学习经历
1980年考入北京航空航天大学本科, 分别于1984年、1987年、1991年在北航获得学士、硕士、博士学位。
工作经历
1991-1993：北京航空航天大学自动控制系讲师、副教授；
1993-1995：Research Fellow, City University, London, UK
1995-至今：北京航空航天大学自动控制系教授
研究领域
导航、制导与控制，可靠飞行控制，软件可靠性与测试，软件控制论
荣誉及奖励
开授课程
本科生课程《应用离散数学》；
研究生课程《模糊数学》，《软件可靠性工程》
教学及科研成果
[1] Lin Tie, Kai-Yuan Cai, and Yan Lin, “On Uncontrollable Discrete-Time Bilinear Systems which are “Nearly” Controllable”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.55, No.12, 2010, pp2853-2858.
[2] Bo Zhu, Kai-Yuan Cai, “Approximate trajectory tracking of input-disturbed PVTOL aircraft with delayed attitude measurements”, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol.20, No.14, 2010, pp1610-1621.
[3] DedongYang, Kai-Yuan Cai, “Reliable Guaranteed Cost Sampling Control for Nonlinear Time-delay systems”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol.80, No.10, 2010, pp2005-2018.
[4] Kai-Yuan Cai, Lei Zhang, “Fuzzy Reasoning as a Control Problem”, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol.16, No.3, 2008, pp600-614.
[5] Huai-Ning Wu, Kai-Yuan Cai, “H2 Guaranteed Cost Fuzzy Control Design for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems with Parameter Uncertainty”, Automatica, Vol.42, 2006, pp1183-1188.
[6] Kai-Yuan Cai, “Robustness of Fuzzy Reasoning and δ-Equalities of Fuzzy Sets”, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol.9, No.5, 2001, pp738-750.
[7] Kai-Yuan Cai, Ping Cao, Zhao Dong, Ke Liu, “Mathematical Modeling of Software Reliability Testing with Imperfect Debugging”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol.59, No.10, 2010, pp3245-3285.
[8] Cheng-Gang Bai, Kai-Yuan Cai, Qing-Pei Hu, Szu-Hui Ng, “On the Trend of Remaining Software Defects Estimation”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part A, Vol.38, No.5, 2008, pp1129-1142.
[9] Kai-Yuan Cai, De-Bin Hu, Cheng-Gang Bai, Hai Hu, Tao Jing, “Does Software Reliability Growth Behavior Follow a Non-homogeneous Poisson Process”, Information and Software Technology, Vol.50, 2008, pp1232-1247.
[10] Kai-Yuan Cai, Zhao Dong, Ke Liu, “Software Testing Processes as a Linear Dynamic System”, Information Sciences, Vol.178, 2008, pp1558-1597.
[11] Kai-Yuan Cai, Changhai Jiang, Hai Hu, Chenggang Bai, “An Experimental Study of Adaptive Testing for Software Reliability Assessment”, Journal of Systems and Software, Vol.81, 2008, 1406-1429.
[12] Kai-Yuan Cai, Bo Gu, Hai Hu, Yong-Chao Li, “Adaptive Software Testing with Fixed-Memory Feedback”, Journal of Systems and Software, Vol.80, 2007, pp1328-1348.
[13] Kai-Yuan Cai, Yong-Chao Li, Ke Liu, “Optimal and Adaptive Testing for Software Reliability Assessment”, Information and Software Technology, Vol.46, 2004, pp989-1000.
[14] Kai-Yuan Cai, “Optimal Software Testing and Adaptive Software Testing in the Context of Software Cybernetics”, Information and Software Technology, Vol.44, 2002, pp841-855.
[15] Kai-Yuan Cai, Lin Cai, Wei-Dong Wang, Zhou-Yi Yu, David Zhang, “On the Neural Network Approach in Software Reliability Modeling”, Journal of Systems and Software, Vol.58, 2001, pp47-62.
[16] Kai-Yuan Cai, Software Defect and Operational Profile Modeling, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, 1998.
[17] Kai-Yuan Cai, “Censored Software-Reliability Models”, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.46, No.1, 1997, pp69-75.
[18] 蔡开元，软件可靠性工程基础，清华大学出版社，1995.
[19] Kai-Yuan Cai, Chuan-Yuan Wen, Ming-Lian Zhang, “A Critical Review on Software Reliability Modeling”, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol.32, 1991, pp357-371.
学术与社会兼职
1. 国际丛书主编：《The Kluwer International Series in Asian Studies on Computer and Information Science》；
2. 国际杂志编委：《Fuzzy Sets and Systems》, 《International Journal of Quality, Statistics, and Reliability》, 《International Journal of Grid and Distributed Computing》；
3. 国际杂志Guest-editor：《Fuzzy Sets and Systems》 (1996), 《Journal Systems and Software》 (2006), 《International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering》 (2006), 《IEEE Transactions on Reliability》 (2010)；
4. 中国计算机学会软件工程专业委员会委员；
