Hello! My name is Mingyi Li.
I am currently a first-year Computer Science PhD student at Northeastern University, working with Prof. Maitraye Das as part of the Technology, Equity, and Accessibility (TEA) lab. Prior to that, I was a Computer Science and Cognitive Science student at UC San Diego.
My research interests lie in the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Accessibility, and Creativity. My goal is to design and build content authoring and creativity support tools for people with disabilities. My recent work particularly focuses on supporting mixed-ability collaboration in creative spaces.
Research Experiences
During my undergraduate years, I was fortunate to work as:
1) a student researcher in the Design Lab (Protolab) advised by Professor Steven Dow, where we designed and built tools for novices to create and learn visual design.
2) a research assistant in the iSchool at the University of Michigan advised by Professor Robin Brewer, where we developed conversational agents for older adults and their caregivers.
3) a research intern in the Ability Team at Microsoft Research, where I investigated inclusive avatar representations in the workplace.
4) an XR intern in the Clarke Center for Human Imagination, where I explored procedural rendering of 3D models to the campus scene.
Publications
Thing2Reality: Transforming 2D Content into Conditioned Multiviews and 3D Gaussian Objects for XR Communication [UIST 2024 Demo]
Erzhen Hu, Mingyi Li, Xun Qian, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Seongkook Heo, Ruofei Du
CareJournal: A Voice-Based Conversational Agent for Supporting Care Communications [CHI 2024, Best Paper Honorable Mention]
John Rudnik, Sharadhi Raghuraj, Mingyi Li, Robin N. Brewer
ProcessGallery: Contrasting Early and Late Iterations for Design Principle Learning [CSCW 2024]
Grace Yen*, Jane E*, Hyoungwook Jin, Mingyi Li, Grace Lin, Isabelle Pan, Steven Dow
When to Give Feedback: Exploring Tradeoffs in the Timing of Design Feedback [C&C 2024]
Jane E*, Grace Yen*, Isabelle Pan, Grace Lin, Mingyi Li, Hyoungwook Jin, Mengyi Chen, Haijun Xia, Steven Dow
* indicates equal contribution
Tutoring Experiences
CSE 11 - Accel. Intro to Programming - Ochoa [SPRING 2024]
COGS 120 - Interaction Design - E [FALL 2023]
CSE 8B - Intro to Programming 2 - Ochoa [SPRING 2023]
CSE 8B - Intro to Programming 2 - Ochoa [SPRING 2022]
CSE 8B - Intro to Programming 2 - Ochoa [FALL 2022]