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 and Jane E, where we designed and built tools for novices to create and learn visual design.
2) a research intern in the Ability Team at Microsoft Research, where I investigated inclusive avatar representations in the workplace.
3) 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.
4) an XR intern in the Clarke Center for Human Imagination, where I explored procedural generation of 3D models for a VR 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]