Vietnamese people become famous in the field of physics

Please summarize the success of three typical overseas Vietnamese scientists in the US and Australia, who have continued to honor the country of Vietnam in the field of modern physics.

In the years of l970 - 1980, Vietnamese people were proud of international projects of Vietnamese physicists such as: Nguyen Van Hieu, Dao Vong Duc, Nguyen Xuan Han, Trinh Xuan Thuan . Date Now, the younger generations are still succeeding his father wrote that glorious history.

Vo Dinh Tuan - 30 patents and dozens of awards

Dr. Vo Dinh Tuan.(Photo: ND)

At 17, graduated from high school in Vietnam, Vo Dinh Tuan went to Switzerland to study and earned a bachelor's degree in physics in 1971. Four years later, Tuan successfully defended his doctoral thesis (PhD) at the Institute Swiss Federal Technology (ETH) in Zurich. In 1975, he settled in the United States. Two years later, he was a postdoctoral researcher at ORNL.

With continuous successes in scientific research, since 2003, he has been director of the Quantum Light Center of ORNL until he held the position of Director of the Institute of Quantum Fitzpatrick of America. Dr. Tuan is a pioneer in the field of photonics, he built the foundation for the Fitzpatrick Institute in the areas of: Biophysical Quantum, Nanotechnology, Optical Materials and Quantum Information Technology. .

Dr. Tuan also researches to improve new technologies such as nanoscale optical sensors capable of detecting molecular changes at the cellular level; ultra-small bio-optical electronic circuit technology (bio-optical "chips") help make chemical experiments easier and less expensive; Quantum optics make it easier to transmit personal medical data.

After nearly 30 years of scientific activities, Dr. Tuan is the author of over 30 inventions and patents that are widely used in the fields of environment, biology, medicine . He has more than 330 articles. Writing is published in newspapers and magazines. He is also the author of six books on science topics and is a lecturer at many universities.

Dr. Tuan has won five research and development awards (R&D) in 1981, 1987, 1992, 1994 and 1996. In 1988, he was honored to be awarded a gold medal by the Applied Spectroscopy Association; in 1989, he was the Languedoc-Rousillon winner of France; In 1992, the American Patent Club Association awarded him the International Hall of Fame. He was also twice the Federal Laboratory Consortium technology transfer winner (1986 and 1995).

In 1996, he was voted the Best Inventor of the Year by the American Patent Club and the Tennessee Patent Association; in 1997, he was awarded by the US Department of Energy for technological and environmental research; a year later, he won the Technology Commercialization Award .

Reviewing the process of creating his career, Dr. Tuan confided: "Since I was studying in Vietnam, my parents have helped me to be well aware of the value of learning and aroused my passion. At that time, my father used to say: "Material possessions can be lost at any time; only the intellectual will follow me all my life. 'Therefore, after graduating from high school, I thought very seriously about the beginning of my career. physics, i was determined to successfully defend my doctoral dissertation and my scientific path opened up from there . ".

Dam Thanh Son - new physical discoveries

Dam Thanh Son was born in 1969 in Hanoi. As a math student of Hanoi University, 15 years old, Son has entered the national team for the international math Olympiad in Prague, winning a gold medal with an absolute score of 42/42.

Young physicist - Dam Thanh Son (Photo: ND) Dam Thanh Son was selected to study in Russia at the Department of Physics at the prestigious Lomonosov University. Completing his PhD thesis in Russia at 24 years old, after that, he went to practice at Washington University (USA) and then moved to work for two years at the Massatchussets Institute of Technology (MIT), then continued the exam and was selected to teach official of Columbia University (1999).

In early 2005, Dam Thanh Son and his colleagues, PK Kovtun (University of California, USA) and AO Starinets (Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics, Canada) published a new work on liquid black hole model in space - time. 10-dimensional magazine leading physical Physical Review Letters. Immediately this new discovery resonates in the expert circles.

The scientific information journals with wide influences such as New Scientist (April 2005), Physics Today (May 5-2005) have articles about this work, a theoretical discovery that if fully experimental Confirmation will be a universal new law of physics.

The Physics World, a monthly publication of the international physics community in June 2005 invited Dam Thanh Son, a leading physicist, to write the Liquid Universe to meet string theory to explain the problem. this new

The New Scientist newspaper published by Jenny Hogan entitled Exotic blackholes spawn New Universal Law (Exotic black holes that lead to new universal rules). The reason the author uses exotic (foreign) is because this is not necessarily a black hole with the properties observed in physical reality, but just a "black hole" modeled by Dam Thanh Son by string theory in space - 10-dimensional time to describe a strong interactive liquid, the quarkgluon liquid exists in air - familiar four-dimensional time. Thus, the "black hole" here is just a mathematical tool used in computation. Using the theory of internal wire in no time - 10 pm, Dam Thanh Son group calculated that the material properly created by RHIC is an almost ideal liquid having a viscosity ratio with a constant entropy density. associated with fundamental constants in quantum worlds such as Planck's constant, Boltzman's constant.

