He was born in Haian, Jiangsu, China, in 1976. He received his B.S. and M.S. degree in computer science from Jiangsu University, China, in 1998 and 2001 and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from Jiangsu University, China, in 2008.
From 1998 to 2004, he was a Teaching Assistant at Jiangsu University. From 2005 to 2009, he was a Lecturer at Jiangsu University. Since 2010, he has been an Associate Professor with the School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Jiangsu University, China. He is the author of more than 30 articles and holds 6 patents.
Now he was the member of China Computer Society (CCF) and the member of Jiangsu province Computer Society. He also was the committee member of information storage technology of CCF and the committee member of network and distributed computing technology of Jiangsu province Computer Society. He was the editor of International Journal on Data Science and Technology. He was the reviewer of Science China, ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing, Computers & Electrical Engineering.

1. Jie Guo, Chuhan Min, Tao Cai, Yiran Chen. Improving Write Performance and Extending Endurance of Object-Based NAND Flash Devices. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems. 2017.10. 2017, 17 (1) :1-26
2. DEJIAO NIU, QINGJIAN HE, TAO CAI, BO CHEN, YONGZHAO ZHAN, AND JUN LIANG. XPMFS: A New NVM File System for Vehicle Big Data. IEEE ACCESS. Vol.6, 2018: 34863-34873.
3. Cai Tao, Ju ShiGuang, Niu Dejiao. Numerical Negative Selection Algorithm. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools. 2010,19(5):703-712.
4. Xia Huifen, Ju Shiguang, Cai Tao. A Detector Generating Algorithm Based on Interval Partition. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 2009,5(1) 27-33.
5. Cai Tao, Ju ShiGuang, Zhao JuenJie, Niu DeJiao. Research of hot-spot selection algorithm in virtual address switch,（ISPA 2005）Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3759, Springer 2005, p111-119.
6. Jie Guo, Chuhan Min, Tao Cai, Yiran Chen. A Design to Reduce Write Amplification in Object-based NAND Flash Devices. 2016 International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis CODES+ISSS 2016. Best Paper Award.
7. Jie Guo, Chuhan Min, Tao Cai, Hai Li and Yiran Chen. ObjNandSim: Object-based NAND Flash Device Simulator. 2016 5th Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium NVMSA 2016. 1-6, 17-19 Aug. 2016
8. Tao Cai, Fuli Chen, Qingjian He, Dejiao Niu and JieWang. The Matrix KV Storage System Based on NVM Devices. Micromachines 2019, 10, 346; doi:10.3390/mi10050346
9. Cai Tao, Niu Dejiao, He Yao, Zhu Yeqing. NVMCFS: Complex File System for Hybrid NVM. 2016 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems ICPADS 2016.
10. Dejiao Niu, Bo Chen, Tao Cai, ZhiPeng Chen. The Classified and Active Caching Strategy for Iterative Application In Spark. 2018 27th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks ICCCN 2018. 1-2. 30 July-2 Aug. 2018 Hangzhou, China.
11. Dejiao Niu, Hang Zhang, Tao Cai, ZhiPeng Chen, YongZhao Zhan, Jun Liang. DNVMCFS: The Direct Hybrid NVM File System For the Application. HPCC 2018. 954-959,28-30 June 2018.
12. Dejiao Niu, Xia Zheng, Yawen Liu, Tao Cai, Tianquan Liu, Yongzhao Zhan. ALSTM: Adaptive LSTM for Durative Sequential Data. the 30th IEEE Int'l Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2018) 151-157, 5-7 Nov. 2018, Volos, Greece.
13. Dejiao Niu, Tianquan Liu, Zheng Xia, Tao Cai, Yawen Liu, Yongzhao Zhan. APRNN: A new Active Propagation Training Algorithm for Distributed RNN. The 15th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2018) 425-431, 8-12 Oct. 2018.
14. Cai Tao, Niu Dejiao, Liu Yangkuan, Li Shuai, and Ju Shiguang. NVMMDS—Metadata Management Method Based on Non-Volatile Memory. Journal of Computer Research and Development, 2013, 50(1): 69-79.
15. Cai Tao, Zhang Yongchun, Niu Dejiao, Ni Xiaorong, Liang Dongying. File System Level Wear Leveling Mechanism for Non-Volatile Memory Based Storage. Journal of Computer Research and Development, 2015, 52(7): 1558-1566.
16. Dejiao Niu, Rui Xue, Tao Cai, Hai Li, Effah Kingsley. The New Large-Scale RNNLM System Based On Distributed Neuron. ParLearning 2017 In Conjunction with IPDPS2017 (IPDPSW 2017)

1. The Project of National Key R&D Program of China, 2019.7-2022.12
2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2016M601737
3. the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 61806086, 2019.1- 2021.12
4. The Project of National Key R&D Program of China, 2017YFB0102503, 2017.7-2020.12

1. Third prize of jiangsu science and technology progress award, 2017
2. First prize of science and technology progress award of China federation of commerce, 2016
3. Second prize of science and technology award of China intelligent transportation association, 2016
4. Best Paper Award, CODES+ISSS 2016