A Vietnamese student won a scholarship to study in America. Hoang Hieu is 23 years old and is from Ho Chi Minh City. He will get $282,000 for a PhD program in California. Hieu sent emails to professors before he applied. He showed them how he could help with their research. This plan helped him succeed.
Hieu studied data science at a California university first. He has a strong interest in math. After graduating from college, he worked for a nonprofit organization. But the experience showed him he was better suited to research and teaching. Now he will study artificial intelligence. AI means computers that can think and learn like people do.