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Yankai Cao
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Latest papers
BAGO: A Self-Optimizing Tool for LC-MS Gradient Design in Metabolomics.
Analytical chemistry · 2026
Adaptive Digital Twin Modeling with Control: Integration of Extended Kalman Filter-Based Recursive Sparse Nonlinear Identification with Model Predictive Control.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
An Improved Load Forecasting Method Based on the Transfer Learning Structure under Cyber-Threat Condition.
Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022 · senior author
Latest funding
- $60,000
Optimizing Hydroelectric Resource Planning through Advanced Bayesian Optimization and High-Performance Computing
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $250,000
Trash is cash: Building resilient rural communities through localized production of critical commodities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $250,000
Trash is cash: Building resilient rural communities through localized production of critical commodities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
BAGO: A Self-Optimizing Tool for LC-MS Gradient Design in Metabolomics.
Yu H, Biswas P, Rideout E, Cao Y, Fiehn O, Huan T
Adaptive Digital Twin Modeling with Control: Integration of Extended Kalman Filter-Based Recursive Sparse Nonlinear Identification with Model Predictive Control.
Wang J, Cao L, Cao Y, Gopaluni B
An Improved Load Forecasting Method Based on the Transfer Learning Structure under Cyber-Threat Condition.
Zhao L, Zhang X, Chen Y, Peng X, Cao Y
Data-driven capacity estimation of commercial lithium-ion batteries from voltage relaxation.
Zhu J, Wang Y, Huang Y, Bhushan Gopaluni R, Cao Y, Heere M, Mühlbauer MJ, Mereacre L, Dai H, Liu X, Senyshyn A, Wei X, Knapp M, Ehrenberg H
Arcobacter Identification and Species Determination Using Raman Spectroscopy Combined with Neural Networks.
Wang K, Chen L, Ma X, Ma L, Chou KC, Cao Y, Khan IUH, Gölz G, Lu X
Optimizing Hydroelectric Resource Planning through Advanced Bayesian Optimization and High-Performance Computing
Principal investigators: Cao, Yankai
Keywords: Energy resources (including production, exploration, processing, distribution and use)
Trash is cash: Building resilient rural communities through localized production of critical commodities
Principal investigators: Cao, Yankai
Keywords: Rural resilience Environmental justice Advanced manufacturing Randomized controlled trials Fertilizer Agronomy Biomass Carbon removal Food security Rural livelihood
Trash is cash: Building resilient rural communities through localized production of critical commodities
Principal investigators: Cao, Yankai
Keywords: Rural resilience; Environmental justice; Advanced manufacturing; Randomized controlled trials; Fertilizer; Agronomy; Biomass; Carbon removal; Food security; Rural livelihood
Global Optimal and Interpretable models for Grid-scale battery management
Principal investigators: Cao, Yankai
Keywords: Decision Trees Global Optimization Stochastic Optimization Battery Management Power Market Model Predictive Control Parallel Computing
Global Optimal and Interpretable models for Grid-scale battery management
Principal investigators: Cao, Yankai
Keywords: Decision Trees; Global Optimization; Stochastic Optimization; Battery Management; Power Market; Model Predictive Control; Parallel Computing
Learning Complex Control Laws for Nonlinear Systems Under Uncertainty Using Deep Neural Networks
Principal investigators: Cao, Yankai
Learning Complex Control Laws for Nonlinear Systems Under Uncertainty Using Deep Neural Networks
Principal investigators: Cao, Yankai
Keywords: process control; deep learning; stochastic programming; large-scale optimization
ERMP Phase 3: Understanding Energy Reduction and Developing Higher-Value Markets for Mechanical Pulps
Principal investigators: Martinez, Mark M
Keywords: Mechanical Pulping; Papermaking Chemistry; Paper Physics; Polymer Chemistry; Process Control; Pulp & Paper
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Elizabeth Rideout and Yankai Cao: 1 shared paper
- Bhushan Gopaluni and Yankai Cao: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
- Cellular and Physiological Sciences
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