Hongdong Li

Professor Hongdong Li is a Tenured Professor at the School of Computing, Australian National University (ANU), within the College of Engineering and Computer Science. His research focuses on 3D Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and their applications in dynamic environments. He has held visiting roles at Carnegie Mellon University and has contributed to significant projects like the Australia Bionic Eyes initiative.

Education: PhD (Electrical Engineering).

Research Interests:

• 3D Computer Vision fundamentals and applied AI systems
• Learning-based 3D perception for plant sciences
• Robot navigation in unfamiliar environments

Awards:

• Marr Prize Honourable Mention
• CVPR Best Paper Award

Advising & Grants: Supervised 40+ PhD students, with funding from ARC, CSIRO, Microsoft, and firms like OPPO/Tencent. Active in projects such as bushfire detection via video analytics and sign language translation systems.

Labs/Teams: Co-founder of the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision (ACRV). Collaborates globally on cross-view localization and autonomous systems.