Tien Nguyen is a Master of Data Science student at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, maintaining a High Distinction average. His research interests are in the areas of privacy-preserving systems, differential privacy, machine learning security, quantum deep reinforcement learning, and quantum-enhanced optimization. In his current studies, his research focus is on the development of privacy-preserving trajectory encoding systems and quantum-enhanced congestion control for satellite networks. Prior to his Master’s, he completed a Bachelor of International Business at RMIT University, Vietnam, in 2024.

He is first author of two trajectory-privacy manuscripts prepared for IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, and lead author of a book chapter submitted to a Springer Nature volume on the sharing economy. Tien also works as a Casual Research Assistant supporting research projects within the school.