Dr. Yiyu Cai is Tenured Faculty with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. In NTU, he heads the Strategic Research Program of VR & Soft Computing and is also Deputy Director of NTU’s Center of Augmented & Virtual Reality. Currently, he is leading a team in NTU developing virtual & augmented reality technology to enhance learning. Over the last two decades, Prof. Cai has been doing R&D in virtual & augmented reality, serious games, artificial intelligence, and their applications in education. His research has been supported by Singapore’s National Research Foundation, Temasek Trust Funded Singapore Millennium Foundation, Ministry of Education, and many other public and private sectors. He has co-invented 6 international patents and published 6 books and over 150 technical articles in peer-reviewed journals and leading international conferences. He has organized more than 20 international conferences and has given nearly 60 keynote or invited speeches in many countries including France, Hollands, and Japan. He was Former President of The International Simulation and Gaming Association.
Dr. Qi Cao is Assistant Professor with the School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Singapore campus. He obtained his Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2007. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), China, in 2000. He has many years’ research experiences and is the first inventor of 2 US patents granted. His research interests include virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and signal processing.
