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Tu Nguyen

Tu Nguyen

Applied ML Engineer building Generative AI products and the backend systems behind them.

I'm finishing an MS in Artificial Intelligence at UAB (GPA 3.8, graduating Dec 2026), after 2+ years in backend software engineering with Node.js, REST APIs, RabbitMQ and blockchain integrations. I founded Memorilla, an AI-powered English vocabulary learning app. I'm also a student researcher in Drug–Target Affinity prediction under Dr. Truong-Son Hy.

Projects

  • Memorilla landing page with the headline "Don't rote learn. Learn how the brain thinks." beside a phone showing the app.

    Memorilla

    AI-powered English vocabulary app for Vietnamese learners, live on the App Store.

    • FastAPI
    • Gemini
    • pgvector
    • FAISS
    • Supabase

Research

I work on Drug–Target Affinity and Drug–Target Interaction (DTA/DTI) prediction, including a re-implementation and reproduction of DeepDTA. I have also run HPC experiments on UAB Cheaha for a plant phenotype–genotype project.

Experience

  • Software Engineer · Bacoor (Blockchain)

    Jun 2022 – Mar 2023

  • Software Engineer · Waodate

    Aug 2021 – Jun 2022

Education

  • MS in Artificial Intelligence · The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

    Jan 2025 – Dec 2026

  • AS & BS in Information Technology · Ho Chi Minh City University of Science, ranked 1st in the BS program

    Aug 2018 – Nov 2024