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Don TA is an application-driven computer scientist whose research bridges blockchain, cloud computing, and AI for next-generation decentralized systems and technology-enhanced education.
Pioneers the integration of decentralized and AI-driven approaches in education and cloud systems; recognized for bridging practical applications with foundational research, securing competitive grants, and delivering scalable solutions for resource management, security, and learning technologies.
Focused research areas include Application-driven research in blockchain applications, AI in education, cloud and cluster computing, decentralized systems, and resource optimization for distributed environments.
Pioneers the integration of decentralized and AI-driven approaches in education and cloud systems; recognized for bridging practical applications with foundational research, securing competitive grants, and delivering scalable solutions for resource management, security, and learning technologies.
Focused research areas include Application-driven research in blockchain applications, AI in education, cloud and cluster computing, decentralized systems, and resource optimization for distributed environments.
Areas of Expertise
Cloud computingMachine learningBlockchain
Past Awarded Grant
- AP-Coach: AI-based formative feedback generation to improve student learning outcomes in introductory programming courses, Tertiary Education Research Fund (TRF), Ministry of Education (MOE), PI (Project Level): Don TA, Co-PI (Project Level): SHAR Lwin Khin, Venky SHANKARARAMAN, 2022, S$200,741.6
- ADrone: Auditing Drone Behaviours for Accountability of Criminal/Malicious Activities, NSOE MSS-CS Research Programme, National Satellite of Excellence - Mobile Systems Security and Cloud Security , PI (Project Level): SHAR Lwin Khin , Co-PI (Project Level): Don TA, JIANG Lingxiao, 2021, S$594,220
- CloudNPlay: An Open-Source Cloud-Native Gaming System, SCIS Seed Funding for Practice Research, SMU SCIS PI (Project Level): Don TA, 2021, SGD41,478
- MLAnywhere: Distributed Machine Learning on Heterogeneous Public Computing Services, MOE Tier 1, MOE PI (Project Level): Don TA, SGD30,000
- BlockAgent: Transforming Regional Air Traffic Flow Management via BlockChain based Decentralized Multi-Agent Systems, ATMRI, CAAS PI (Project Level): Don TA, SGD120,000
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- GenScore: Agent-Based Short-Answer Question Generation and Scoring in Software Engineering Courses [2025]TNB Duong, LK SharIEEE Access 13, 215804-215821, 2025
- W Cai, M Low, G Tan, G D'Angelo, D TaSpringer Nature, 2025
- NBD TAProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported …, 2025
- NBD Ta, HGP Nguyen, S GottipatiResearch and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning 1, 27, 2025
- TNB Duong, HGP NguyenHandbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 3, 219-238, 2025
- A Nguyen-Duy, DT Pham, JY Lye, D Ta2024 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI), 1195-1201, 2024
Qualification
- PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2006
Teaching Topics
- Introduction to Programming
- Cloud Computing