Vinhthuy Phan
Associate Professor
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVinhthuy Phan is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Memphis with over 20 years of experience bridging research, teaching, and applied data science. He designs algorithms and software for bioinformatics and next-generation sequencing, teaches courses in machine learning, data science, and algorithms, and mentors undergraduate and graduate researchers. As a freelance data science instructor and consultant, he delivers practical training in Python, pandas, and scikit-learn to corporate clients, translating academic methods into industry-ready workflows. He has authored numerous instructional and analytics software packages—reflecting a strong commitment to computer science education and reproducible research—and maintains an active GitHub for his projects. Notably, his career blends deep theoretical training (PhD, Stony Brook) with hands-on algorithm design dating back to industry work at IBM, giving him a rare mix of academic rigor and practical engineering.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at Stony Brook UniversityB.A., Mathematics & Computer Science, B.A., Mathematics & Computer Science at Brandeis University
English, Vietnamese
Github Skills (23)
active-learning8
visualization8
jupyter7
javascript7
data-visualisation7
machine-learning7
python7
driver6
anaconda6
visualizer6
bokeh6
matplotlib5
data-science4
sqlite4
go4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
vtphan/fmi
Aug 2013 - Dec 2015
Contributions:94 commits, 15 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
vtphan/rcviz
May 2014 - Feb 2022
Contributions:39 commits, 23 pushes in 7 years 10 months
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