I am currently an Associate Professor at College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. My research interest includes PET readout electronics, high performance reconfiguralbe hardware, ultra-fast signal sampling and processing, mobile sensing, deep learning, signal processing, embedded system design.
Publications
- Junyi, Zhou; Pu, Henglin; Cao, Hangcheng; Cai, Chao; Guo, Peng; Jiang, Hongbo. "CORA: COntinuous RespirAtion Monitoring Using Analytical Signal Processing", in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024
- Fei Wang, Jiawen Zhou, Ziyi Weng, Chao Cai, Qingguo Xie. "130+ps Coincident Time Resolution with 20mm Crystal Length Using 28 nm Xillinx FPGA", in IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, 2024
- Yetong Cao, Chao Cai, Fan Li, Zhe Chen, Jun Luo. "Enabling Passive User Auhentication via Heart Sounds on In-ear Microphones", in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 2024
- Fei Wang, Ziyi Weng, Chao Cai, Menglan Hu, Qingguo Xie. "ParCha: A New Resource-efficient TDC with Salient Linearity Performance using Parallel Short Chains", in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2024
- Fei Wang, Jiawen Zhou, Chao Cai. "REMVT: A Resource-efficient Energy Characterization Method", in Automic Energy Science and Technology,2024
- Fei Wang, Ziyi Weng, Chao Cai, Menglan Hu, Qingguo Xie, and Jun Luo. "TwinPop: A Resource-efficient and Highly Linear FPGA-based Time-to-Digital Converter", in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2024
- T. Zheng, Z. Chen, S. Ding, C. Cai, J. Luo. "Adv-4-Adv: Thwarting Changing Adversarial Perturbations via Adversarial Domain Adaptation" in Neurocomputing,2024
- Henglin Pu, Xingqi Wu, Chao Cai. High-speed Hidden Aerial Acoustic Communication Exploiting the Whole Available Bandwidth, in IEEE ICC, 2024
- K Peng, L Wang, J He, C Cai, M Hu. Joint Optimization of Service Deployment and Request Routing for Microservices in Mobile Edge Computing, in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 2024
- C. Cai, R. Jin, J. Nie, J. Kang, Y. Zhang, J. Luo. Reliable High Throughput Aerial Acoustic Communication for Mobile Network, in IEEE Transactions on Vehicle Technology, 2023
- C. Cai, F. Wang, Q. Xie, J. Luo. Peak Detector with An FPGA-only Solution for Multi-Channel Ultra-Fast Signals, in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronic, 2023
- C. Cai, F. Wang, X. Chen, Z. Li, B. Qiu and Q. Xie, "High Count Rate Peak-Based PET Detector," in IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, 2023
- C. Cai, R. Jin, J. Nie, J. Kang, Y. Zhang and J. Luo, "PURE: Passive Multi-Person Identification Via Footstep for Mobile Service Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2023
- Yetong Cao, Chao Cai, Anbo Yu, Fan Li, and Jun Luo. 2023. EarAcE: Empowering Versatile Acoustic Sensing via Earable Active Noise Cancellation Platform. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 2023.
- Y Cao, C Cai, F Li, Z Chen, J Luo. "HeartPrint: Passive Heart Sounds Authentication Exploiting In-Ear Microphones", in IEEE INFOCOM,2023
- Z Chen, T Zheng, C Cai, Y Gao, P Hu, J Luo. "Wider is Better? Contact-free Vibration Sensing via Different COTS-RF Technologies", in IEEE INFOCOM,2023
- M Hu, M Xiao, Y Hu, C Cai, T Deng, K Peng. "Software Defined Multicast Using Segment Routing in LEO Satellite Networks", in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,2022
- H Cao, D Liu, H Jiang, C Cai, T Zheng, JCS Lui, J Luo, "HandKey: Knocking-triggered Robust Vibration Signature for Keyless Unlocking", in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,2022
- P Lv, J Han, J Nie, Y Zhang, J Xu, C Cai, Z Chen. "Cooperative Decision-Making of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in an Emergency", in IEEE Transactions on Vehicle Technology ,2022
- P Lv, W Xu, J Nie, Y Yuan, C Cai, Z Chen, J Xu. "Edge Computing Task Offloading for Environmental Perception of Autonomous Vehicles in 6G Networks", in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management,2022
- M Hu, J Li, C Cai, T Deng, W Xu, Y Dong. "Software Defined Multicast for Large-scale Multi-layer LEO Satellite Networks", in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management,2022
- M Hu, R Yang, Y Hu, C Cai, Y Dong, T Deng, K Peng. "QoS-Aware Software Defined Multicast in LEO Satellite Networks", in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems,2022
- C. Cai, R. Zheng, J. Luo. "Ubiquitous Acoustic Sensing on Commodity IoT Devices: A Survey" in IEEE Communication Survey and Tutorials,2022
- T. Zheng, C. Cai, Z. Chen, J. Luo. "Sound of Motion: Real-time Wrist Tracking with A Smart Watch-Phone Pair" in IEEE INFOCOM,2022
