Rui (April) Dai, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Center for Assistive Technology and Envoronmental Access
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Atlanta, GA30332

    
    Email: rui.dai@gatech.edu

Biography

Rui Dai received her B.S. in Electronics and Information Engineering and M.S. in Communications and Information Systems from the Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. in 2011, under the supervision of Prof. Ian. F. Akyildiz in the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory. Currently she is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Research Interests

• Wireless sensor networks
• Signal processing
• Image/video coding, multimedia communications
• Assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering

Publications

Journals

• R. Dai, P. Wang, and I. F. Akyildiz, "Correlation-Aware QoS Routing with Differential Coding for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", to appear in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2012.
• P. Wang, R. Dai, and I. F. Akyildiz, "Differential Coding-Based Scheduling for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", submitted for journal publication, Oct. 2011.
• P. Wang, R. Dai, and I. F. Akyildiz, "A Spatial Correlation-Based Image Compression Framework for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 338-401, Apr. 2011.
• R. Dai and I. F. Akyildiz, "A Spatial Correlation Model for Visual Information in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1148-1159, Oct. 2009.
• L. Yu, R. Dai, X. Jin, and G. Zhu, "A Novel Binarization Scheme in Arithmetic Coding", Journal of Image and Graphics of China (in Chinese), Sept. 2007.

Conferences

• P. Wang, R. Dai, and I. F. Akyildiz, "Visual Correlation-Based Image Gathering for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Apr. 2011.
• R. Dai, P. Wang, and I. F. Akyildiz, "Correlation-Aware QoS Routing for Wireless Video Sensor Networks", IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2010.
• P. Wang, R. Dai, and I. F. Akyildiz, "Collaborative Data Compression using Clustered Source Coding for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Mar. 2010.
• R. Dai and I. F. Akyildiz, "Joint Effect of Multiple Correlated Cameras in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", IEEE International Conference on Communications, Jun. 2009.
• R. Dai, L. Yu, X. Jin,C. Cui, and Guangxi Zhu, "Adaptive Binarization for Arithmetic Coding in Video Compression", First International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), Oct. 2006.
• W. Wang, L. Yu, G. Zhu, R. Dai, "A Novel Approach in Network Coding Based on Shuffle Coding", IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Nov. 2007.

Thesis

• Doctoral Thesis: "Correlation-Based Communication in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks".
• Master's Thesis: "Research on Entropy Coding Schemes in Video Compression".
• Bachelor's Thesis: "Web-Based Management Information Systems".

Links

• Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory

• Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access

Last modified on Oct. 31, 2011.