Hello! My name is Mingyi Li.

 

I'm currently a Computer Science and Cognitive Science Student at UC San Diego. I'll be joining Northeastern University as a Computer Science PhD student in Fall 2024, working with Prof. Maitraye Das as part of the Technology, Equity, and Accessibility (TEA) lab.

 

My research interests lie in the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Accessibility. My goal is to design and build content authoring and creativity support tools for people with disabilities.

 

Research Experiences

During my undergraduate years, I was fortunate to work as:

1) a student researcher in the 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]