Frederick Li

Dr. Frederick Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Durham. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Graphics from City University of Hong Kong and has held academic roles at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University prior to his current position. His research focuses on Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Visual Aesthetics, and Educational Technologies. He serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Education and Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware, and has organized major conferences such as ICWL 2022 and ISVC 2021.

Education: B.A. (Hons.) in Computing Studies from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, M.Phil. in Computer Science, and Ph.D. in Computer Graphics.

Research interests include mesh saliency, human-object interaction recognition, cloud modeling, and student performance analytics. He has published extensively in top venues like IEEE Transactions, ACM SIGGRAPH, and ECCV. Notable awards include Best Paper (ITiCSE 2014) and Outstanding Paper (ICALT 2013). He currently chairs the Undergraduate Board of Examiners and serves as an external examiner for Northumbria University's MSc program.

His work spans educational technologies, collaborative virtual environments, and visual aesthetics, with applications in VR therapy, face forgery detection, and artistic style transfer. He supervises numerous Ph.D. students and contributes to Durham’s academic governance, including curriculum development and postgraduate management.