Hoang Anh Nguyen
SciML · AI4Science · Quantum Computing · Earth & Planetary Science
I'm a PhD student at Colorado School of Mines working at the intersection of quantum computing, density functional theory, molecular dynamics, HPC, deep learning, and Earth & planetary science. If any of this overlaps with your work, I'd love to hear from you.
Research Interests
Scientific machine learning · quantum computing · density functional theory · molecular dynamics · high-performance computing · full-waveform inversion · ambient-noise tomography · Earth & planetary science
Selected Publications
- Nguyen, H. A., Manu-Marfo, D., Aoudia, A. (2026). Ambient Noise Tomography beneath the Banda Basin reveals new insights into the Arc-Continent Collision Zone. ESS Open Archive (preprint). [DOI] [PDF]
- Nguyen, H. A., Vashisth, D., Tura, A. (2026). Accelerating physics-informed neural networks for full waveform inversion using a hybrid quantum-classical finite-basis architecture. arXiv preprint. [arXiv] [PDF]
- Plan, E. L. C. VI M., Phan, H., Nguyen, H. A., Van Hong, N., Kien, P. H., Van Yen, N. (2026). Numerical simulation on structural and topological transitions of GeO2 liquid under compression. The European Physical Journal B 99, 20. [DOI] [PDF]
- Van Lai, D., Nguyen, S. H., Nguyen, H. A., Van Nguyen, T., Dinh, L. C., Doan, P. D., Pham, T. T., Phung, V. H. T., Tonezzer, M., La, D. D., Nguyen, T. T., Tran, T. B. (2025). Tailoring hydrogen storage performance of Mg–Mg2Ni alloys: synergistic effects of composition and phase formation with first-principles insights. RSC Advances 15, 31240–31254. [DOI] [PDF]
- Nguyen, H. A., Tura, A. (2025). Seismic traveltime inversion with quantum annealing. Scientific Reports 15, 17984. [DOI] [PDF]
- Nguyen, V. H., Nguyen, H. A. (2024). Crystallisation of liquid silica under compression: a molecular dynamics simulation. Pramana 98, 142. [DOI] [PDF]
- Nguyen, H. A., Van Hong, N. (2023). Study of the structure of MgSiO3 system under compression by using ring statistics and Voronoi analysis. Physica Scripta 98, 045919. [DOI] [PDF]
- Van Hong, N., Nguyen, H. A., Iitaka, T., Lan, M. T. (2023). Computer simulation of phosphate-silicate and calcium phosphate-silicate systems. Physica Scripta 98, 065704. [DOI] [PDF]
- Son, N. H., Nguyen, H. A., Kien, P. H., Iitaka, T., Van Hong, N. (2020). Topology of SiOx-units and glassy network of magnesium silicate glass under densification: correlation between radial distribution function and bond angle distribution. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 28, 065007. [DOI] [PDF]
Selected Talks & Posters
- IMAGE 2026 (oral) — Full waveform inversion with hybrid quantum finite-basis physics-informed neural network. Houston, TX · Aug 2026
- IASPEI–IAGA 2025 (poster) — Ambient noise tomography beneath the Banda basin reveals new insights into the arc-continent collision zone. Lisbon, Portugal · Sep 2025
- IMAGE 2025 (oral, workshop) — Optimization with quantum annealing method. Houston, TX · Aug 2025
- IMAGE 2025 (oral) — Crosswell traveltime inversion using a quantum computing method. Houston, TX · Aug 2025
Projects
- quFWI — Hybrid quantum–classical full-waveform inversion with FBPINNs in JAX; companion code to the arXiv preprint above. [GitHub]
- tomoQA — Seismic traveltime inversion formulated as a QUBO and solved with quantum annealing; companion to the Scientific Reports (2025) paper. [GitHub]
- hEspesso — DFT studies of catalyst-induced destabilisation in Mg-based hydrogen-storage hydrides. [GitHub]