About
Dr LI Chen Richard is currently a research assistant professor of the Department of Computing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received the B.Sc. degree in computer science and technology from Nanjing University in 2008, and the M.Sc. (Distinction) and PhD degrees in computer science from the City University of Hong Kong in 2011 and 2018 respectively. Before joining the Department, he worked as a senior research associate at the Centre for Innovative Applications of Internet and Multimedia Technologies (AIMtech Centre), City University of Hong Kong and then as a postdoc research fellow at the Human Interface Technology Lab New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ), University of Canterbury.
As a Human-centered Computing researcher, Dr Li's research interest is in collaborating with talents with various backgrounds to design new technology-assisted solutions for supporting people in their daily lives. His research works, especially in using virtual reality for children with special education needs, have been widely covered by local and international newspapers. Academically, his research works were published in international journals such as Computers & Education, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, and Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, as well as conference proceedings such as the proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality, ACM Spatial User Interaction, International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistance & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, and International Conference on Web-based Learning. He also serves as the programme chair of the International Conference on Blended Learning and the president of Hong Kong Society for Multimedia and Image Computing (HKSMIC).
