Xiang Li | HCI Researcher
Human + Computer Interaction × Mixed Reality × Augmented Human
Welcome! 欢迎！
I am Xiang Li (李想) [SiAN li:], a third-year Ph.D. student in Intelligent Interactive Systems at the Department of Engineering (CUED), University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Per Ola Kristensson. I am also a Student Fellow at The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI), a centre for research on the nature, ethics and impact of Artificial Intelligence based at the University of Cambridge, with partners at Imperial College London and UC Berkeley, as well as close links with industry and policymakers.
I was a visiting Ph.D. researcher at the Center for Metaverse and Computational Creativity, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) in 2022, working with Pan Hui. I received my B.Sc. (Honours) from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and the University of Liverpool, under the supervision of Hai-Ning Liang. Prior to it, I worked with Jan Gugenheimer and David Lindlbauer at the Institute Polytechnique de Paris (Télécom Paris) and Carnegie Mellon University, and Florian 'Floyd' Mueller at the Exertion Games Lab, Monash University.
Want to collaborate? If you want to work with me, please read my Supervision Page. I am always happy to collaborate with intelligent minds! ;-)
About My Research
My research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, particularly on designing: (1) body-centric interfaces to augment human capabilities in mixed reality (MR) through embodied interaction; (2) leveraging AI-driven context awareness to enable adaptive user interfaces in ubiquitous MR, facilitating seamless situated interaction in everyday environments (also known as spatial computing). *See my full publications*.
News
03/2025: I won the IET International Travel Award!
02/2025: Our survey paper on Grand Challenges in Immersive Technologies for Cultural Heritage has been accepted by the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Congratulations, Hanbing (from Tsinghua)!
01/2025: I will be serving as an Associate Chair for the Full Paper track at ACM IMX 2025 and the ACM CHI 2025 Late-Breaking Work!
11/2024: I will give research talks on my vision of Bodily Interfaces at the (1) University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, (2) Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and (3) Nanjing University of Sciences and Technology. Thanks for inviting me!
10/2024: Our extended ACM SUI 2023 paper has been accepted to Computers & Graphics!
07/2024: Our ACM ISS 2024 paper has been accepted! Thank you to all my coauthors! 🎉
06/2024: I will attend the Dagstuhl Seminar on “Designing Computers’ Control Over Our Bodies” in Germany!
01/2024: I am serving as a Social Media Co-Chair for ACM CHI PLAY 2024 (again)!
Previous Updates
04/2024: My mentee Yuzheng Chen will join Lancaster University as an MSc by Research with Professor Hans Gellersen! 🎉
08/2023: Our ACM SUI 2023 paper has been conditionally accepted!
07/2023: Our two ACM CHI PLAY 2023 papers have been accepted (including “Auto-Paizo Games”, which won the Best Interactivity Audience Award 🏆)! Congrats, Rakesh and coauthors!!
04/2023: I am serving as a Social Communications Co-Chair for ACM CHI 2024!
04/2023: I am delighted that my mentee, Xiaohang Tang, will be joining Virginia Tech as a PhD student with Professor Yan Chen! 🎉
12/2022: I am serving as a Social Media Co-Chair for ACM CHI PLAY 2023!
11/2022: Our ACM TOCHI paper, “Towards understanding the design of intertwined human-computer integrations”, has been accepted!
11/2022: Our article has been published at ACM Interactions to celebrate the 40th birthday of SIGCHI!
10/2022: I started my PhD at the University of Cambridge! I am also a Student Fellow at The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence!
09/2022: Accepted the Program Committee Member invitation for ACM CHI 2023 Late-Breaking Work (again)!
06/2023: Accepted the invitation to serve as a Program Committee Member for ACM UbiComp/ISWC 2023 Posters and Demos!
12/2021: I served as an Online Participation Chair for ACM DIS 2022!
01/2022: Accepted the invitation to be an Associate Chair for ACM CHI 2022 Late-Breaking Work!
01/2021: Accepted the Program Committee Member invitation for ACM IUI 2021 Demos and Posters!
Fun Facts
My PhD supervisor’s postdoctoral advisor’s PhD supervisor, John Hopfield, won the Nobel Prize in Physics 🏆 in 2024!
My Erdős number is 4 (i.e., Erdős, Paul <-> McEliece, Robert J. <-> MacKay, David J. C. <-> Kristensson, Per Ola <-> Li, Xiang).
My supervisor, Per Ola Kristensson, summarised our 🌳 academic genealogy.