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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2008 - George Pólya Prize
  • 2002 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Van Vu is a researcher affiliated with Yale University in the United States with contributions primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geology, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Genetics, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research addresses a variety of topics within geological and geochemical analysis, geological formations and processes, geological and geophysical studies, geochemistry and elemental analysis, geological studies and exploration, bioinformatics and genomic networks, and genetic associations and epidemiology.

Recent publications by Van Vu demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach and collaboration with several co-authors. These papers include:

  • Geochemical constraints on weathering and provenance of stream sediments from Bat Xat, northwestern Vietnam (2024), published in Applied Geochemistry
  • Geomorphological sedimentary characteristics in the coastal area of Ma river delta, Thanh Hoa province (2021), Vietnam Journal of Marine Science and Technology
  • VN1K: a genome graph-based and function-driven multi-omics and phenomics resource for the Vietnamese population (2025), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Davis-Kahan Theorem under a moderate gap condition (2025), Communications in Contemporary Mathematics
  • Hydroclimate and environmental changes associated with GS-20 and the Toba eruption in the Indo-Pacific region (2025), Global and Planetary Change

Van Vu frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Hoang Van Tha
  • The Hieu Pham
  • Minh Tuan Dang
  • Tuan Anh Tran
  • Dung Nguyen Thanh

Their research has been published in venues that include:

  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Vietnam Journal of Marine Science and Technology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications in Contemporary Mathematics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Van Vu has received several recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • George Pólya Prize (2008)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2002)

Best Publications

  • The Spectra of Random Graphs with Given Expected Degrees

    Fan R. K. Chung;Linyuan Lu;Van H. Vu

  • Spectra of random graphs with given expected degrees

    Fan Chung;Linyuan Lu;Van Vu

  • Random matrices: Universality of ESDs and the circular law

    Terence Tao;Van H. Vu;Manjunath Krishnapur

  • Random matrices: Universality of local eigenvalue statistics

    Terence Tao;Van H. Vu

  • Spectral norm of random matrices

    Van H. Vu

  • Random Matrices: Universality of Local Eigenvalue Statistics up to the Edge

    Terence Tao;Van Vu

  • Inverse Littlewood-Offord theorems and the condition number of random discrete matrices

    Terence Tao;Van H. Vu

  • Concentration of Multivariate Polynomials and Its Applications

    Jeong Han Kim;Van H. Vu

  • Eigenvalues of Random Power law Graphs

    Fan Chung;Linyuan Lu;Van Vu

  • Random covariance matrices: Universality of local statistics of eigenvalues

    Terence Tao;Van H. Vu

  • On the singularity probability of random Bernoulli matrices

    Terence Tao;Van H. Vu

  • Central limit theorems for Gaussian polytopes

    Imre Bárány;Van H. Vu

  • Factors in random graphs

    Anders Johansson;Jeff Kahn;Van Vu

  • On the singularity probability of discrete random matrices

    Jean Bourgain;Van H. Vu;Philip Matchett Wood

  • Random Matrices: the Distribution of the Smallest Singular Values

    Terence Tao;Van Vu

  • Generating Random Regular Graphs

    J. H. Kim;V. H. Vu

  • On the concentration of eigenvalues of random symmetric matrices

    Noga Alon;Michael Krivelevich;Van H. Vu

  • Stochastic Block Model and Community Detection in Sparse Graphs: A spectral algorithm with optimal rate of recovery

    Peter Chin;Anup Rao;Van Vu

  • Random matrices: Universality of local spectral statistics of non-Hermitian matrices

    Terence Tao;Van H. Vu

  • On random ±1 matrices: Singularity and determinant

    Terence Tao;Van Vu

  • Random Matrices: The circular Law

    Terence Tao;Van Vu

  • Additive Combinatorics: Long arithmetic progressions in sum sets

    Terence Tao;Van H. Vu

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence Tao
Terence Tao University of California, Los Angeles
Benny Sudakov
Benny Sudakov ETH Zurich
Michael Krivelevich
Michael Krivelevich Tel Aviv University
Endre Szemerédi
Endre Szemerédi Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
Noga Alon
Noga Alon Tel Aviv University
Linyuan Lu
Linyuan Lu University of South Carolina
László Lovász
László Lovász Eötvös Loránd University
Fan Chung
Fan Chung University of California, San Diego
Imre Bárány
Imre Bárány Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
Vincent Dorcet
Vincent Dorcet University of Rennes

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