# Chung Dao

> Chung Dao, also published as Thanh-Chung Dao, is the Hanoi-based CEO and co-founder of Oraichain Labs and a co-founder of Rikkeisoft. His work spans high-performance data processing, blockchain credential verification and AI oracle infrastructure. He earned his doctorate at the University of Tokyo in 2017.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-founder at Oraichain Labs
- **Organizations:** Oraichain Labs, Rikkeisoft, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
- **Education:** B.A. (as described in the HUST seminar biography), Keio University, M.S. in Computer Science, University of Eastern Finland, Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
- **Known for:** Co-founded Oraichain Labs and Rikkeisoft., Completed a University of Tokyo doctorate in 2017., Co-authored a 2016 Hadoop paper reporting a 15% execution-time reduction in its TSUBAME comparison against original Hadoop.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Co-founded Rikkeisoft.
- **2014** — Published a tutorial on deploying Hadoop on the University of Tokyo’s FX10 supercomputer.
- **2016** — Co-authored research on in-memory Hadoop using additional storage nodes with Shigeru Chiba.
- **2017** — Received his doctorate from the University of Tokyo.
- **2018** — Presented data-intensive framework deployment research at Hanoi University of Science and Technology on January 22.
- **2020** — Co-authored VECefblock certificate-authentication research; became associated with Oraichain’s formation as co-founder and CEO.
- **2021** — Oraichain mainnet launched February 24; discussed AI oracles and technical leadership of aiRight in public Q&As.
- **2025** — Advocated clearer treatment of blockchain development and non-custodial infrastructure in Vietnam’s proposed crypto-asset framework.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Oraichain Labs and Rikkeisoft.
- Completed a University of Tokyo doctorate in 2017.
- Co-authored a 2016 Hadoop paper reporting a 15% execution-time reduction in its TSUBAME comparison against original Hadoop.
- Received a student encouragement award at the 33rd annual conference of the Japan Society for Software Science and Technology for the in-memory Hadoop work.
- Co-authored the VECefblock blockchain certificate-authentication prototype study published in PeerJ Computer Science in 2020.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — In comments published June 11, advocated transparency, clear crypto-asset classifications, controlled testing environments, and distinct treatment for software development and direct asset services.

## Links

- Website: https://static.csg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pages/chung/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chung-dao/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/chung_sfc

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