1. HANU IT HONOR PROGRAM Nguyen Xuan Hoai, PhD nxhoai@gmail.com

2. What is Honor Program? A training program for better students who want to learn how to do research. A training program for better students who want to learn how to do research. It has research-based curriculum. It has research-based curriculum. The length for the program is 10-12 months. The length for the program is 10-12 months.

3. Why HANU IT Honor Program? An opportunity to learn how to do academic research under supervision of really good researchers. An opportunity to learn how to do academic research under supervision of really good researchers. Learn how to solve real world problems by doing research. Learn how to solve real world problems by doing research. Qualified with distinguished qualifications. Qualified with distinguished qualifications. Job opportunities at HANU, and R&D sections of IT companies. Job opportunities at HANU, and R&D sections of IT companies. Great chance for studying post graduation both within and outside the country. Great chance for studying post graduation both within and outside the country.

4. Outline of Program Classroom sit-in courses: 2 out of 5 courses at the last semester (this semester Fall 2010). Classroom sit-in courses: 2 out of 5 courses at the last semester (this semester Fall 2010). Directed study courses: Directed study courses: Research Methodologies. Research Methodologies. Critical Thinking. Critical Thinking. Academic Reading Course. Academic Reading Course. Academic Writing Course. Academic Writing Course. Seminar Course. Seminar Course. Graduation Thesis/Paper(s). (July, 2011) Graduation Thesis/Paper(s). (July, 2011)

5. Who is Eligible? Students in the final year. Students in the final year. GPA (so far) at least 7.0. GPA (so far) at least 7.0. Who show great desire and ability to do research. Who show great desire and ability to do research.

6. Selection Process Registration (this week). Registration (this week). Interview. Interview. Student-Advisor Matching. Student-Advisor Matching.

7. List of Advisors for 2010-2011 Dr Tran Quang Anh, HANU, PhD (Tshinghua University, China). Dr Tran Quang Anh, HANU, PhD (Tshinghua University, China). Topics: E-mail Spam Detection/Filtering, Computer Security. (2 students) Topics: E-mail Spam Detection/Filtering, Computer Security. (2 students) Dr Nguyen Xuan Hoai, HANU, PhD (University of New South Wales, Australia). Dr Nguyen Xuan Hoai, HANU, PhD (University of New South Wales, Australia). Topics: Evolutionary Computation, Machine Learning, Automatic Text Summarization. (2 students) Topics: Evolutionary Computation, Machine Learning, Automatic Text Summarization. (2 students) Dr Nguyen Thi Thuy, HANU & HAU1, PhD (Stugrad University of Technology, Austria). Dr Nguyen Thi Thuy, HANU & HAU1, PhD (Stugrad University of Technology, Austria). Topics: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Object Detection and Recognition, Car Plate Detection and Recognition. Topics: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Object Detection and Recognition, Car Plate Detection and Recognition.

8. List of Advisors for 2010-2011 Dr Nguyen Nhat Quang, HANU & HUT, PhD (University of Trento, Italy). Dr Nguyen Nhat Quang, HANU & HUT, PhD (University of Trento, Italy). Topics: Recommender Systems, Mobile Recommender Systems. (2 students) Topics: Recommender Systems, Mobile Recommender Systems. (2 students) Dr Hoang Tuan Hao, HANU & MTA, PhD (University of New South Wales, Australia). Dr Hoang Tuan Hao, HANU & MTA, PhD (University of New South Wales, Australia). Topics: Sensor Networks, Search Engines. (1 Student) Topics: Sensor Networks, Search Engines. (1 Student) Dr Le Minh Duc, HANU, PhD (Imperial College, London, UK). Dr Le Minh Duc, HANU, PhD (Imperial College, London, UK). topics: Data Integration, Knowledge Representation. topics: Data Integration, Knowledge Representation.

9. List of Advisors for 2010-2011 Dr Tran Van Long, HANU & UCT, PhD (Jacob University of Bremen, Germany). Dr Tran Van Long, HANU & UCT, PhD (Jacob University of Bremen, Germany). Topics: Data Visualization, Visual Data Mining (2 students). Topics: Data Visualization, Visual Data Mining (2 students). Dr Nguyen Phuong Thai, VNU, PhD (JAIST, Japan). Dr Nguyen Phuong Thai, VNU, PhD (JAIST, Japan). Topics: Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation. (1 student) Topics: Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation. (1 student) Dr NguyenVan Vinh, VNU, PhD (JAIST, Japan). Dr NguyenVan Vinh, VNU, PhD (JAIST, Japan). Topics: Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation. (1 student) Topics: Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation. (1 student)