发表了130余篇论文，包括SCI论文82篇，其中IEEE/ACM Transactions论文45篇，按JCR高水平期刊分区排名处于二区及以上的论文57篇，成功入选Elsevier中国高被引学者榜单，在“安全，风险，可靠性和质量”领域中排名前三。 2015年起担任学术期刊《Computer Science and Application》主编；2006-08年曾担任国际期刊《IEEE Transactions on Reliability》（JCR二区）的Associate Editor；2009-12年曾担任国际期刊《Journal of Supercomputing》（SCI检索）云计算专栏特邀主编Guest Editor in Chief。曾担任十几个国际会议的总主席General Chair或程序主席Program Chair，2005年创办了IEEE Symposium on Dependable Autonomic and Secure Computing（DASC）系列国际会议，并担任第1届和第2届IEEE DASC的大会总主席，目前该会议已经举办到了第十二届，在该领域产生了巨大影响力。[1]Y.S. Dai, G. Levitin and L. Xing, "Optimal Periodic Inspections and Activation Sequencing Policy in Standby Systems With Condition-Based Mode Transfer", IEEE Transactions on Reliability (ISSN: 0018-9529), Vol. PP, No. 99, Pages 1-13, 2015. [2]Y.S. Dai, Y. Xiang and Y. Pan, “Bionic Autonomic Nervous Systems for Self-Defense against DoS, Spyware, Malware, Virus, and Fishing”, ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (ISSN: 1556-4665), Vol. 9, No. 1, 2014. [3]Y.S. Dai, G. Levitin and L. Xing, “Structure Optimization of Nonrepairable Phased Mission Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A., (ISSN: 2168-2216), Vol. 44, No. 1, Pages: 121-129, 2013. [4]Y.S. Dai, S. H. Baek, A. Garcia-Diaz, B. Yang, K. Tsui and J. Zhuang, “An enhanced engineering perspective of global climate systems and statistical formulation of terrestrial CO2 exchanges”, Theoretical and Applied Climatology (ISSN: 0177-798X), Vol. 107, No. 3-4, Pages 347-359, 2012. [5]Y.S. Dai, Y. Xiang, Y. Li, L. Xing and G. Zhang, “Consequence oriented self-healing and autonomous diagnosis for highly reliable systems and software”, IEEE Transactions on Reliability (ISSN: 0018-9529), Vol. 60, No. 2, Pages: 369-380, 2011.