Summary
Linh Nguyen is an AI researcher based in Chiyoda, Japan, with two years of industry experience applying ML/DL to real-world problems in recommender systems and large-scale demand forecasting. Currently at Cinnamon AI, she focuses on time-series forecasting and also develops OCR and NLP models, building on prior roles that spanned customer embedding research at Rakuten and fault detection for storage systems at Hitachi. Her background includes hands-on image processing projects—handwriting recognition, image captioning, and person re-identification—implemented across TensorFlow, Keras, and PyTorch. Linh holds a PhD and a Master's from Tohoku University where she combined machine learning research with business analysis, reflecting her ability to translate technical models into business impact. Colleagues describe her as someone who bridges rigorous academic training with practical product-focused engineering, comfortable moving between research, prototyping, and productionization. An unexpected strength is her cross-domain versatility: she seamlessly applies methods from NLP and computer vision to improve forecasting and recommendation pipelines.
1 year of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Infomation and Communication Technology, 3.34/4.0, Engineer's degree, Infomation and Communication Technology, 3.34/4.0 at Hanoi University of Science and Technology
High School for Gifted Mathematics Students, Hanoi University of Science
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Recommendation System, Business Analyst, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Recommendation System, Business Analyst at Tohoku University
English, Vietnamese, French, Japanese