Thuy Le, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Courses Taught at °µÍøTV

  • MATH 473 - Scientific Computing
  • MATH 573 - Advanced Scientific Computing

Research Interests

My research focuses on developing and analyzing novel computational methods to solve scientific problems motivated by high-impact applications, such as detecting underground explosive devices, biomedical imaging, and seismic exploration.

My work is concentrated in three key areas of applied mathematics:

  1. inverse problems, which extract hidden information from indirect measurements;
  2. numerical analysis for PDEs, which provides the theoretical foundation for robust algorithms; and
  3. machine learning, which leverages data to uncover new insights and solve problems intractable for traditional models.

Key Publications

  1. Chenfeng Huang, Thuy T. Le, Zixuan Ma and Hien Tran, Causal Bayesian Optimization: Foundations, Methods, and Applications, Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 2835-8856, 2026.
  2. Thuy T. Le, Minh-Binh Tran, and Loc H. Nguyen, A globally convergent Carleman–Picard method for an inverse initial-value problem for a nonlinear diffusive coagulation–fragmentation equation, Inverse Problems, accepted for publication, 2026.
  3. Cong B. Van, Thuy T. Le, and Loc H. Nguyen, The inverse initial data problem for anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations via Legendre time reduction method, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 161 (2026), 110074.
  4. Thuy T. Le, Cong B. Van, Trong D. Dang, and Loc H. Nguyen, Inverse initial data reconstruction for Maxwell's equations via time-dimensional reduction method, Journal of Computational Physics, 559 (2026), 114896.
  5. Lawrence Ives, Michael Read, Jeff Neilson, Thuc Bui, David Marsden, Thuy T. Le, and Hien T. Tran, Gyrotrons for Fusion Power Plants, Fusion Science and Technology, 1–11, 2025.
  6. Thuy T. Le, Linh V. Nguyen, Loc H. Nguyen, and Hyunha Park, The time dimensional reduction method to determine the initial conditions without the knowledge of damping coefficients, Computers & Mathematics with Applications , 166, 77–90, 2024.
  7. Thuy T. Le, Vo A. Khoa, Michael V. Klibanov, Loc H. Nguyen, Grant Bidney, and Vasily Astratov, Numerical verification of the convexification method for a frequency-dependent inverse scattering problem with experimental data, Journal of Applied and Industrial Mathematics, 17, 908–927, 2023.
  8. Thuy T. Le, Loc H. Nguyen, and Hung V. Tran, A Carleman-based numerical method for quasilinear elliptic equations with over-determined boundary data and applications, Computers &Mathematics with Applications, 125, 13–24, 2022.
  9. Thuy T. Le and Loc H. Nguyen, The gradient descent method for the convexification to solve boundary value problems of quasi-linear PDEs and a coefficient inverse problem, Journal of Scientific Computing, 91:74, 2022.
  10. Thuy T. Le, Michael V. Klibanov, Loc H. Nguyen, Anders Sullivan, and Lam Nguyen, Carleman contraction mapping for a 1D inverse scattering problem with experimental time-dependent data, Inverse Problems, 38, 045002, 2022.
  11. Thuy T. Le, Loc H. Nguyen, Thi-Phong Nguyen, and William Powell, The quasi-reversibility method to numerically solve an inverse source problem for hyperbolic equations, Journal of Scientific Computing, 87:90, 2021.
  12. Michael V. Klibanov, Thuy T. Le, and Loc H. Nguyen, Convergent numerical method for a linearized travel time tomography problem with incomplete data, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 42, B1173–B1192, 2020.

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Education History

  • Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • M.S. in Mathematical Finance, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
  • B.S. in Mathematical Finance, National Economics University of Vietnam