Yan Bai, Ph.D. (British Columbia)

Assistant Professor
Institute of Technology
University of Washington Tacoma

Faculty Advisor, UWT Greyhat

Spring 2012 Classes

  • TINFO 340 Foundations of Information Assurance
  • TINFO 451 Routing and Switching

    Conferences I'm currently involved with

  • 2012 ASE/IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security (Program Commitee)
  • 2012 ASE/IEEE International Conference on Information Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust (PASSAT-12) (Program Commitee)
  • IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) (ICME 2012) (Program Commitee)

    Research Interests

  • Cyber Security
  • Computer networking
  • eHealth and health IT
  • Cloud Computing
  • Multimedia communications

    Grant:

  • "Privacy Control in eHealth 2.0 Applications", UWT Chancellor Fund for Research and Scholarship
  • "Developing Real-time Cyber Defense Exercises", UWT Founders' Endowment Fund

  • Publications

      Book Chapter

    1. S. Chung, C. Crompton, Y. Bai, B. Endicott-Popovsky, S-H. Baeg, and S. Park, "Analyses of Evolving Legacy Software into Secure Service-Oriented Software Using Scrum and a Visual Model", book chapter in Agile and Lean Service Oriented Development: Foundations, Theory and Practice, IGI Global, in press.
    2. Y. Bai, Y. Chu and M.R. Ito,"On Achieving Efficiency and Fairness in Video Transportation", Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 3420/2005, pp.654-661 (ISBN 3-540-25339-4), April 2005.
    3. Journal Articles

    4. L. Dai and Y. Bai, "A Nonfunctional Requirement Tradeoff Analysis Approach for Software Product Line Architecture Design", Journal of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (JCMSE), IOS Press, Volume 11, Supplement 1/ 2011, pp. 65-76, August 2011.
    5. Y. Chu, J. H. Park, Y. Bai, J. S. Son, and S. Kumar, "An Efficient Simulation Model for Network Terminal Packet Buffer", SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, in press, April 2012.
    6. Y. Bai, Y. Chu and M.R. Ito, "Dynamic end-to-end QoS support for video over the Internet", Elsevier International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 65 (2011), pp. 385-391, March 2011.
    7. X. Su, Y. Bai, S. K. Dhaliwal, "Optimal File Distribution in Practical Mesh-Based Overlay Network", Journal of Communications, Academy Publisher, Volume 5, no. 9, pp. 703-714, October 2010.
    8. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "A New Technique for Minimizing Network Loss from Users' Perspective", Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, volume 30, Issue 2, pp.637-649, April 2007.
    9. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Managing QoS Requirements for Video Streaming: from Intra-Node to Inter-Node", Wiley International Journal Communication Systems, Volume 19, Issue 5, pp.545-565, June 2006.
    10. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Supporting User Needs in a Network: A New Queue Management Technique", IEICE Transactions on Communications, Volume E88-B, No.8, pp.3458-3461, August 2005.
    11. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Class-based Packet Scheduling to Improve QoS for IP Video", Springer Telecommunication Systems, Volume 29, Number 1/May 2005, pp.47-60, May 2005.
    12. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Application-Aware Buffer Management: New Metrics and Techniques", IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Volume 51, Issue 1, pp.114-121, March 2005.
    13. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "QoS Control for Video and Audio Communication in Conventional and Active Networks: Approaches and Comparison", IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Volume 6, No.1, pp.43-49, First Quarter 2004.
    14. Conference Papers

