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General Information

Full Name Leon Ang Li
Languages Chinese (native), English (proficient), Japanese (intermediate), French (basic)

Education

  • 2023-2026
    Doctor of Philosophy in Human-Computer Interaction
    The University of Queensland, Australia
    • Expected completion: October 2026
    • Thesis topic: Extreme Analytics
    • Supervisors: Maxime Cordeil, Jarrod Knibbe, Gianluca Demartini, and Stephen Viller
    • Scholarships:
      • University of Queensland Research Higher Degree Scholarship
      • University of Queensland Research Training Scholarship
  • 2018-2022
    Bachelor of Computer Science Advanced (Honours)
    Monash University, Australia
    • First Class Honours
    • Awards:
      • Dux of Undergraduate in the Bachelor of Computer Science Advanced (Honours)
      • Australian Computer Society Victoria Student Award (Nominated)
      • Faculty Commendation for FIT2082, Semester 2, 2020
    • GRE Score: 323+4.0
    • Honours thesis: GestureExplorer - Supporting Immersive Visualisation and Exploration of Gesture Data

Employment

  • Nov 2026-
    Incoming Postdoctoral Researcher
    Inria AVIZ group, France
    • Advanced situated visualisations for sports videos
    • Working with Petra Isenberg and Romain Vuillemot

Full Papers

  • 2026
    Investigating 3D Selection Performance While Running in Extended Reality: an In-depth Study of the Effect of Speed
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), to appear
    • A Fitts' law study of direct virtual touch while standing and running at different speeds, using precise motion tracking to examine selection performance in XR.
    • DOI | Video
  • 2025
    Running with Data: a Survey of the Current Research and a Design Exploration of Future Immersive Visualisations
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (IEEE VIS 2025)
    • A design space of in-situ running visualisations and a workshop-based exploration of future immersive designs.
    • DOI
  • 2025
    Embedded and Situated Visualisation in Mixed Reality to Support Interval Running
    Computer Graphics Forum (EuroVis 2025)
    • An exploration and evaluation of mixed-reality visualisations for supporting pace tracking during interval running.
    • DOI | Video
  • 2026
    First-Person Visualization for Sports and Physical Activities: Challenges and Opportunities
    Accepted to IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
    • Identifies core visualisation and interaction challenges and research opportunities for first-person sports and physical activities.
  • 2023
    GestureExplorer: Immersive Visualisation and Exploration of Gesture Data
    ACM CHI 2023
    • An immersive analytics tool for exploring, classifying, and making sense of large sets of 3D temporal gesture data.
    • DOI | Video

Workshop and Poster Papers

  • 2026
    Challenges and Opportunities for Immersive Visualizations for Running
    CHI 2026 Workshop on Next Steps for Augmented Reality On-the-Move
    • Position paper by Ang Li, Liam Shatzel, Maxime Cordeil, and Charles Perin.
    • Paper
  • 2025
    SAMMed-VR: Integrated Segment Anything Model in Virtual Reality for Supervised Brain Tumour Segmentation
    IEEE VIS 2025 Posters
    • A virtual-reality probe integrating an expert-in-the-loop workflow with SAM-Med3D for iterative brain tumour segmentation.
  • 2023
    A Visual Survey of In-Situ Running Analytics
    IEEE VIS 2023 Posters
  • 2022
    Demonstrating Immersive Gesture Exploration with GestureExplorer
    IEEE VR 2022 Workshops - Honourable Mention for Best Demo
  • 2022
    Initial Evaluation of Immersive Gesture Exploration with GestureExplorer
    IEEE VR 2022 Workshops

Research Grants and Awards

  • 2023-2027
    • University of Queensland Research Higher Degree Scholarship
    • University of Queensland Research Training Scholarship
  • 2024
    • Second Place, Westpac Hackathon - Bank of the Future Coding Competition
  • 2023
    • SIGCHI Gary Marsden Travel Award
  • 2022
    • IEEE VR Honourable Mention for the Best Demo Award

Other Research and Project Experience

  • Nov 2025
    Research Visit at LIRIS Laboratory, Ecole Centrale de Lyon
    Lyon, France
    • Presented my PhD research and explored collaborations with members of the laboratory led by Romain Vuillemot.
  • Jul 2024
    VisBank - Data Visceralisation for Banking and Financial Data
    Team Lead
    • Led the design and Unity development of a mixed-reality platform that transforms abstract banking information into immersive visualisations connected to customers' financial goals.
  • 2020-2021
    An Immersive Expressive Avatar for Health Context Awareness
    Supervisor: Barrett Ens
  • 2020-2021
    AR Hand Gesture Capture for Interactive Data Analytics
    Supervisors: Barrett Ens and Maxime Cordeil
  • 2020
    Barriers to Telehealth Accessibility Among Elderly Chinese Migrants in Australia
  • 2019
    Monash Hackathon 2019
    Team Member

Teaching Experience

  • 2024-present
    DECO2300/7230 Digital Prototyping - Lead Tutor
    The University of Queensland
  • 2024-present
    Casual Outreach and Engagement Assistant
    The University of Queensland
  • 2024
    DECO2500/7250 Human-Computer Interaction - Tutor
    The University of Queensland
  • 2023
    DECO2300/7230 Digital Prototyping - Tutor
    The University of Queensland

Academic Service

  • 2026
    • IEEE VIS 2026 Posters Program Committee Member
    • ACM CHI 2026 Reviewer
    • IEEE PacificVis 2026 Reviewer
    • ACM VRST 2026 Reviewer
    • Computer Graphics Forum Reviewer
  • 2025
    • ACM UIST 2025 Reviewer
    • ACM CHI 2025 Reviewer
  • 2024-present
    • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Reviewer
  • 2024
    • ACM ISS 2024 Reviewer

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

  • 2023-present
    ACM and SIGCHI
  • 2022-present
    IEEE Young Professional

Academic Referees

  • A/Prof Maxime Cordeil
    • School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland
    • m.cordeil@uq.edu.au
  • A/Prof Barrett Ens
    • Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, The University of British Columbia
    • barrett.ens@ubc.ca