The results that Dam Thanh Son achieved in the US demonstrate that the Vietnamese minds are not only able to understand the most sophisticated and complex issues of modern science, but also can reach the examination. basic, unique breaking as long as you work in an advanced scientific environment.

Dam Thanh Son confided: "Wherever I am, I still strive and promote the creativity for the science that I pursue and the heart will always turn to Vietnam, where there are parents, relatives and friends. friends and teachers who guided me in the years of popular mathematics ".

Kieu Tien Dung - father of "quantum computing"

Kieu Tien Dung was born in 1961 in Saigon. In 1980, Kieu Tien Dung left Vietnam to settle and study in Australia. In 1984, after graduating with a bachelor's degree in mathematics - excellent physics at the University of Queensland, Kieu Tien Dung received a doctoral scholarship at the University of Edinburgh in England. Completing the thesis in 1988, he became professor at Edinburgh University and Oxford University. In 1991, he returned to work as a professor at Melbourne University, and collaborated on research with the most prestigious universities of the US such as Princeton University, Columbia University, MIT.

In a research work applying the principles of quantum mechanics to computational science recently sent to the American National Research Institute in Los Alamos, Professor Kieu Tien Dung made a very important conclusion. : "We reject the Turing-church thesis by showing that there are unsolvable problems according to the Turing principle, but can be solved by implementing clearly defined quantum mechanical processes." . In other words, Prof. Dung discovered that computer problems that cannot be solved today can actually be solved by quantum computers - computers based on quantum coding principles.

According to Newsfctor, the work of Prof. Kieu Tien Dung can fire a bullet that hits two targets: problem number 10 by David Hilbert and SCTM by Alan Turing. He had a discovery that could make the last century's math and computer science overcome its limits: problems that were once considered "unsolvable" or "incalculable" were it will be solved by using the mysterious properties of quantum mechanics. This work is currently attracting the attention of many scientists in the world because for the first time, the principles of a quantum computer in the future will be solved to solve unsolvable problems. or can't calculate (uncomputable) with a normal computer.

Prof. Kieu Tien Dung at Swinburn University (Photo: ND) New Scientist magazine, a pioneer in introducing new ideas in science, comments: it is a bold attack on the world itself. the term of mathematics, which in turn can take back the treasures that we thought would be permanently on the other side of the reach. Perhaps it takes a few decades to be able to produce these strange quantum computers, but right now, Prof. Kieu Tien Dung has been seen as a brave person who dares to face challenges of the kind. The biggest, most difficult of the calculation science!

Dr. Richard Gomez, professor at George Mason University, USA, a highly respected expert in computer science said: "I have read the works of Prof. Kieu Tien Dung and found them perfectly suitable. with other researchers' discoveries in the field of Quantum computing and quantum physics, there is no doubt that there is now a wide acceptance that information is physical. It is simple that Prof. Kieu Tien Dung has taken advantage of the laws of quantum physics to achieve the results that cannot be achieved in the world of classical physics. "

If the theory of these scientists is tested in the near future to confirm, then this may be achievements comparable to the most immortal works of computational science in the 21st century. This price will be tested quickly or slowly depending on the speed of development of quantum computer technology.

Prof. Kieu Tien Dung is a first-year student at the University of Ho Chi Minh City. His passion for research has in turn brought him to the high scientific ladder in the world. He has become an Australian talent, but his heart always hurts towards his homeland of Vietnam. He regularly returned to Vietnam to attend seminars; contribute ideas to develop strategies for human training.

He confided: "The Vietnamese people have made a lot of contributions in many different areas for the country where they are settled. I am proud to spread the successes of Vietnamese people everywhere. This is a storehouse. The great gray nature with the same denominator is that a Vietnamese bloodline needs to be exploited directly or indirectly for the prosperity of the country, in my opinion, Vietnam has the ability to rise and catch up with other countries in a relatively short time, because I have a stable education, almost no illiterate people, young and studious population, but this is a problem that must be solved not only by education, professional ability and knowledge, but also depends on many other factors such as national policy and ability law, investment law, etc . ".

To conclude this article, I would like to borrow the idea in the above confidant of Prof. Kieu Tien Dung: all Vietnamese scientists working in the country or abroad are a great gray treasure with the same The common denominator is a Vietnamese bloodline that must be exploited directly or indirectly for the prosperity of the country.

Dr. Ngo Tu Thanh (Institute of Posts and Telecommunications Technology)