• V.-D. Tuong, T. P. Truong, A.-T. Tran, A. Masood, D. S. Lakew, C. Lee, Y. Lee, and S. Cho, "Delay-Sensitive Task Offloading for Internet of Things in Nonorthogonal Multiple Access MEC Networks," in Proc. of ICTC,, Jeju, Korea, October 2020.