Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Cai Yiyu
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Curriculum Design and Assessment
Education and Pedagogy
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Biomedical Engineering
Computational Intelligence
Computer Vision and Sensing
Graphics and Interactive Computing
Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Smart Cities
Artificial and Augmented Intelligence
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Machine-Person Interoperability
Cancer Research
Education and Pedagogy
Special Education
Biomedical Engineering
Computational Intelligence
Computer Vision and Sensing
Graphics and Interactive Computing
Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Smart Cities
Artificial and Augmented Intelligence
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Machine-Person Interoperability
Cancer Research
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Professor Yiyu Cai leads the Computer-aided Engineering Labs, and the Digitalization Cluster with the Energy Research Institute @ NTU. He is also deputy director of NTU's Center of Augmented & Virtual Reality. He was Deputy Director of NTU's Institute for Media Innovation, Bioinformatics Research Centre, and Nanyang Center for Supercomputing and Visualization.
Interdisciplinary Research, International Collaboration, Industrial Partnership, and Innovative Technopreneurship
His research interests include VR, AI, Robotics and their applications in healthcare, building & constructions, and education with funding support from Singapore’s National Research Foundation, Temasek Trust Funded Singapore Millennium Foundation, Ministry of Education, etc. He has co-invented 10 international patents and published 9 books (Springer) and over 200 technical articles in leading journals and peer-reviewed international conferences. He has organized more than 20 international conferences including the prestigious AI medical conference MICCAI'2022, IEEE conference ISMAR'2022, and 40th Annual Conference of ISAGA'2008 in Singapore. He has given near 50 keynote or invited speeches all over the world.
He is an active promotor and practitioner for interdisciplinary research, international collaboration, industrial partnership, and innovative technopreneurship working in the intersection of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics, partnering with world class organizations including John Hopkins Medical School (USA), NVIDIA, University of Toronto (Canada), University of Utrecht (The Netherlands), University College London (UK), SAAB (Sweden), Singapore General Hospital, Surbana-Jurong Group (Singapore), etc. He was the former president of International Simulation and Gaming Association.
More info can be found at: AI for Cancer Care | VARTeL | Digital Twin & Metaverse
Professor Yiyu Cai leads the Computer-aided Engineering Labs, and the Digitalization Cluster with the Energy Research Institute @ NTU. He is also deputy director of NTU's Center of Augmented & Virtual Reality. He was Deputy Director of NTU's Institute for Media Innovation, Bioinformatics Research Centre, and Nanyang Center for Supercomputing and Visualization.
Interdisciplinary Research, International Collaboration, Industrial Partnership, and Innovative Technopreneurship
His research interests include VR, AI, Robotics and their applications in healthcare, building & constructions, and education with funding support from Singapore’s National Research Foundation, Temasek Trust Funded Singapore Millennium Foundation, Ministry of Education, etc. He has co-invented 10 international patents and published 9 books (Springer) and over 200 technical articles in leading journals and peer-reviewed international conferences. He has organized more than 20 international conferences including the prestigious AI medical conference MICCAI'2022, IEEE conference ISMAR'2022, and 40th Annual Conference of ISAGA'2008 in Singapore. He has given near 50 keynote or invited speeches all over the world.
He is an active promotor and practitioner for interdisciplinary research, international collaboration, industrial partnership, and innovative technopreneurship working in the intersection of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics, partnering with world class organizations including John Hopkins Medical School (USA), NVIDIA, University of Toronto (Canada), University of Utrecht (The Netherlands), University College London (UK), SAAB (Sweden), Singapore General Hospital, Surbana-Jurong Group (Singapore), etc. He was the former president of International Simulation and Gaming Association.
More info can be found at: AI for Cancer Care | VARTeL | Digital Twin & Metaverse
VR, AI and Robotics for Healthcare
AI in Immunopathology,
AI in Radiomics,
Large Language Model for Cancer Patient Study,
AI, Robotics & Automation for Patient Safety.
