Jie Li

Dr. Jie Li is a dual-career academic and creative professional with a PhD in Industrial Design Engineering from Delft University of Technology. As an HCI/UX researcher in industry and Adjunct Professor at multiple institutions, she bridges academia and practice through work on Extended Reality (XR), Human-AI interactions, and user experience evaluation. Her ACM Interactions column 'Bits to Bites' explores interdisciplinary research methodologies.

Education:

• MSc in Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology
• PhD in Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology (2019)

Her research spans social VR platforms, AI-augmented cognition, and privacy-preserving emotion detection, with recent publications analyzing LLM-assisted game design, harassment detection in VR, and XR's impact on remote collaboration. She has received Best Demo Awards (2020, 2022) and the ACM Best Paper Award (2018).

Notable trends in her work include emerging immersive technologies (XR, 6DoF displays), human-AI collaboration frameworks, and cross-domain applications from medical VR clinics to cultural heritage experiences. Her advocacy for synthetic UX research and asynchronous co-creation tools reflects industry-academia hybrid innovation.

Scientific Awards:

• Best Demo Award (2020, ACM TVX/IMX 2020)
• Best Demo Award (2022, ACM Multimedia)
• ACM Best Paper Award (2018, ACM TVX)

While maintaining active roles in CHI conference committees and guest lecturing, Jie also operates a Delft-based creative cake design business, demonstrating her commitment to interdisciplinary exploration and 'slash career' balance between technical research and artistic practice.