Dingzeyu Li
Scholar

Dingzeyu Li

Google Scholar ID: BmaJwicAAAAJ
Research Scientist @ Adobe Research
GenAIVideoCreative tools
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
2,059
 
H-index
20
 
i10-index
26
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
90
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Received two ACM UIST Best Paper Awards (2022, 2017).
  • Won an Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering (2020).
  • Featured in two Adobe MAX Sneaks demos (2019, 2020).
  • Awarded Adobe Research Fellowship (2017).
  • Finalist for NVIDIA PhD Fellowship (2017).
  • Recipient of Shapeways Educational Grant (2016).
  • HKUST Academic Achievement Medal (2013).
  • Served on international program committees for CHI, Eurographics, Graphics Interface, and ACM Multimedia; reviewed for top venues including UIST, CHI, SIGGRAPH, CVPR, ICCV.
  • Published in top-tier venues: CHI 2025, IUI 2025, DIS 2024, CHI 2024, UIST 2022 (Best Paper Award), ASSETS 2022, SIGGRAPH Asia 2020.
Research Experience
  • Serves as Senior Research Scientist at Adobe Research, leading multiple AI-powered video editing and generation projects.
  • Led the multi-modal visual search feature in Project Blink, covering AI/ML research, data ingestion, and frontend engineering.
  • Led the 'Animate from Audio' feature in Adobe Express (2022), one of the most frequently used quick actions.
  • Developed the Speech-Aware Animation module in Adobe Character Animator 2020, a Sensei-powered ML feature running faster than real-time across desktop platforms.
  • Co-chaired the Adobe Fellowship program from 2019 to 2022, recognizing outstanding PhD students.