Dai Quoc Tran
Post Doctoral Scholar in Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering at University of Central Florida, United States.
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Research Interest
- Real-time safety intelligence for transportation networks through multimodal sensor fusion and deep learning.
- AI-enabled hazard detection and automated quality assurance that integrate non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM).
- Vision-based analytics and machine learning for construction-site automation, worker safety, and productivity optimization.
Experiences
Post Doctoral Scholar
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida (November 2024 - Present)
Working with Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3), NSF Research Center.
Post Doctoral Scholar
Global Frontiers of Resilient EcoSmart City, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea (March 2023 - November 2024)
Received a three-year project grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) to develop an AI-based CCTV system for monitoring construction sites.
Role: Principal Investigator
Budget: 210,000,000 WON
AI Team Lead
SmartInside AI Co., Ltd, Suwon, Korea (February 2021 - November 2024)
KIC Tech Frontier
University of California, Berkeley, U.S. (August 2023)
Research Assistant
Smart Construction IT Lab., Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea (September 2018 - Feb. 2023)
Research Assistant
National Institute of Technology, Gifu College, Gifu, Japan (August 2017)
Awards
- Top-5 AICity Challenge, CVPR 2024
- Top-3 VizWiz Grand Challenge, CVPR 2024
- Top-1 ICCV Workshop, Floor Plan Auto-Completion Challenge, Oct 2023
- First Prize: KEPCO Section - AI Championship 2021 - Issued by Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Nov 2021
- First Prize: AI Championship 2022 - Issued by Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Nov 2022
- International Student Scholarship: Issued by Sungkyunkwan University, Sep 2018
- JASSO Scholarship: Issued by National Institute of Technology, Gifu College, Jul 2017
Projects
AI-based CCTV System for Monitoring Construction Sites
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Low-Light Image Enhancement Framework for Improved Object Detection in Fisheye Lens Datasets
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SSIMS.AI for SmartInside.AI
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Image-to-Hazard: GPT-based Logic Reasoning for Hazard Identification in Construction Site using CCTV Data
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Forest-Fire Response System
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VQA-RESCon
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Selected Publications
| Authors | Title | Publication/Conference | Year | Link |
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| Dai Quoc Tran†, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Qianqian Jin, Younggun Kim, Zubayer Islam, Seunghee Park | Gated Kinematic–Visual Fusion for Right-Turn Pedestrian Conflict Risk Assessment. | IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems | 2025 | [Under Review] |
| Dai Quoc Tran†, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Younggun Kim, Ahmed Abdelrahman, Zubayer Islam | Region-Level Vision-Language Model for Detecting Distraction Behavior and Mobility Attributes of Vulnerable Road Users | IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems | 2025 | [Under Review] |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Armstrong Aboah, Yuntae Jeon, Minh-Truyen Do, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Minsoo Park, Seunghee Park† | Visual Question Answering-based Referring Expression Segmentation for Construction Safety Analysis | Automation in Construction | 2025 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Yuntae Jeon, Armstrong Aboah, Jinyeong Bak, Minsoo Park, Seunghee Park† | Leveraging Semi-Supervised Learning for Domain Adaptation: Enhancing Safety at Construction Sites through Long-Tailed Object Detection | ASCE’s Journal of Construction Engineering and Management | 2025 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Armstrong Aboah, Yuntae Jeon, Maged Shoman, Minsoo Park, Seunghee Park† | Low-Light Image Enhancement Framework for Improved Object Detection in Fisheye Lens Datasets | CVPRw 2024, Seattle, US - TOP5 Track 4 | 2024 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Armstrong Aboah, Yuntae Jeon, Minsoo Park, Seunghee Park† | Vision-Language Model-based PolyFormer for Recognizing Visual Questions with Multiple Answer Groundings | CVPRw 2024, Seattle, US - TOP3 VizWiz Grand Challenge | 2024 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Yun Tae Jeon, Tae Heon Kim, Min Soo Park, Joo Ho Shin, Seunghee Park | Image-based object recognition method and system based on learning of environment variable data | United States Patent | 2024 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Yuntae Jeon, and Seunghee Park† | Automatic Construction Safety Report using Visual Question Answering and Segmentation Model | ICCCBE, Montreal, Canada | 2024 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Yuntae Jeon, Minsoo Park, and Seunghee Park† | GPT-based Logic Reasoning for Hazard Identification in Construction Site using CCTV Data | ISARC 2024, Lille, France | 2024 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Yuntae Jeon, Seongwoo Son, Minsoo Park, and Seunghee Park† | Identifying Hazards in Construction Sites Using Deep Learning-Based Multimodal with CCTV Data | CONVR2023, Florence, Italy | 2023 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Minsoo Park, Yuntae Jeon, Jinyeong Park, and Seunghee Park† | Forest-fire response system using deep-learning-based approaches with CCTV images and weather data | IEEE Access | 2022 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Minsoo Park, Daekyo Jung, and Seunghee Park† | Damage-Map Estimation Using UAV Images and Deep Learning Algorithms for Disaster Management System | Remote Sensing | 2020 | Link |
| Dai Quoc Tran, Ju-Won Kim, Kassahun Demissie Tola, Wonkyu Kim, and Seunghee Park† | AI-Based Bolt Loosening Diagnosis Using Deep Learning Algorithms for Laser Ultrasonic Wave Propagation data | Sensors | 2020 | Link |