- T. Zheng, Z. Chen, S. Ding, C. Cai, J. Luo. "Adv-4-Adv: Thwarting Changing Adversarial Perturbations via Adversarial Domain Adaptation" in Arxiv,2021
- C. Cai, R. Jin, P. Wang, L. Ye, H. Jiang, J. Luo. "PURE: Passive mUlti-peRson idEntification via Deep Footstep Separation and Recognition" in Arxiv,2021
- Z. Chen, T. Zheng, C. Cai, J. Luo. "MoVi-Fi: motion-robust vital signs waveform recovery via deep interpreted RF sensing," in ACM MobiCom,2021
- T. Zheng, Z. Chen, S. Zhang, C. Cai, J. Luo. "MoRe-Fi: Motion-robust and Fine-grained Respiration Monitoring via Deep-Learning UWB Radar," in ACM SenSys,2021
- C. Cai, H. Pu, L. Ye, H. Jiang, J. Luo. "Active Acoustic Sensing for “Hearing” Temperature under Acoustic Interference," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,2021
- C. Cai, H. Pu, M. Hu, R. Zheng, J. Luo. "Acoustic Software Defined Platform: A Versatile Sensing and General Benchmarking Platform," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,2021
- C. Cai, H. Pu, P. Wang, Z. Chen, J. Luo. "We Hear Your PACE: Passive Acoustic loCalization of multiple walking pErsons," in ACM UbiComp,2021
- Z. Chen, C. Cai, T. Zheng, J. Luo, J. Xiong, X. Wang. "RF-Based Human Activity Recognition Using Signal Adapted Convolutional Neural Network," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,2021
- C. Cai, Z. Chen, J. Luo, H. Pu, M. Hu, R. Zheng. "Boosting Chirp Signal Based Aerial Acoustic Communication under Dynamic Channel Conditions," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,2021
- H. Pu, C. Cai, M. Hu, T. Deng, R. Zheng, J. Luo. "Towards Robust Multiple Blind Source Localization Using Source Separation and Beamforming," in Sensors,2021
- R. Jin, C. Cai, T, Deng, Q, Li, R. Zheng, "MotionBeep Enabling Fitness Game for Collocated Players with Acoustic-enabled IoT Devices," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal,2021
- C. Cai, Z. Chen, H. Pu, L. Ye, M. Hu, J. Luo, "AcuTe: Acoustic Thermometer Empowered by a Single Smartphone," in ACM Sensys,2020
- C. Cai, H. Pu, M. Hu, R. Zheng, and J. Luo, "SST: Software Sonic Thermometer on Acoustic-enabled IoT Devices," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, doi: 10.1109/TMC.2020.2970902.
- C. Cai, R. Zheng, J. Li, L. Zhu, H. Pu, and M. Hu, "Asynchronous Acoustic Localization and Tracking for Mobile Targets," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 830-845, Feb. 2020, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2019.2945054.
- C. Cai, M. Hu, D. Cao, X. Ma, Q. Li and J. Liu, "Self-Deployable Indoor Localization With Acoustic-Enabled IoT Devices Exploiting Participatory Sensing," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 5297-5311, June 2019, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2019.2900524.
- H. Pu, C. Cai, M. Hu, and R. Zheng. Non-contact thermal sensing on acoustic-enabled IoT devices. In ACM UbiComp/ISWC ’19 Adjunct. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3341162.3343842
- C. Cai, M. Hu, X. Ma, K. Peng and J. Liu, "Accurate Ranging on Acoustic-Enabled IoT Devices," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 3164-3174, April 2019, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2018.2879371.
- T. Zheng, Z. Chen, C. Cai, J. Luo, and X. Zhang. 2020. V2iFi: in-Vehicle Vital Sign Monitoring via Compact RF Sensing. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 4, 2, Article 70 (June 2020), 27 pages. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3397321
- C. Cai, C. Zhen, L. Jun, L. Zhu, M. Hu. (2020). HackMan: hacking commodity millimeter-wave hardware for a measurement study. Wireless Networks. 10.1007/s11276-020-02402-3.
- C. Cai, X. Ma, M. Hu, Y. Yang, Z. Li, J. Liu. (2018). SAP: A Novel Stationary Peers Assisted Indoor Positioning System. IEEE Access. 6. 1-1. 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2883800.
- H. Jiang, C. Cai, X. Ma, Y. Yang and J. Liu, "Smart Home Based on WiFi Sensing: A Survey," in IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 13317-13325, 2018, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2812887.
- R. Shea et al., "Location-Based Augmented Reality With Pervasive Smartphone Sensors: Inside and Beyond Pokemon Go!," in IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 9619-9631, 2017, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2696953.
- K. Peng, M. Hu, C. Cai, X. Ma, Y. Yang and J. Liu, "On Simultaneous Power Replenishment for Wireless Sensor Networks With Multiple Portable Chargers," in IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 63120-63130, 2018, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2876351.
Teaching
- Analog Circuit
- Embedded System Design
Services
Interest
- Biking, hiking
- Photographer
- DIY electronics
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