PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Minh Hoai Nguyen

Also known as Nguyễn Minh Hoài

Minh Hoai Nguyen is a computer vision researcher whose work spans early event detection, human action recognition, and data attribution for text-to-image models. He earned a Software Engineering degree at the University of New South Wales, completed a Robotics PhD at Carnegie Mellon, and pursued postdoctoral research at Oxford. His 2012 CVPR paper Max-Margin Early Event Detectors won the Best Student Paper Award. He served on Stony Brook's computer science faculty and has worked as a Consulting Research Scientist at VinAI since 2019. Since 2024, he is Professor of Computer Vision at the University of Adelaide and serves as an AIML Deputy Director.

Now at
VinAI Research and University of Adelaide
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Timeline

  1. 2006

    Software engineering at UNSW

    He earns a Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of New South Wales in 2006.

  2. 2006–2012

    A robotics PhD at CMU

    He completes his PhD program in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon in December 2011 and receives the degree in 2012. His thesis, Segment-based SVMs for Time Series Analysis, lists Fernando De la Torre Frade as advisor.

  3. 2012

    Max-margin early event detectors

    In 2012, he coauthors Max-Margin Early Event Detectors with Fernando De la Torre for CVPR, and the paper wins the Best Student Paper Award. He also wins the PASCAL VOC 2012 Challenge for Human Action Recognition. His Vietnamese name is Nguyễn Minh Hoài.

  4. 2012–2014

    Postdoctoral research at Oxford

    From 2012 to 2014, he conducts postdoctoral research at Oxford with Andrew Zisserman.

  5. 2014–2023

    Faculty roles at Stony Brook

    He serves as an Assistant Professor in Stony Brook's Department of Computer Science from 2014 to 2020 and as an Associate Professor from 2020 to 2023.

  6. Since 2019

    Consulting research at VinAI

    In 2019, he begins a Consulting Research Scientist role at VinAI Research in Vietnam. During his Stony Brook appointment, he takes leave to work at VinAI.

  7. 2025

    Region-level data attribution

    In 2025, he coauthors the CVPR paper Region-Level Data Attribution for Text-To-Image Generative Models.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor at Adelaide

    He is Professor of Computer Vision at the University of Adelaide's Australian Institute for Machine Learning and School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences. He joins Adelaide in 2024 after serving on Stony Brook's computer science faculty. In June 2025, he serves as AIML Deputy Director.

Career

  1. Since 2024University of AdelaideProfessor of Computer Vision, Deputy Director
  2. Since 2019VinAI ResearchConsulting Research Scientist
  3. 2014–2023Stony Brook UniversityAssistant Professor, Associate Professor
  4. 2012–2014University of OxfordPostdoctoral researcher

Education

  1. 2012Carnegie Mellon UniversityPhD
  2. 2006UNSW SydneyBachelor of Software Engineering

From the biography.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Minh Hoai Nguyen. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes University of Adelaide. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Adelaide. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Adelaide. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.

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  1. Prof Minh Hoai Nguyen | Researcher Profiles | Adelaide University researchers.adelaide.edu.au. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Minh Hoai Nguyen - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University ri.cmu.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Minh Hoai Nguyen Publications mail.minhhoai.net. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Minh Hoai Nguyen | AI Innovation Institute ai.stonybrook.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Minh Hoai Nguyen's homepage mail.minhhoai.net. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Prof Minh Hoai Nguyen, Professor of Computer Vision | Adelaide University People Directory adelaide.edu.au. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Friday, 13 June 2025 | Government House Adelaide governor.sa.gov.au. Checked 21 October 2026.