    15. K. Levy , B. Sargent, and Y. Bai , "A Trust-Aware Tag-Based Privacy Control for eHealth 2.0", The 12th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE 2011), West Point, New York, October 2011.
    16. Y. Bai, R. Kesterson, K. Gwinnup, and C. Taylor, "Cyber Defense Competition: A Tale of Two Teams", the 13th Annual CCSC Northwestern Regional Conference, Richland, Washington, October 2011.
    17. L. Dai and Y. Bai, "An Organization-Driven Approach for Enterprise Security Management", the Fifth International Conference on Secure Software Integration and Reliability Improvement (SSIRI 2011), Jeju Island, Korea, June 2011 (Acceptance rate: 32%).
    18. Y. Bai, X. Su and D. Su, "A Study of Privacy Control in eHealth 2.0", 2011 4th IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT 2011), Chengdu, China, June 2011. (Acceptance rate: 28%)
    19. A. Boonyarattaphan, Y. Bai, S. Chung and R. Poovendran, "Spatial-Temporal Access Control for e-Health Services", The 5th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS 2010), Macau, China, July 2010.(Acceptance rate: 24%)
    20. Y. Bai, A. Kongmunvattana and S.Kantubukta, "Quality of Security Service in a Virtual Private Network", ISCA 22nd International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE-2009), San Francisco, USA, November 2009.
    21. A. Boonyarattaphan, Y. Bai, and S. Chung, "A Security Framework for e-Health Service Authentication and e-Health Data Transmission", The 9th International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2009), Incheon, Korea, September 2009.
    22. Y. Chu, Y. Bai, A. Uppal and J.S. Son, "A Case for a Packet Management in a Network Terminal", The 2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS 2009), Zhang Jia Jie, Hunan, China, July 2009.(Acceptance rate: 25%)
    23. Y. Bai, X. Su and B. Bhargava, "Adaptive Voice Spam Control with User Behavior Analysis", the 11th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-09), Seoul, Korea, June 2009. (Acceptance rate: 23%)
    24. Y. Bai, X. Su and B. Bhargava, "Detection and Filtering Spam over Internet Telephony: A User-behavior-aware Intermediate-network-based Approach", the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), New York City, June/July 2009. (Acceptance rate: 23%)
    25. Y. Bai, W. Summers and E. Bosworth, "Teaching Network Risk Assessment to Online Graduate Students", Information Security Curriculum Development (InfoSecCD) Conference 07, September 2007, Kennesaw, USA.
    26. S. Batra, Y. Chu, and Y. Bai, "Packet Buffer Management for a High-Speed Network Interface Card", the 16th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Honolulu, USA, August 2007. (Acceptance rate: 29%)
    27. Y. Bai and X. Su, "A User-Driven Transmission Scheme for Voice Over IP Applications", the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Beijing, China, July 2007.
    28. X. Su, S. Singh and Y. Bai, "Local Reference with Early Termination in H.264 Motion Estimation", the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Beijing, China, July 2007.
    29. Y. Bai, "Dynamic Class-based Control for Improving Perceived Voice Quality", the 9th International Workshop on Multimedia Network Systems and Applications (MNSA 2007), in conjunction with the 27th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'07), Toronto, Canada, June 2007.
    30. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "A Study for Providing Better Quality of Service to VoIP Users", the IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), Vienna, Austria, April 2006.
    31. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Proactive Resource Allocation Schemes", the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2005), Seoul, Korea, May 2005.
    32. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Loss Control through the Combination of Buffer Management and Packet Scheduling", the 1st International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks (ICETE), Setubal, Portugal, August 2004.
    33. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "QoS Support for Video Traffic via Router-based Control Mechanisms", the 4th International Network Conference (INC), Plymouth, UK, July 2004.
    34. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "mFDDT+: An Integrated Approach for Enhancing QoS for Networked Video", the 4th International Network Conference (INC), Plymouth, UK, July 2004.
    35. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "FDDT+: Improving Fairness for Video Transmission over IP Networks", the 9th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Alexandria, Egypt, June 2004.
    36. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "A User-Centered Approach to Enhance QoS for Networked Video", the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Taipei, Taiwan, June 2004.
    37. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Network-level Loss Control Schemes for Streaming Video", the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Taipei, Taiwan, June 2004.
    38. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Coordinated Buffer Management Schemes for Streaming Video in a Multi-Hop IP Network", the IEEE/IEE 3rd International Conference on Networking (ICN), Pointe-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French Caribbean, February 2004.
    39. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "QoS Control Techniques for Video and Audio Transport over Non-active and Active Networks", the IEEE/IEE 3rd International Conference on Networking (ICN), Pointe-?Pitre, Guadeloupe, French Caribbean, February 2004.
    40. S. Vuong and Y. Bai, "A Survey of VoIP Intrusions and Intrusion Detection Systems", the 6th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT), Phoenix Park, Republic of Korea, February 2004.
    41. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Active network-based Mechanisms and Node Architecture to Enhance Quality of Service for Video Transport over IP networks", The 5th Workshop on Media and Stream Processors (MSP-5), in conjunction with the 36th International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO-36), San Diego, USA, December 2003.
    42. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "On Loss-Aware Packet Scheduling for Video Transport over a Multi-Hop IP Network", the 5th International Workshop on Multimedia Network Systems and Applications (MNSA03), in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS '03), Providence, Rhode Island, USA, May 2003.
    43. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Towards End-to-End Loss Guarantees for Streaming Video in a Multi-Hop IP Network", the International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (ITCC03), Las Vegas, USA, April 2003.
    44. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "A Packet Scheduling Scheme for Satisfying Intra and Inter-Stream Loss Requirements in Video Communication", the 17th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), Xi'an, China, March 2003.
    45. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Users-oriented Fair Buffer Management for MPEG Video Streams", the 17th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), Xi'an, China, March 2003.
    46. Y. Bai and M.R. Ito, "Packet Scheduling to Support Loss Guarantee for Video Traffic", the 10th IEEE/IEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, February 2003.
    47. M.R. Ito and Y. Bai, "Development in QoS Control for Video Communication", 4th International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Singapore, November 2002.
    48. M.R. Ito and Y. Bai, "A Packet Discard Scheme for Loss Control in IP Networks with MPEG Video Traffic", the 8th International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Singapore, November 2002.

    Quotes

    Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.

    Contact: yanb(at)u.washington.edu