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publications
Paradox of AlphaZero: Strategic vs. Optimal Plays
Published in International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, 2020
Recommended citation: Ze-Li Dou, Liran Ma, Khiem Nguyen, and Kien X. Nguyen. "Paradox of AlphaZero: Strategic vs. Optimal Plays." In The 39th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, 2020.
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CoConv: Learning Dynamic Cooperative Convolution for Image Recognition
Published in International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (Oral), 2021
Recommended citation: Kien X. Nguyen, Tiffany Ryu, Jocelyn Zhang, Xu Ma, Qing Yang, Song Fu, Paparao Palacharla, Nannan Wang, and Xi Wang. "CoConv: Learning Dynamic Cooperative Convolution for Image Recognition." In IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo, 2021.
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Deep Learning-based Estimation of Whole-body Kinematics from Multi-view Images
Published in Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 2023
Recommended citation: Kien X. Nguyen, Liying Zheng, Ashley L. Hawke, Robert E. Carey, Scott P. Breloff, Kang Li, and Xi Peng. "Deep Learning-based Estimation of Whole-body Kinematics from Multi-view Images; In Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Volume 235, October 2023.
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Adaptive Cascading Network for Continual Test-time Adaptation
Published in ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, 2024
Recommended citation: Kien X. Nguyen Fengchun Qiao and Xi Peng. "Adaptive Cascading Network for Continual Test-time Adaptation." In the 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, 2024.
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SeafloorAI: A Large-scale Vision-Language Dataset for Seafloor Geological Survey
Published in Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, 2024
Recommended citation: Kien X. Nguyen, Fengchun Qiao, Arthur Trembanis, and Xi Peng. "SeafloorAI: A Large-scale Vision-Language Dataset for Seafloor Geological Survey." In Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, 2024.
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Interpretable Failure Detection with Human-Level Concepts
Published in The AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Oral), 2025
Recommended citation: Kien X. Nguyen, Tang Li and Xi Peng. "Interpretable Failure Detection with Human-Level Concepts." In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2025.
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Beyond Accuracy: On the Effects of Fine-tuning Towards Vision-Language Model’s Prediction Rationality
Published in The AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2025
Recommended citation: Qitong Wang, Tang Li, Kien X. Nguyen and Xi Peng. "Beyond Accuracy: On the Effects of Fine-tuning Towards Vision-Language Model's Prediction Rationality." In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2025.
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Cross-Problem Parameter Transferability in Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm: A Machine Learning Approach
Published in The IEEE Quantum Computing and Engineering, 2025
Recommended citation: Kien X. Nguyen, Bao Bach, and Ilya Safro. "Cross-Problem Parameter Transferability in Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm: A Machine Learning Approach." In Proceedings of the IEEE Quantum Computing and Engineering, 2025.
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Graph-Conditioned Meta-Optimizer for QAOA Parameter Generation on Multiple Problem Classes
Published in The IEEE Quantum Computing and Engineering, 2026
Recommended citation: Kien X. Nguyen and Ilya Safro. "Graph-Conditioned Meta-Optimizer for QAOA Parameter Generation on Multiple Problem Classes." In Proceedings of the IEEE Quantum Computing and Engineering, 2026.
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Quantum Hypergraph Partitioning
Published in The IEEE Quantum Computing and Engineering, 2026
Recommended citation: Cameron Ibrahim, Bao G. Bach, Jad Salem, Reuben Tate, Kien X. Nguyen, Stephan Eidenbenz, and Ilya Safro. "Quantum Hypergraph Partitioning." In Proceedings of the IEEE Quantum Computing and Engineering, 2026.
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talks
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teaching
Intro to Programming II
Undergraduate course, University of Delaware, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, 2022
I taught about Java and OOP concepts.
Intro to Machine Learning
Graduate course, University of Delaware, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, 2023
I taught about machine learning fundamentals, deep learning (DNN, CNN, RNN), and some applications.