Mr. Xulei Cao research centers on advancing intelligent communication systems, large-scale machine learning, and adaptive networked environments, with a primary emphasis on vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), device–edge–cloud collaboration, and large language models. His work explores street-centric and microtopology-based routing strategies to address the challenges of dynamic mobility, frequent topology changes, and complex urban communication environments, proposing opportunistic routing protocols that leverage link correlation to enhance reliability, reduce packet loss, and optimize end-to-end performance. He has contributed to routing solutions grounded in urban road structure awareness, improving scalability and robustness in dense vehicular networks and supporting next-generation intelligent transportation systems. In parallel, his research extends into intelligent computing frameworks that integrate device, edge, and cloud layers to enable efficient distributed learning, resource-aware decision-making, and latency-sensitive AI applications. He also investigates algorithmic innovation within large language models, emphasizing scalability, deployment efficiency, and real-world applicability. Additionally, his work on biometric recognition, including palmprint feature extraction and direction coding, demonstrates expertise in pattern recognition and vision-based authentication systems. Supported by growing scholarly recognition, his work has been cited 212 times overall, including 101 citations since 2020, with an h-index of 3 and an i10-index of 2, underscoring the increasing impact and relevance of his contributions to networking, artificial intelligence, and intelligent mobility research.
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