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2023

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Computer Science

D-Index
71
Citations
16971
World Ranking
1799
National Ranking
908

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
71
Citations
16811
World Ranking
880
National Ranking
371

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to topology control of wireless networks

Overview

Lin Cai is affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with substantial contributions in the subfields of Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
  • UAV Applications and Optimization
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Lin Cai has published extensively in multiple high-impact venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Some of the recent papers by Lin Cai are:

  • Efficient Computing Resource Sharing for Mobile Edge-Cloud Computing Networks, 2020, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • UAV-Assisted Vehicular Edge Computing for the 6G Internet of Vehicles: Architecture, Intelligence, and Challenges, 2021, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine
  • Joint Resource Allocation and Computation Offloading With Time-Varying Fading Channel in Vehicular Edge Computing, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Stability Analysis of Vehicle Platooning With Limited Communication Range and Random Packet Losses, 2020, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Differential Private Noise Adding Mechanism and Its Application on Consensus Algorithm, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jianping Pan
  • Jianping He
  • Wenjun Yang
  • Jun Peng
  • Weirong Liu

In addition to journal articles, Lin Cai has contributed to book publications. With Springer International Publishing, they authored:

  • Next Generation Marine Wireless Communication Networks (2022)
  • Broadband Communications, Computing, and Control for Ubiquitous Intelligence (2022)

In 2020, Lin Cai was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction for contributions to topology control of wireless networks.

Best Publications

  • Topology control for wireless sensor networks

    Jianping Pan;Y. Thomas Hou;Lin Cai;Yi Shi

  • LTE-unlicensed: the future of spectrum aggregation for cellular networks

    Ran Zhang;Miao Wang;Lin X. Cai;Zhongming Zheng

  • Optimal base-station locations in two-tiered wireless sensor networks

    J. Pan;L. Cai;Y.T. Hou;Y. Shi

  • Voice capacity analysis of WLAN with unbalanced traffic

    L.X. Cai;Xuemin Shen;J.W. Mark;L. Cai

  • Voice capacity analysis of WLAN with unbalanced traffic

    Lin Cai;Xuemin Shen;J.W. Mark;Yang Xiao

  • Optimal Charging Scheduling by Pricing for EV Charging Station With Dual Charging Modes

    Yongmin Zhang;Pengcheng You;Lin Cai

  • Security and privacy in RFID and applications in telemedicine

    Yang Xiao;Xuemin Shen;Bo Sun;Lin Cai

  • Rex: A randomized EXclusive region based scheduling scheme for mmWave WPANs with directional antenna

    L.X. Cai;Lin Cai;Xuemin Shen;J.W. Mark

  • Efficient Computing Resource Sharing for Mobile Edge-Cloud Computing Networks

    Yongmin Zhang;Xiaolong Lan;Ju Ren;Lin Cai

  • Energy-Efficient User Scheduling and Power Allocation for NOMA-Based Wireless Networks With Massive IoT Devices

    Daosen Zhai;Ruonan Zhang;Lin Cai;Bin Li

  • An SMDP-Based Service Model for Interdomain Resource Allocation in Mobile Cloud Networks

    Hongbin Liang;L. X. Cai;Dijiang Huang;Xuemin Shen

  • A cooperative multicast scheduling scheme for multimedia services in IEEE 802.16 networks

    Fen Hou;L.X. Cai;Pin-Han Ho;Xuemin Shen

  • Spectrum-Aware Opportunistic Routing in Multi-Hop Cognitive Radio Networks

    Yongkang Liu;L. X. Cai;Xuemin Shen

  • Enabling Multi-Hop Concurrent Transmissions in 60 GHz Wireless Personal Area Networks

    Jian Qiao;L. X. Cai;X. S. Shen;J. W. Mark

  • Intelligent Parking Garage EV Charging Scheduling Considering Battery Charging Characteristic

    Zhe Wei;Yue Li;Yongmin Zhang;Lin Cai

  • RSS Distribution-Based Passive Localization and Its Application in Sensor Networks

    Chen Liu;Dingyi Fang;Zhe Yang;Hongbo Jiang

  • Impact of Network Dynamics on User's Video Quality: Analytical Framework and QoS Provision

    T.H. Luan;L.X. Cai;Xuemin Shen

  • A multi-channel token ring protocol for QoS provisioning in inter-vehicle communications

    Yuanguo Bi;Kuang-Hao Liu;L.X. Cai;Xuemin Shen

  • Performance Analysis of Group-Synchronized DCF for Dense IEEE 802.11 Networks

    Lei Zheng;Minming Ni;Lin Cai;Jianping Pan

  • Constrained Deep Reinforcement Learning for Energy Sustainable Multi-UAV Based Random Access IoT Networks With NOMA

    Sami Khairy;Prasanna Balaprakash;Lin X. Cai;Yu Cheng

  • Performance analysis of TCP-friendly AIMD algorithms for multimedia applications

    L. Cai;Xuemin Shen;Jianping Pan;J.W. Mark

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuemin Shen
Xuemin Shen University of Waterloo
Jianping Pan
Jianping Pan University of Victoria
Jon W. Mark
Jon W. Mark University of Waterloo
Jianping He
Jianping He Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Zhu Han
Zhu Han University of Houston
Peng Cheng
Peng Cheng Zhejiang University
Ling Shi
Ling Shi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Tom H. Luan
Tom H. Luan Xidian University
Weihua Zhuang
Weihua Zhuang University of Waterloo
Xinping Guan
Xinping Guan Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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