About
Chen 'Richard' Li
李晨
Assistant Professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Biography
Technology in support of people.
Chen 'Richard' Li (李晨) is an assistant professor affiliated with the Department of Applied Social Sciences and the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
As a human-centred computing researcher, Chen Li’s research interest is in collaborating with talents with various backgrounds to design new technology-assisted solutions for supporting people in their daily lives.
Background
Education & appointments
Education
- PhD, City University of Hong Kong
- MSc (Distinction) in Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong
- BSc in Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University
Appointments
- Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (current)
- Research Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (previous)
- Senior Research Associate, Centre for Innovative Applications of Internet and Multimedia Technologies (AIMtech Centre), City University of Hong Kong (previous)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Interface Technology Lab New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ), University of Canterbury (previous)
Research & impact
From research to everyday settings
His research outcomes related to the use of virtual reality for children with special educational needs have been adopted by mainstream and special schools in Hong Kong. Besides education, his research outcomes in extended reality and natural user interfaces have been applied in other sectors, including digital entertainment, healthcare, aerospace engineering, and advanced manufacturing.
Academically, Chen Li’s research works were published in international journals such as Computers & Education (C&E), IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), Computers in Human Behavior (CHB), and IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (TLT), as well as conference proceedings such as the proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), and ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).
Academic community
Professional service
Prof. Chen 'Richard' Li serves in the following roles:
- President, Hong Kong Society for Multimedia and Image Computing (HKSMIC)
- Chairman, International Hybrid Learning Society (IHLS)
- Governing board member, International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)
- Board member, Society of International Chinese in Educational Technology (SICET)
- Editorial board member, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
- Editorial board member, Computers & Education: X Reality