Daniel Lai
About
Daniel Lai is an Electonics and Computer Systems Engineer (BEng Monash) with a PhD in machine learning (Monash, 2006). He is currently Course Director of Software Engineering, having recently joined Deakin (2024). He has over 16 years of research-industry collaborations for electronics and software based projects, specialising in minimum viable products and in-field product testing in areas such as health, sports, manufacturing, supply chain and energy industries. He has over 150 peer reviewed articles, including 3 books in the areas of wireless sensor networks. His current research interests include artificial intelligence, advanced sensors, quantum security and robotics. Daniel has previously held administrative roles, including head of electrical and electronics engineering (VU), Tech Ambassador to the Australian Nanofabrication Facility (ANFF), and Defence Liasion Manager to the Defence Science Institute (DSI). He is a member of Engineers Australia, IEEE, and ACS, and active reviewer of high impact journals such as IEEE Transactions, Applied Materials, and Nature Communications.
Research Performance Summary
First Recorded Paper
Fast linear stationary methods for automatically biased support vector machines
Year: 2003
Citations: 10
Venue: Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2003
Latest Recorded Paper
A Survey on Quantum-Secured Microgrids: Opportunities and Challenges
Year: 2026
Citations: 0
Venue: IEEE Systems Journal
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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