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General Information
| Full Name | Leon Ang Li |
| Languages | Chinese (native), English (proficient), Japanese (intermediate), French (basic) |
Education
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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
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Scholarships:
- University of Queensland Research Higher Degree Scholarship
- University of Queensland Research Training Scholarship
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2018-2022
Bachelor of Computer Science Advanced (Honours)
Monash University, Australia
- First Class Honours
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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
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Nov 2026-
Incoming Postdoctoral Researcher
Inria AVIZ group, France
- Advanced situated visualisations for sports videos
- Working with Petra Isenberg and Romain Vuillemot
Full Papers
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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
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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.
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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.
Workshop and Poster Papers
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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.
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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.
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2023
A Visual Survey of In-Situ Running Analytics
IEEE VIS 2023 Posters
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2022
Demonstrating Immersive Gesture Exploration with GestureExplorer
IEEE VR 2022 Workshops - Honourable Mention for Best Demo
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2022
Research Grants and Awards
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2023-2027
- University of Queensland Research Higher Degree Scholarship
- University of Queensland Research Training Scholarship
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2024
- Second Place, Westpac Hackathon - Bank of the Future Coding Competition
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2023
- SIGCHI Gary Marsden Travel Award
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2022
- IEEE VR Honourable Mention for the Best Demo Award
Other Research and Project Experience
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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.
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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.
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2020-2021
An Immersive Expressive Avatar for Health Context Awareness
Supervisor: Barrett Ens
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2020-2021
AR Hand Gesture Capture for Interactive Data Analytics
Supervisors: Barrett Ens and Maxime Cordeil
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2020
Barriers to Telehealth Accessibility Among Elderly Chinese Migrants in Australia
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2019
Monash Hackathon 2019
Team Member
Teaching Experience
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2024-present
DECO2300/7230 Digital Prototyping - Lead Tutor
The University of Queensland
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2024-present
Casual Outreach and Engagement Assistant
The University of Queensland
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2024
DECO2500/7250 Human-Computer Interaction - Tutor
The University of Queensland
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2023
DECO2300/7230 Digital Prototyping - Tutor
The University of Queensland
Academic Service
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2026
- IEEE VIS 2026 Posters Program Committee Member
- ACM CHI 2026 Reviewer
- IEEE PacificVis 2026 Reviewer
- ACM VRST 2026 Reviewer
- Computer Graphics Forum Reviewer
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2025
- ACM UIST 2025 Reviewer
- ACM CHI 2025 Reviewer
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2024-present
- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Reviewer
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2024
- ACM ISS 2024 Reviewer
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
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2023-present
ACM and SIGCHI
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2022-present
IEEE Young Professional
Academic Referees
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A/Prof Maxime Cordeil
- School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland
- m.cordeil@uq.edu.au
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A/Prof Barrett Ens
- Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, The University of British Columbia
- barrett.ens@ubc.ca