Duong Tung Nguyen, M.Sc.
Research Associate
Research Topics
- GPU-accelerated database systems
- Complex query processing on GPUs
- Query engines for Apple Silicon GPUs (Metal)
- GPU kernel design and memory management
Bio
Duong Tung Nguyen has been a research associate in the Data Engineering group at the University of Bamberg since the summer term 2026. His research focuses on complex query processing for GPU-accelerated database systems. He received his master's degree in International Software Systems Science from the University of Bamberg; in his master's thesis, written in our group, he worked on GPU database systems targeting Apple Metal and built an analytical query engine for TPC-H queries based on Metal kernels and a C++ host. He received his bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from the University of Information Technology, VNU-HCM (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), graduating as valedictorian of the class of 2022. Afterwards, he worked there as a teaching assistant for courses including object-oriented programming, databases and web development. He also gained industry experience in mobile development and quality assurance at VNG Corporation (Zalo) and Vitalify Asia.