--- title: "Quan Nguyen — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Quan Nguyen, Thompson Rivers University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 19 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/quan-nguyen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/quan-nguyen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Quan Nguyen # Quan Nguyen Quan Nguyen has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/), [Efficient models & compression](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/); often with [Xuan-Son Vu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-son-vu/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5036664594) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8937-5121) · [**h-index 19**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5036664594) · [40 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5036664594) · [1,270 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5036664594&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/quan-nguyen/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 11 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/quan-nguyen/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9388](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/94/#star-9388) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Quan+Nguyen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Quan+Nguyen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Quan+Nguyen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Quan+Nguyen) ## Affiliations [🎓**Thompson Rivers University** Kamloops · Canada 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/01v9wj339) · [🎓**The Open University** Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2016–2019 · 20 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-open-university/) · [🎓**University of Michigan** Ann Arbor · United States 2019–2023 · 12 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-michigan/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Efficient models & compression · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/quan-nguyen/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/quan-nguyen/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[VinaLLaMA: LLaMA-based Vietnamese Foundation Model](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nguyen-2023-vinallama-llama-based-vietnamese-foundation/)** *(2023 · 16 citations)* Open LLMs such as LLaMA-2 handle Vietnamese poorly because their training data contains few Vietnamese tokens and their tokenizers are not designed for the language. 2. **[Reason-to-Learn (R2L): Multi-Agent Knowledge Distillation for Lightweight LLMs in Sentiment Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tu-2026-reason-learn-r2l-multi-agent/)** *(2026)* Large language models are costly to run. This work asks how a compact model can absorb the reasoning skills of several larger ones for sentiment analysis, especially the harder aspect-based variant (ABSA). The authors propose Reason-to-Learn (R2L), a distillation pipeline built around a group of heterogeneous teacher… ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Xuan-Son Vu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-son-vu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 11 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/quan-nguyen/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026