About Me
Hi there, I'm Hieu Ho π
I am a Software Engineer and AI Researcher focused on artificial intelligence, scalable systems and infrastructure, and open-source. I was an early core contributor to Jan.ai (7M+ downloads), an open-source AI product that allows users to download and run LLMs locally with full control and privacy. Beyond AI research and development, I am also interested in blockchain, cryptography, and decentralized systems. I previously worked at leading blockchain companies such as Gnosis and Nethermind. In addition, I am passionate about building startups. I was supported by Anthropic, NVIDIA Inception program, and Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub. On the investing side, I have also worked in venture capital, supporting early-stage founders and the investment process.
I am happy to connect with founders, researchers, and builders working on AI, blockchain, and frontier technology. Please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn.
Research Interests
Resume
Grey Box (Notifly.tech and Clix.so)
October 2025 - January 2026
Seoul, South Korea
June 2025 - September 2025
London, United Kingdom
Algorithmic Foundations of Data Science Lab, Seoul National University
Under supervision of Professor Chenglin Fan
September 2024 - August 2025
Seoul, South Korea
CASTIS.asia (μΊμ€νΈμ΄μ¦)
Under supervision of Professor Hyeonsang Eom
September 2024 - December 2024
Seoul, South Korea
Stealth Startup
March 2024 - August 2024
Silicon Valley, United States
November 2023 - March 2024
Singapore
November 2022 - October 2023
United States and Hong Kong
Computer Systems and Platforms Laboratory, Seoul National University
Under supervision of Professor Bernhard Egger
August 2022 - October 2022
Seoul, South Korea
Programming Research Laboratory, Seoul National University
Under supervision of Professor Kwangkeun Yi
January 2021 - March 2021
Seoul, South Korea
Meta
June 2020 - August 2020
United States
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan
2020 Global Talent Internship Program - Artificial Intelligence
Under supervision of Professor Jacky Baltes
July 2020 - August 2020
Taipei, Taiwan
Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
June 2020 - August 2020
Vietnam
Cinnamon AI
January 2018 - July 2018
Vietnam
Viettel Cyber Security - Viettel Group
August 2017 - December 2017
Vietnam
Monash University
Master of Philosophy
Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Information Technology
- Recipient of Faculty of Information Technology International Postgraduate Research Scholarship
- Recipient of Monash Research Scholarship
Seoul National University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Under supervision of Professor Byung-Gon Chun and Professor Chenglin Fan
Seoul, Korea
- Recipient of Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (μ°μνμ¬νμ λ Όλ¬Έμ)
- Recipient of CSE Young Courage Award (κ΅³μΌ μΈμ¬μ)
- Recipient of SNU Global Talent Scholarship, a full-ride scholarship for all semesters of undergraduate studies
- Certified IPESK Next-Generation Engineer by Institute for Promotion of Engineering and Science of Korea
- Scholar at 2025 Oxford Machine Learning Summer School
- Scholar at AI/Computing Frontier School 2023 and 2024 by SNU CSE and Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence
- Scholar at 2022 Vietnamese Students in Korea SW Education Program at National IT Industry Promotion Agency
- Scholar at 5th Summer School on Artificial Intelligence organized by IIIT Hyderabad
- Scholar at Machine Learning Summer School 2021 organized by National Taiwan University and sponsored by Google
- Scholar at Eastern European Machine Learning Summer School 2021 and 2022 sponsored by DeepMind
- Delegate and Student Representative:
- 2022 Korea - Mekong Youth Group Workshop (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- ASEAN - Korea Economic Forum 2022
- The 30th Maekyung Global Forum β "To the Future Together" (30th anniversary of Vietnam-Korea diplomatic relations)
- Asian Universities Alliance Overseas Study Program β Humanizing Digital 2021: Addressing Global Challenges in AI and Data Science
- NUS Design Thinking Summer Programme 2021 β Designing for Children with Special Needs
Programming Languages
Frameworks & Libraries
Cloud Computing
Other Tools
Agentic AI Engineering
Languages
Certificates & Training Programs
- Building Real-Time Video AI Applications by NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute
- Machine Learning by Stanford University
- IBM Data Science Specialization
- Python by University of Michigan
BUIDL AI Hackathon Seoul 2025
1st Prize in the Upstage AI Track & 1st Prize in the PIN AI Track
2022 Korea-Mekong Youth Group Workshop by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
Top 3 Project Proposal Award
JunctionX Seoul Hackathon 2020
Final Winner and Microsoft Track Challenge Winner
2020 MOST GASE Taiwan Global Talent Internship Program
Outstanding Performance Award
2019 Asia-Pacific Youth Labor Trend Forum
Bronze Medal of Best Potential Award
Global Youth Leaders Summit 2019: Transforming Vision into Action through Social Innovation
Gold Medal
Belt And Road Global Youth Leaders Summit 2019
Outstanding Award
β Additional manuscripts currently under review at peer-reviewed venues.
Duc Hieu Ho and Chenglin Fan. Self-Critique-Guided Curiosity Refinement: Enhancing Honesty and Helpfulness in Large Language Models via In-Context Learning. arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.16064, 2025. [arXiv]
Duc Hieu Ho and Jacky Baltes. Robotics technology: A journey into the future. In Center for Global Affairs and Science Engagement Research Collection, pp. 59-71, Ministry of Science and Technology Taiwan, 2020.
Media
Student Delegate at the Invited Lecture by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, SNUAC
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the leaders of Seoul National University take a photo with delegates who are Vietnamese students and researchers.
Mood Builder
1st Prize - Upstage AI Track & 1st Prize - PIN AI Track @BUIDL AI Hackathon Seoul 2025 (Solo Participant)
The ROK-Mekong Youth Group Workshop
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
The Belt and Road Global Youth Leaders Summit 2019
Peking University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
