Introduction

Before joining the University of St. Thomas, Dr. Lai was a principal software engineer, working on a new aircraft collision avoidance system (ADS-B) which FAA has mandatory installation on most aircraft by 2020. Dr. Lai received three U.S. patents and three European patents, all related to aircraft collision avoidance algorithms. Dr. Lai also worked with the University of Minnesota and Medtronic with patents on sacrum neural modulation and monitoring/evaluating Parkinson patients. Other industry experience includes using A.I. for detecting counterfeit products, predicting power generation, and predicting equipment health for hydro/wind energy industry.

Courses taught at St. Thomas:

  • Vision AI - SEIS 764
  • Artificial Intelligence—SEIS 764
  • Machine Learning - SEIS 763
  • Healthcare Analytics and AI Case Study - SEIS 735
  • AI for Healthcare- SEIS 639
  • Data Mining - SEIS 734
  • Multimedia Information Retrieval - SEIS 772
  • Real-Time Systems and Applications - SEIS 740

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Academic Areas and Departments

Software Engineering and Data Science

School of Engineering

Education

Oregon State University
1999, PhD
Oregon State University
1992, MSCS
Fu-Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)
1987, BA