Nam Anh Le
Undergraduate Student
National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Research Interests
Statistical Decision Theory, Bayesian Statistics, Game Theory, Causal Inference, Behavioral Data Analysis
National Economics University (NEU)
Hanoi, Vietnam • Sept 2022 – Expected Dec 2026
Degree of Bachelor, Excellent Program
Major: Digital Marketing — Minor: Statistics
GPA: 3.84/4.00 (Top 3%)
Upcoming Thesis: Bayesian Approaches for Sentiment Analysis in Vietnamese Social Commerce
Publications
Working Papers
Le, N. A. (2025). Opening-gap pass-through from Bitcoin to ETFs: Measurement, robustness, and design implications.
Under Review at International Review of Financial Analysis
ManuscriptLe, N. A. (2025). Systemic fragility in permissionless issuance: Evidence from a large-scale on-chain natural experiment.
Under Review at Digital Finance
ManuscriptPublished
Conference Presentations
Le, N. A., Nguyen, T. K. C., Pham, T. H. T., & Hoang, T. L. H. (2025). Multidimensional configuration of national digital asset and decentralized finance adoption. International Conference on Business and Finance (ICBF), Ho Chi Minh City.
Nguyen, X. H., Bui, D. A., Le, N. A., Nguyen, Q. T., & Nguyen, K. N. (2025). The impact of FOMO on investment decisions in gold: The case of Vietnam. 7th International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Economics, Management and Business, Hanoi.
Le, V. Q. A., Dang, N. M., Luu, H. L., Nguyen, P. L., Le, N. A., & Nguyen, H. L. (2025). In trust we cure: Source credibility and unverified sharing information in healthcare marketing. 7th International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Economics, Management and Business, Hanoi.
Academic Experience
Teaching Assistant
International Statistical Institute Lecture Series
- Assisted Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen (Queensland University of Technology) in delivering "Foundations and Applications of Bayesian Statistics" to 60+ researchers.
- Facilitated communication between instructor and Vietnamese researchers; provided real-time support illustrating probability distributions and graphical models.
- Guided researchers through R programming exercises on Bayesian inference, MCMC methods, and Bayesian Network construction.
Research Assistant
Applied Data Science and AI Laboratory, NEU
- Processed academic records of 10,000+ students using Python (Pandas) and SQL to merge datasets and resolve inconsistencies.
- Conducted EDA to uncover trends in student performance, generating automated statistical reports for decision-making.
- Assisted in data preparation and validation for enterprise AI projects.
Research Assistant
Academic Council of NEU — Advisor: Prof. Tran Tho Dat
- Contributed to macro-level research on Economic Digitalization in Vietnam under the Chairman of NEU Academic Council.
- Constructed panel dataset spanning 10 years of provincial-level digital indicators from official and international sources.
- Performed econometric analysis using Stata/R investigating digital infrastructure and economic growth correlations.
Student Researcher
Institute of International Trade and Economics, NEU
- Investigated behavioral finance factors in Vietnamese gold market under Assoc. Prof. Xuan Hung Nguyen.
- Designed survey instrument collecting 727 responses; performed PLS-SEM and Multi-group Analysis.
- Co-authored paper published in International Journal of Financial Studies.
Projects
Interactive educational platform illustrating the historical evolution of Bayesian computation methods.
- Implemented five canvas-based simulation modules: Conjugate Priors, Metropolis-Hastings, Gibbs Sampling, HMC, and Variational Inference.
- Built real-time algorithm visualizations with step-by-step execution; integrated KaTeX for mathematical notation.
- Developed bilingual support (English/Vietnamese) for international accessibility.
- Architected data pipeline for high-frequency on-chain trading data from Solana blockchain.
- Developed wallet ranking framework using risk-adjusted metrics (Sharpe, Sortino, Omega).
- Scaled to 3,000+ subscribers, $3-4K monthly revenue.
Awards & Honors
Technical Skills
Programming
R, Python, SQL
Statistical Tools
brms, rstan, tidyverse, scikit-learn, PyTorch, SmartPLS, SPSS
Data Engineering
PostgreSQL, Web Scraping, Data Extraction
Languages
Vietnamese (Native), English (Proficient)