Yang Bai

Ph.D., Computer Science

About Me

I am a Ph.D. in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, advised by Prof. Nirupam Roy. My research interests include Spatial Intelligence, Minimalist Perception, Multi-modal Perception, and Spatial Aware LLM/LAM, with applications in human-machine interaction, healthcare, and robotics. I hold an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from WINLAB, Rutgers University.

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Highlighted Publications

Arxiv 2025 Spatial Audio Processing with Large Language Model on Wearable Devices
Y. Bai (Co-primary author), A. Mishra (Co-primary author), P. Narayanasamy, N. Garg, N. Roy
IMWUT/UbiComp 2024 Scribe: Simultaneous Voice and Handwriting Interface
Y. Bai, I. Shahid, H. Takawale, N. Roy
ACM MobiSys 2022 SPiDR: Ultra-low-power Acoustic Spatial Sensing for Micro-robot Navigation
Y. Bai (Co-primary author), N. Garg (Co-primary author), N. Roy
Best Paper Award, ACM SIGMOBILE Research Highlight, ACM Research Highlight
ACM MobiSys 2021 Owlet: Enabling Spatial Information in Ubiquitous Acoustic Devices
Y. Bai (Co-primary author), N. Garg (Co-primary author), N. Roy
Best Demo Award
ACM SenSys 2020 BatComm: Enabling Inaudible Acoustic Communication with High-throughput for Mobile Devices
Y. Bai, J. Liu, L. Lu, Y. Yang, Y. Chen, J. Yu
Computer Networks Acoustic-based Sensing and Applications: A Survey
Y. Bai, L. Lu, J. Cheng, J. Liu, Y. Chen, J. Yu

Other Publications

GetMobile 2024 Microstructure-Assisted Vision: Adding New Senses to Low-Power Devices
Y. Bai (Co-primary author), N. Garg (Co-primary author), Nirupam Roy
ArXiv 2024 IMUOptimize: A Data-Driven Approach to Optimal IMU Placement for Human Pose Estimation with Transformer Architecture
V. Ramani, H. Khayami, Y. Bai, N. Garg, N. Roy
IASA workshop co-located with CPS IoT Week 2023 Structure Assisted Spectrum Sensing for Low-power Acoustic Event Detection
N. Garg, H. Takawale, Y. Bai, I. Shahid, N. Roy
IASA workshop co-located with ACM MobiSys 2022 VoiceFind: Noise-Resilient Speech Recovery in Commodity Headphones
I. Shahid, Y. Bai, N. Garg, N. Roy
ACM HotMobile 2023 Poster: Natural Voice Interface for the Next Generation of Smart Spaces
Y. Bai, N. Garg, H. Takawale, A. Das, N. Roy
ACM MobiSys 2024 Poster: Ultra-low-power Acoustic Imaging
Y. Bai (Co-primary author), N. Garg (Co-primary author), N. Roy
ACM MobiSys 2021 Demo: Microstructure-guided Spatial Sensing for Low-power IoT
N. Garg, Y. Bai (Co-primary author), N. Roy
ACM MobiCom 2019 Poster: Inaudible High-throughput Communication Through Acoustic Signals
Y. Bai, J. Liu, Y. Chen, L. Lu, J. Yu
Best Poster Runner-up Award, Bronze prize of Student Research Competition
IEEE DySPAN 2019 Demo: Monitoring Movement Dynamics of Robot Cars and Drones Using Smartphone’s Built-in Sensors
Y. Bai, X. Yang, C. Liu, J. Wain, R. Wang, J. Cheng, C. Wang, J. Liu, Y. Chen

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