More detail, please visit here
Virtual & Augmented Reality Technology-enhanced Learning (VARTeL)
Fundamental Research on VR/AR, Simulation & Serious Game
VARTeL for Industry 4.0 Education,
VARTeL for K-12 STEAM Education,
VARTeL for Special Needs Education.
More detail, please visit here
Metaverse & Digital Twin
Intelligent Scan To BIM (iScan2BIM),
NTUniverse: A joint research between NTU and NVIDIA.
More detail please visit here
AI in Immunopathology,
AI in Radiomics,
Large Language Model for Cancer Patient Study,
AI, Robotics & Automation for Patient Safety.
More detail, please visit here
Virtual & Augmented Reality Technology-enhanced Learning (VARTeL)
Fundamental Research on VR/AR, Simulation & Serious Game
VARTeL for Industry 4.0 Education,
VARTeL for K-12 STEAM Education,
VARTeL for Special Needs Education.
More detail, please visit here
Metaverse & Digital Twin
Intelligent Scan To BIM (iScan2BIM),
NTUniverse: A joint research between NTU and NVIDIA.
More detail please visit here
- Facilitating Student’s Learning of Continuous Distillation with Augmented Reality for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Students
Awards
Shortlisted QS Reimagine Award - Immersive Experiential Learning
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), UK
2024
The Inaugural iLRN Circle of Scholars
Immersive Learning Research Network
2024
Dr SK Leung Excellence of Teaching Award
Nanyang Technological University,
2022.
Staff Award
MAE,
2022 & 2017.
Recognition of Service Award
Association of Computing Machinery,
2016 & 2004.
Science and Arts Innovation Award
Shanghai International Science and Arts Expo,
2005.
INFORad Merit Award
Radiological Society of North America,
2001.
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), UK
2024
The Inaugural iLRN Circle of Scholars
Immersive Learning Research Network
2024
Dr SK Leung Excellence of Teaching Award
Nanyang Technological University,
2022.
Staff Award
MAE,
2022 & 2017.
Recognition of Service Award
Association of Computing Machinery,
2016 & 2004.
Science and Arts Innovation Award
Shanghai International Science and Arts Expo,
2005.
INFORad Merit Award
Radiological Society of North America,
2001.
Courses Taught
Computer-aided Engineering (MA4831),
Metaverse in Engineering (MA3071),
Mechatronics System Interfacing (MA2011),
Virtual & Augmented Reality (MA2071 E2.13).
Metaverse in Engineering (MA3071),
Mechatronics System Interfacing (MA2011),
Virtual & Augmented Reality (MA2071 E2.13).
Supervision of PhD Students
PhD Students Currently Under Supervision
Banning YANG
Kang LAI
Siyi LI
Dominic KOEK
Abu Bakr AZAM
Ching Hui OOI
Zhuohen XIE
Heng ZHANG
PhD Students Supervised
Wei HU
Yuan XIE
Nicholas SADJOLI
Tianrui LIU
Anoop Kumar SINHA
Souravik DUTTA
Yujun CAI
Lihui HUANG
Yeli FENG
Yong CHEN
Panpan CAI
Yusha LI
Patricia CHIANG
Indhumathi CHANDRASEKARAN
Wenyu CHEN
Shuang-qing WU
Rongdong YU
Baifang LU
Yunqing GUAN
Yee-Chong LOKE
Banning YANG
Kang LAI
Siyi LI
Dominic KOEK
Abu Bakr AZAM
Ching Hui OOI
Zhuohen XIE
Heng ZHANG
PhD Students Supervised
Wei HU
Yuan XIE
Nicholas SADJOLI
Tianrui LIU
Anoop Kumar SINHA
Souravik DUTTA
Yujun CAI
Lihui HUANG
Yeli FENG
Yong CHEN
Panpan CAI
Yusha LI
Patricia CHIANG
Indhumathi CHANDRASEKARAN
Wenyu CHEN
Shuang-qing WU
Rongdong YU
Baifang LU
Yunqing GUAN
Yee-Chong LOKE