Vivan Nguyen

Staff Engineer - Advanced Algorithms @ Lockheed Martin

Orlando, Florida, United States

About

Experience

  • Advanced Algorithms, Staff Engineer at Lockheed Martin
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    Signal & Image Processing

  • Graduate Research Scientist at CERN
    May 2017 - Aug 2023 · 6 yrs 4 mos

    - Led development of advanced algorithms and machine learning (boosted decision trees, parameterized neural networks) for particle physics analyses on 30+ PB of collision data - Developed statistical methodology for likelihood and significance optimization, delivering novel scientific results for an ultra-rare physics signal - Served as detector expert during a large-scale hardware upgrade: refurbished and tested custom detectors, built interactive monitoring dashboards, and optimized anomaly detection - Automated data quality monitoring using autoencoders and PCA, and deployed a web application for on-demand data querying and analysis

  • Graduate Research Assistant at University of Virginia
    Jun 2016 - May 2017 · 1 yr

  • Student Body Vice President at University of Florida
    Apr 2014 - Apr 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Oversaw $18.9 million budget of a 50,000-member student body as an elected executive officer, and lobbied at the state and federal level for higher education - Awarded: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Student Government of the Year (2014 - 2015)