Ph.D. Student

Toan Gian (Brian)

I am a Ph.D. student in Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. My research focuses on designing AI-based wearable devices for healthcare applications, wireless sensing, and multi-agent learning systems.

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About Me

Hi! I am Toan. Nice to meet you!

My name is Toan, and you can also call me Brian. I was born and raised in Vietnam, a small country with amazing people.

I am currently a Ph.D. student at Dartmouth College, working under Dist. Prof. Tam Vu on wearable devices for healthcare applications.

Before coming to the United States, I earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam. During that time, I was fortunate to work with Dr. Thien Van Luong and Asst. Prof. Van-Dinh Nguyen, who inspired and guided my first steps in academia.

News

  • June 2026 Joined the Computer Science Ph.D. program at Dartmouth College.
  • March 2026 One paper accepted to PerCom 2026 (oral presentation).
  • January 2026 One paper accepted to AAAI 2026 (main track).
  • December 2025 One paper accepted to IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence journal.
  • January 2025 Started my Electrical Engineering Ph.D. program at Northeastern University, USA.
  • July 2024 One paper accepted to ECCV 2024 (main track).
  • May 2023 Graduated from HUST with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

Education

  • Dartmouth College
    Ph.D. in Computer Science
    Hanover, NH, USA · June 2026 to Present
  • Hanoi University of Science and Technology
    Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (ET1)
    Hanoi, Vietnam · 2018 to 2023

Experience

  • Ph.D. Student, HumanX Lab, Dartmouth College
    June 2026 to Present · Hanover, NH, USA
    Topic: AI/ML-based wearable devices for healthcare applications.
  • Ph.D. Student, Mentis Lab, Northeastern University
    January 2025 to April 2026 · Boston, MA, USA
    Topic: Applying AI/ML in next-generation multi-agent control systems.
  • Research Assistant, ICC Lab, VinUniversity
    July 2023 to November 2024 · Vietnam
    Topic: Leveraging AI/ML and wireless sensing technologies for human pose estimation.
  • AI Engineer Intern, Bosch Vietnam
    August 2022 to February 2023 · Vietnam
  • Undergraduate Research Student, HUST
    2021 to 2023 · Vietnam
    Topic: Applying ML-based signal detection in wireless communication systems.

Publications

*Authors in bold indicate corresponding or equal contribution. See all of my research publications at here.

  1. TinySense: Effective CSI Compression for Scalable and Accurate Wi-Fi Sensing
    Toan Gian, Dung Tran, Quoc Viet Pham, Van-Dinh Nguyen
    IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), 2026.
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  2. SDE-HARL: Scalable Distributed Policy Execution for Heterogeneous-Agent Reinforcement Learning
    Toan Gian, Mohammad Abdi
    Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2026.
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  3. HPE-Li: WiFi-enabled Lightweight Dual Selective Kernel Convolution for Human Pose Estimation
    Toan Gian, Tien Lai, Thien Van Luong, Kok-Seng Wong, Van-Dinh Nguyen
    European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024.
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Contact

I am always open to discussing research collaborations in multi-agent systems, communication-efficient learning, wireless sensing-enabled human pose estimation, and wearable device in healthcare. I am also happy to connect regarding internship and job opportunities in these areas. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in working together or simply want to say Hi!

Email:
toan.g@northeastern.edu

Location:
Boston, MA, USA

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