Dr. Yue Li is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, where she serves as the Programme Director of MSc Social Computing. She graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2020 with the Postgraduate Award. Her research interest lies in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with a particular emphasis on Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies. She has been actively involved in research related to the design, evaluation, and application of VR and AR in cultural heritage and education.  

Dr. Li is the Principle Investigator of several prestigious research grants, including the Young Scientist Programme of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the General Programme of the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China. Her scholarly contributions have found publication in esteemed international journals and conferences such as ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ToCHI), International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI), ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JoCCH), ACM CHI, IEEE VR, and IEEE ISMAR. Furthermore, she has supervised many shortlisted and award-winning student projects in various venues, including the CHI Student Design Competition, ISMAR Student Competition, MobileHCI Student Design Competition, and the China Competition on Virtual Reality.

Within her research community, Dr. Li serves as the China Country Representative at IFIP Technical Committee on Human–Computer Interaction (TC13). She holds an executive member role in the CCF HCI Committee and is a professional member of BCS, ACM, IEEE, and IET. Her commitment to the field is underscored by her long-standing service and regular engagement as an editorial board member, program committee member, and reviewer for international journals and conferences.