Charles (Qing) Cao

Associate Professor · University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Active Grants

3 active grants

Edge-Enabled AI Assistance Framework for Proactive Network Optimization and Context-Aware User Support

PI Comcast Innovation Fund 2025-07 – 2026

Collaborative Research: AI-ENGAGE: HARVEST: Holistic AI-powered Agricultural Response Validation and Early Prediction System across Territories

PI NSF — AI-ENGAGE 2025-10 – 2027

Integrated Real-time Monitoring, Diagnosis, and Predictive Data Analytics for Early Decision-Making and Treatment of Prevalent Diseases in Precision Dairy Farming

PI USDA/NIFA — CPS 2023 – 2026

Completed Grants

13 completed grants

Edge AI-Enhanced Traffic Monitoring and Anomaly Detection in Remote Areas Using Multimodal Large Language Models

PI AI TENNessee Initiative — Seed Funding 2024 – 2025

Effectiveness of Concurrent Care to Improve Pediatric and Family Outcomes at End of Life

Co-PI HHS - NIH - NINR — National Institute of Nursing Research 2023 – 2026

Real-Time TDOT Customer Satisfaction Visualization for Strategic Decision Support

Co-PI Tennessee Department of Transportation 2024-09 – 2026

EPRI Senior Design Projects 2024-2025

Co-PI Electric Power Research Institute 2024-10 – 2025

Hazard Detection in Health Information Technology Systems

PI DOE/UT-Battelle 2018 – 2022

Cost-Effective Mastitis Control and Biosecurity for Sustainable Dairy Farming

Co-PI USDA/NIFA 2017 – 2021

Achieving High-Resolution Situational Awareness in Ultra-Wide-Area Cyber-Physical Systems

Co-PI NSF 2012 – 2017

Volkswagen Gift Fund

PI Volkswagen 2015 – 2016

Analysis of Intelligent Data Placement for Object Store System

PI DOE/UT-Battelle 2013 – 2014

Autonomous Failure Detection and Recovery in Networked Embedded Systems

PI NSF 2011 – 2014

Distributed Computational Framework for Massive Heterogeneous Data Fusion

PI UT/ORNL JDRD Program 2011 – 2013

Distributed Solutions to Smart Camera Networks

Co-PI NSF 2010 – 2014

CAREER: Operating System based Energy Virtualization for Sensor Networks

PI NSF — CAREER 2010 – 2016