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Quang-Tien Dam

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Msc. Student
Ritsumeikan University
damtien440 (at) gmail.com


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Hi! I’m Quang-Tien Dam, a recent master’s graduate from Ritsumeikan University, where I worked under the supervision of Prof. Joo-Ho Lee and Asst. Prof. Dinh-Tuan Tran. My master’s research explored the intersection of generative AI and human-robot interaction, specifically leveraging diffusion and flow matching models to generate realistic reactions to pain stimuli and augment expression data for robot patient simulators.

I hold a Bachelor of Engineering from Danang University of Technology (DUT), where I worked on computer vision projects including flood segmentation in urban scenes with Dr. Ninh Khanh Duy, and ransomware detection using CV models as part of the netsec-it lab under Dr. Le Tran Duc.

Beyond research, I like astronomy, I served as president of the Danang Astronomy Club, organizing observing events and creating science outreach content to spark public interest in the cosmos. When I’m not working on robotics or stargazing, you’ll find me hiking and exploring nature.

My vision is to develop generative models for robotics that enable robots to become intelligent, adaptive companions that is capable of living alongside humans as naturally as a beloved pet.

📧 I am actively looking for PhD positions in generative AI for robotics.

News

2025
  • [Oct 2025] Exciting news! PainDiffusion has been awarded as IROS Best Entertainment and Amusement Paper Award.
  • [Aug 2025] I got travel grant to IROS.
  • [Jun 2025] PainDiffusion got accepted to IROS 2025. ✌️
2024
  • [Apr 2024] We won The Second REACT Challenge@IEEE FG24!


Selected Publications

  1. IROS2025
    Quang Tien Dam, Tri Tung Nguyen Nguyen, Dinh Tuan Tran, Joo-Ho Lee

  2. FG2024
    Quang Tien Dam, Tri Tung Nguyen Nguyen, Dinh Tuan Tran, Joo-Ho Lee
    IEEE 18th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), 2024.

Awards

Master's (2023-2025)
  • IROS Best Entertainment and Amusement Paper Award, IROS2025, Hangzhou 2025
  • IEEE RAS Travel Grant to IROS 2025
  • First Prize in the Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation Challenge at IEEE FG 2024
  • Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship for Master's Degree 2023
Bachelor's (2018-2023)
  • Second Prize, Science-A-Thon Competition at Vietnam Summer School of Science 2022
  • Vallet Merit Scholarship by Rencontres Du Vietnam (US$1200) 2022
  • Murata Scholarship (US$600) for two years 2021 and 2022
  • Best Paper Award, Student Scientific Research Conference at DUT in two consecutive years of 2021 and 2022
  • First Prize (Team), Maker to Entrepreneur Program by ASU, DOW Vietnam and USAID Vietnam 2020

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