Manh Thang Vo

Dr. Manh Thang Vo is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Ohio University, where he earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2026. He brings more than twenty years of teaching experience to the classroom, having taught mathematics at both the secondary and university levels in the United States and Vietnam. He is particularly interested in student-centered and inquiry-based approaches to gateway mathematics and in helping students develop mathematical confidence and quantitative reasoning skills.

Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Vo served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Ohio University and as a Research Scholar at Kent State University, and held academic positions at Vinh University of Technology Education in Vietnam.

His research lies at the intersection of abstract algebra, coding theory, and information theory, with particular interests in error-correcting codes, quantum error-correcting codes, and quantum synchronizable codes. His recent work explores new quasi-cyclic code constructions arising from entangled polynomial structures and related algebraic frameworks. His research has appeared in journals including Finite Fields and Their Applications, Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, Algebra Colloquium, and Quantum Information Processing.

Publications

Hai Q. Dinh, Nguyen Trong, B. T., Paravee, M., & Hiep, T. L., Thang M. Vo (2023). Optimal constructions of quantum and synchronizable codes from repeated-root cyclic codes of length 3p^s. Quantum Information Processing, 22(257), 2-25.

Hai Q. Dinh, H., & Tansuchat, R., Thang M. Vo (2021). Symbol-pair distances of repeated-root negacyclic codes of lengths 2⁸ over Galois rings. Algebra Colloquium, 28(04), 581-600.

Hai Q. Dinh, Nguyen, B. T., & Sriboonchitta, S., Thang M. Vo (2019). On $(\alpha + u\beta)$-constacyclic codes of length $4p^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^m} + u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$. Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, 18(2), 1950023.

Hai Q. Dinh, Nguyen, B. T., & Sriboonchitta, S., Thang M. Vo (2019). On a class of constacyclic codes of length $4p^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^m} + u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$. Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, 18(2), 1950022.

Hai Q. Dinh, Nguyen, H. D. T., & Sriboonchitta, S., Thang M. Vo (2017). Repeated-root constacyclic codes of prime power lengths over finite chain rings. Finite Fields and Their Applications, 43, 22–41.

Hai Q. Dinh, Thang M. Vo (2011). Repeated-root cyclic and negacyclic codes of prime power lengths with a finite commutative chain ring alphabet. East-West Journal of Mathematics, 13(2), 207-224.

Presentations

"New Quasi-Cyclic Codes from Entangled Polynomial Rings." The 37th Ohio Mathematics Conference. (July 2026).

"A Novel Non-Commutative Ring Whose Ideals are Quasi-Cyclic Codes." Ohio State University Seminar. (April 2026).

"Quantum MDS Codes and Synchronizable Codes From Repeated-Root Cyclic Codes." AMS Sectional Meeting, Special Session on Coding Theory and its Applications to Quantum Error-Correction and Cryptography, II. (March 2026).

"A Non-Commutative Ring Whose Ideals are Quasi-Cyclic Codes." Southern Regional Algebra Conference, Hammond, LA. (March 2026).

"Multi-constacyclic codes over finite commutative chain ring." The 50th Annual New York Regional Graduate Mathematics Conference at Syracuse University. (March 2025).

"MDS Symbol-Pair Constacyclic Codes of Length $2^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{2^m}$." The 36th Ohio State - Denison Mathematics Conference at Ohio State University. (May 2024).

"Symbol-Pair Distances of Constacyclic Codes of Length $2^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{2^m}$." Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) at the University of Iowa. (April 2024).

"Cyclic codes of length $5p^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^m} + u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$." The Graduate Students Combinatorics Conference at Carnegie Mellon University. (March 2024).

"Braces and Solutions of the Yang-Baxter Equation." The Algebra Seminar at Ohio University. (January 2024).

"Introduction to left braces and skew left braces." The Algebra Seminar at Ohio University. (December 2023).

"Combining addition and subtraction to make a group." The 35th Annual Symposium in Mathematics and Statistics at Eastern Kentucky University. (April 2023).

"Associativity of Plus-Minus collaborations." The Algebra Seminar at Ohio University. (April 2023).

"Dual codes of cyclic codes of length $5p^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^m} + u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$." The 48th Annual New York Regional Graduate Mathematics Conference at Syracuse University. (April 2023).

"Symbol-Pair Distances of Repeated-Root Negacyclic Codes of Lengths $2^s$ Over $\mathbb{F}_{2^m}$." The Graduate Students Combinatorics Conference at Washington University in St. Louis. (March 2023).

"The number of codewords in cyclic codes of length $5p^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^m} + u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$ and their duals." The 35th Ohio State - Denison Mathematics Conference. (May 2022).

"Cyclic codes of length $5p^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^m} + u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$." The Algebra Seminar at Ohio University. (November 2021).

"Structure and duals of constacyclic codes of length $4p^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^m} + u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$." The Algebra Seminar at Ohio University. (November 2018).

"On a class of constacyclic codes of length $4p^s$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^m} + u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$." The 34th Ohio State - Denison Mathematics Conference. (May 2018).

"Repeated-root Constacyclic Codes of Prime Power Lengths over Finite Chain Rings." The 33rd Ohio State - Denison Mathematics Conference. (May 2016).