CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Anh M. Nguyen
Email: anguyen?@illinois.edu (? is 7)
Homepage: http://www.im-nguyen.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D in Computer Science, 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Expected graduation: 2012

B.S. in Computer Science, 2006, Hanoi University of Technology - HUT, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ranked 1st in a class of 51 students

Anh M. Nguyen, Nabil Schear, HeeDong Jung, Apeksha Godiyal, Sam T. King, Hai Nguyen, MAVMM: A Lightweight and Purpose-Built VMM for Malware Analysis, ACSAC 09 (pdf)
Elsa Gunter, Ayesha Yasmeen, Carl Gunter, Anh M. Nguyen, Specifying and Analyzing Workflows for Automated Identification and Data Capture, HICSS 09 (pdf)

VMal. Building a Virtual Machine Monitor to assist malware analysis, 2008.
AIDC: Design a convenient and provably secure workflow for automated identification and automated data capturing. This design can reduce errors in identifcation and medical measuring of inpatients, including many serious errors, 2008.
Two-Factor Predator Model: Study of ethical and technical issues involved with the idea of using good worms (to remove bad worms); design a new model of interaction between good and bad worms, 2007.
Bkav 2006 Enterprise, designing enterprise edition of the most popular Anti-virus program in Vietnam. In this project, I am responsible for:
- Design and implementation of two main functions (remote scan and network management)
- User-interface of the server side
- Help documents
Gateway Anti-Spam Solution for Linux, adding anti-spam capability to Bkav Gateway Scan - an existing virus filtering solution for Linux mail servers, 2006
Google Exploit, using Google to search for executable files, which then lead to malware and exploited servers, 2006
Bkas, design and implement an anti-spam system for the Vietnamese, 2005

Adjunct Instructor, Network Programming, HUT, 2006
- Planned three lessons and led class discussions in several subjects including: Visual C++ Programming, client/server architecture and some email related RFCs.

Best Presentation Award for my presentation on our MAVMM project, in the CS track at the 7th VEF Annual conference (Jan 2010).
UIUC Computer Science Department fellowship for selected new graduate students, $4000/year for two academic years 07 and 08.
Vietnam Education Foundation fellowship, cohort 2007, $27,000/year for two academic years 07 and 08, http://www.vef.gov
ELand-Vietnam Scholarship for outstanding students in Hanoi University of technology, 2005 and 2006
Ministry of Education and Training per-semester Scholarship for excellent students at Hanoi University of Technology
1st team prize (HUT team), IT knowledge contest 2005 - hosted by Vietnam Software Association (VINASA).
1st team prize, Vietnam National student Olympiad in Informatics 2004
3rd personal prize, Vietnam National student Olympiad in Informatics 2004 - hosted by Education and Training ministry and Vietnam Association for Information Processing (VAIP)
English for IT contest winner, Vietnam national student Olympiad in Informatics 2004.
1st prize, Hanoi University of Technology Olympiad in Informatics 2004 - hosted by Hanoi University of Technology
Principal's Honor Roll - Exemplary Academic Achievement - Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities, NY, US, 1999

2006-07/2007: Deputy Manager – Antivirus Department – Bach Khoa Internetwork Security center - BKIS
- Develop a commercial Anti-Spam solution
- Manage customer support activities and quality
- Plan and provide trainings for customer support staffs, both technical and social topics
- Plan and provide trainings for new trainees
- Investigate computer crimes; provide traces and evidences for the National Police, High-tech Crime Unit
- Manage the content of Bkav website at http://www.bkav.com.vn

2003-2006: Computer virus specialist - Bach Khoa Internetwork Security center
- Collect and analyze malicious code to determine new viruses and write functions to clean them
- Advise on computer related problems via telephone and email to individuals as well as organizations nation-wide
- Take part in projects which develop Bkav
- Maintain computers and network system for other companies and organizations by contract
- Manage and give instructions to younger trainees

Referee, International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2009)
Referee, IEEE Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks (POLICY 2008)
Founder & Organizer, 07/2008 - now, VN-Sec Group, Vietnamese Security Reading Group
IT Manager, 01/2008 - now, Vietnam Education Fellows and Scholars Association - VEFFA, www.veffa.org
Administrator, 2004-now, forum of Hanoi University of Technology’s Computers Science students, http://www.itbk.org
Technical Staff, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation - APEC – meeting, Vietnam 2006, responsible for monitoring and handling virus outbreak
Class monitor, Academic year of 2005-2006.
- Act as a liaison between instructors and students
- Help instructors to prepare class materials
- Organize extra-curricular activities
Team leader, Hanoi University of Technology team to participate Vietnam National student Olympiad in Informatics 2004

Law Enforcement and Prosecutor Advanced Cyber Crime Training, June 2006, International Law Enforcement Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
AusCert Workshop, Computer Security Incident Respond Team Technical Training, Feb 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam