Tien-Dat Le

Tien-Dat Le

🇳🇱 EngD Researcher · Eindhoven University of Technology

Adversarially robust ML for safety-critical systems.

🇻🇳 Vietnam — security practitioner at Zalo (70M users, 5+ critical vulns) · 🇰🇷 Korea — built ML-based IDS with accuracy = 1.0 · 🇳🇱 Netherlands — now asking how to certify ML safety in production.

Research

My research sits at the intersection of time series anomaly detection, AI security / adversarial ML, and critical infrastructure security — specifically in-vehicle networks, power grids, and IoT systems.

I build models that are not just accurate, but certifiably robust when deployed under adversarial conditions. The through-line: offensive security intuitions applied to ML threat modeling, from a background of finding real vulnerabilities at scale.

Adversarial MLAnomaly DetectionIntrusion DetectionCritical InfrastructureFederated Learning

Experience

Academic
Industry
Sep 2025 – Present
🇳🇱 AI Engineer Intern
Innova Energie
  • Developing AI-powered forecasting models for energy demand and renewable production prediction
  • Integrating machine learning pipelines with operational energy management systems
  • Benchmarking classical time-series models against deep learning approaches for short-term load forecasting
May 2025 – Present
🇳🇱 AI Engineer
DigiPES Lab, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
  • Developing an Integrated Digital Platform for Multi-Energy Flexibility Asset Orchestration
  • IoT-enabled asset integration combining edge computing with cloud analytics for real-time energy management
  • Multi-objective optimization balancing technical, economic, and environmental constraints
  • Digital twin architectures for simulating regional energy network scenarios
Feb 2023 – Feb 2025
🇰🇷 AI Researcher
IoT Network Lab, Soonchunhyang University
  • GAN-based In-Vehicle IDS 2024 – Feb 2025
    • Multiclass classification using vision transformer + GAN (Auxiliary Classifier) for CAN bus anomaly detection
    • Federated learning integration for privacy-preserving intrusion detection
    • Target venue: IEEE TIFS (submitted 2026, under review)
    • → [S.1]
  • Multi-classification In-Vehicle IDS Feb 2023 – 2024
    • Transformer + autoencoder architecture for CAN bus traffic analysis
    • Achieved classification accuracy = 1.0 on benchmark datasets
    • → [J.1]
  • AI-based Electricity Theft Detection Feb 2023 – 2024
    • Transformer + convolutional autoencoder for smart grid anomaly detection
    • Achieved accuracy 0.9918 — state-of-the-art at time of publication
    • → [J.2]
Aug 2021 – Feb 2023
🇻🇳 Safety & Security
Zalo — VNG Corporation
  • Safety and Security Executive Mar 2022 – Feb 2023
    • Conducted OWASP security audits of internal tools and external messaging platforms
    • Identified and reported 5+ critical vulnerabilities affecting millions of users
  • Safety & Security Fresher Aug 2021 – Feb 2022
    • Vietnam's most-used messaging platform — 70+ million users
    • Developed custom penetration testing platforms using JavaScript and Python (packet decryption, data visualization)

Publications

9 published · 1 under review · 79+ total citations · Google Scholar ↗

First Author

[J.1] 20 citations
Multi-classification in-vehicle intrusion detection system using packet- and sequence-level characteristics from time-embedded transformer with autoencoder

T.D.Le, T.H.B.Huy, P.V.Phu, D.Kim

Knowledge-Based Systems, Volume 299, 2024, 112091 — Q1, 2024

[J.2] 3 citations
Advanced deep learning-based electricity theft detection in smart grids using multi-dimensional analysis with Convolutional Autoencoder and Transformer

T.D.Le, N.T.M.Duy, T.H.B.Huy, P.V.Phu, H.T.Doan, D.Kim

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 157, 2025, 111333 — Q1, 2025

Contributing Author

[J.3] 30 citations

T.H.B.Huy, T.D.Le, P.Van Phu, S.Park, D.Kim

Journal of Energy Storage 88, 111506 — Q1, 2024

[J.4] 26 citations

T.H.B.Huy, N.T.M.Duy, P.Van Phu, T.D.Le, S.Park, D.Kim

Applied Energy 373, 123847 — Q1, 2024

[J.5]

T.H.Tran, T.D.Le, T.H.B.Huy, D.Kim

Knowledge-Based Systems, 114716 — Q1, 2025

[J.6]

N.T.M.Duy, T.H.B.Huy, P.Van Phu, T.D.Le, D.Kim

Knowledge-Based Systems, 114436 — Q1, 2025

[J.7]

P.V.Phu, T.H.B.Huy, T.D.Le, T.D.Le, S.Park, D.Kim

International Journal of Energy Research 2026 (1), 1046502 — Q1, 2026

Workshop / Conference

[W.1]

K.L.Pham, T.D.Le, A.D.Tran, M.T.Tran, D.T.Dang-Nguyen

Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Security-Centric Strategies for Combating Scams, 2024

Under Review

[S.1] Under Review

T.D.Le et al.

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS) — Q1, IF ~7.2, 2026

Education

May 2025 – Present · 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands
Engineering Doctorate (EngD), Electrical Engineering TU/e
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Funded industry-linked research programme. Project: DigiRES
Feb 2023 – Feb 2025 · 🇰🇷 Asan-si, South Korea
Master of Research, Mobility Security Convergence SCH
Soonchunhyang University
GPA: 4.2 / 4.5 (≈ 3.73 / 4.0 US)
Thesis: "Deep Learning-based Approaches for Intrusion Detection in the In-vehicle Network and Smart Grids"
★ 3rd place LISATHON, Dec 2024
Aug 2017 – Aug 2021 · 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Network & Telecommunication) HCMUS
Ho Chi Minh City University of Science (HCMUS) — VNU
GPA: 3.5 / 4.0 — Top GPA, Computer Network faculty
Thesis: ""Audio injection on controllable systems" — 10/10 (A+)"
Adversarial manipulation of embedded systems predates ML research by 4 years.
★ Top GPA, Computer Network faculty (Aug 2021)

Skills & Service

Technical Skills

Programming
PythonC/C++JavaJavaScript
ML / Deep Learning
PyTorchscikit-learnHuggingFace TransformersNumPyPandas
Security
Penetration testingOWASP auditsVulnerability analysisWireshark
Specialized
CAN bus / IDS protocolsMQTTLinuxDockerGitLaTeX

Peer Review Service

10 reviews · 5 journals

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS)
Scientific Reports
Cluster Computing
IEEE Network
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Honors & Awards

3rd Place — LISATHON (LISA Lab Hackathon) · Soonchunhyang University
Dec 2024
Top Highest GPA — Computer Network Faculty · HCMUS, Vietnam National University
Aug 2021
TOP 7 — HCMUS-CTF Final (Capture the Flag) · HCMUS, Vietnam National University
May 2020
MCSA Certification Scholarship for Excellent Students · SaigonCTT
Jan 2020

Certificates

Machine Learning
Coursera / DeepLearning.AI Jan 2023
Machine Learning in Production
Coursera / DeepLearning.AI Jan 2023
Full Stack Application Development Capstone Project
Coursera / IBM Jan 2023
Developing Back-End Apps with Node.js and Express
Coursera / IBM Dec 2022