University of St. Thomas

Interests:

Data Mining, Multimedia Databases and Mining, Real-Time Systems, and Real-Time Data Mining.

Teaching Experience:

Dr. Lai has been an assistant professor with the GPS since 2000. He has taught courses in Data Mining, Object-Oriented Multimedia Databases, Real-Time Systems, and Software Engineering. Dr. Lai also taught an Operating System course at the Computer Science Department of Oregon State University.

Research and Publications:

Dr. Lai’s research interests include Data Mining, Multimedia Databases and Mining, Real-Time Systems, Real-Time Data Mining. Dr. Lai has published many technical papers on international conferences sponsored by IEEE and other organizations. Dr. Lai is the 2004 University MAXI Grant recipent.

Industry Experience:

Before joining University of St. Thomas, Dr. Lai was a principal software engineer, working on a next generation aircraft collision avoidance system (ADS-B) approved by FAA. Dr. Lai received three U.S. patents and two European patents, all related to aircraft collision avoidance algorithms. Other industry experience includes building a network gateway between IBM SNA network and Novell LAN.

GPS Courses:

Software Engineering -- SEIS 610
Multimedia Databases -- SEIS 772
Real-Time Systems and Applications -- SEIS 740
Data Mining -- SEIS 734

Academic History:

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