Dr Lu Bai joined the School of Computing as a lecturer in June 2019. Before joining Ulster, She was a Data Scientist in Shearwater Systems Ltd, a Research Associate at University of Kent, a Research Associate at University of Sheffield. She received her PhD degree in Electronic Engineering at University of Kent and BEng (Biomedical Engineering) from Tianjin University, China.

Her research mainly explores the development of smart sensing systems and applying machine learning and data analytics techniques to problems in smart health, smart city and smart home applications.

• Rehabilitation Engineering and Biomechanics: Quantitatively assessment of upper limb rehabilitation through using wearable sensing technologies and the development of biomechanical models;
• IoT and Sensing Technologies: Developing sensing systems for smart transportation and low-cost ubiquitous air quality monitoring;
• Data Analytics: Applying machine learning and deep learning techniques on the exploration of human life patterns utilising the smart wearables and smart phone sensing.