Nianlong Li

Nianlong Li

Staff Researcher
Human-computer Interaction

Lenovo Research

About Me

I am a Staff Research at the Lenovo Research. My research interests lie in the area of human-computer interaction (HCI), focusing on interaction techniques in virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), understanding and modeling human behaviors.

I received my Ph.D. (Jan, 2022) from the Beijing Key Lab of Human-Computer Interaction at the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS), advised by Prof. Feng Tian and Associate Prof. Teng Han. Before coming to ISCAS, I completed my B.S. degree in Software Engineering at Xiangtan University in 2016.

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Interests

  • VR/AR Interaction
  • Haptics and Illusions
  • Multimodal Interaction
  • Human Behaviors Modeling

Education

  • PhD in Computer Science, 2016-2022

    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • BSc in Software Engineering, 2012-2016

    Xiangtan University

Recent News

[05/2021] Awarded President Prize of Chinese Academy of Sciences!
[04/2021] Our full paper entitled "Douleur: Creating Pain Sensation with Chemical Stimulant to Enhance User Experience in Virtual Reality" is accepted by IMWUT 2021!
[12/2020] Our full paper entitled "vMirror: Enhancing the Interaction with Occluded or Distant Objects in VR with Virtual Mirrors" is accepted by CHI 2021!
[11/2020] Awarded National Scholarship for Doctoral students!
[10/2020] Attending UIST 2020 virtually for presenting our paper "HapLinkage"!
[10/2020] Will give a presentation in the thesis communication of HHME 2020 , see you in Chongqing, China!
[08/2020] Our full paper entitled "HapLinkage: Prototyping Haptic Proxies for Virtual Hand Tools Using Linkage Mechanism" received an Honourable Mention Award at UIST 2020!
[03/2020] Our full paper entitled "Get a Grip: Evaluating Grip Gestures for VR Input using a Lightweight Pen" received an Honourable Mention Award at CHI 2020!
[06/2019] Our full paper entitled "Modeling the Uncertainty in 2D Moving Target Selection" is accepted by UIST 2019!
[04/2018] Attend CHI 2018 @ Montreal, Canada. Present LBW posters and serve as the volunteer for ChineseCHI 2018 Wokshop.

Selected Publications

(IMWUT '21) Douleur: Creating Pain Sensation with Chemical Stimulant to Enhance User Experience in Virtual Reality

The imitation of pain sensation in Virtual Reality is considered valuable for safety education and training but has been seldom …
Chutian Jiang, Yanjun Chen, Mingming Fan, Liuping Wang, Luyao Shen, Nianlong Li, Wei Sun, Yu Zhang, Feng Tian, Teng Han*
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(IMWUT '21) Douleur: Creating Pain Sensation with Chemical Stimulant to Enhance User Experience in Virtual Reality

(CHI '21) vMirror: Enhancing the Interaction with Occluded or Distant Objects in VR with Virtual Mirrors

Interacting with out of reach or occluded VR objects can be cumbersome. Although users can change their position and orientation, such …
Nianlong Li, Zhengquan Zhang, Can Liu, Zengyao Yang*, Yinan Fu, Feng Tian, Teng Han, Mingming Fan
PDF Video DOI
(CHI '21) vMirror: Enhancing the Interaction with Occluded or Distant Objects in VR with Virtual Mirrors

(UIST '20) HapLinkage: Prototyping Haptic Proxies for Virtual Hand Tools Using Linkage Mechanism

Haptic simulation of hand tools like wrenches, pliers, scissors and syringes are beneficial for finely detailed skill training in VR, …
Nianlong Li, Han-Jong Kim, Luyao Shen, Feng Tian, Teng Han*, Xing-Dong Yang, Tek-Jin Nam
Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
PDF Video DOI
(UIST '20) HapLinkage: Prototyping Haptic Proxies for Virtual Hand Tools Using Linkage Mechanism

(CHI '20) Get a Grip: Evaluating Grip Gestures for VR Input using a Lightweight Pen

The use of Virtual Reality (VR) in applications such as data analysis, artistic creation, and clinical settings requires high precision …
Nianlong Li, Teng Han*, Feng Tian, Jin Huang, Minghui Sun, Pourang Irani, Jason Alexander
Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
PDF Video DOI
(CHI '20) Get a Grip: Evaluating Grip Gestures for VR Input using a Lightweight Pen

(UIST '19) Modeling the Uncertainty in 2D Moving Target Selection

Understanding the selection uncertainty of moving targets is a fundamental research problem in HCI. However, the only few works in this …
Jin Huang, Feng Tian*, Nianlong Li, Xiangmin Fan
PDF Video DOI
(UIST '19) Modeling the Uncertainty in 2D Moving Target Selection
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Patents

Patent No. CN 2020106088083      Filed: 2020-06-29
A Target Selection Technology in 3D Environment based on Motion Trend Information
Feng Tian, Nianlong Li, Jin Huang, Hongan Wang
Patent No. CN 2018115182867      Filed: 2018-12-12
A Data Processing Method and Diagnostic Device for Assisting Disease Diagnosis based on Daily Necessities
Feng Tian, Xiangmin Fan, Nianlong Li, Junjun Fan, Hongan Wang
Patent No. CN 2018105586224      Filed: 2018-06-01
A Moving Target Selection Technology based on Correction of User Performance Model
Jin Huang, Nianlong Li, Feng Tian, Hongan Wang

Honors and Awards

China National Scholarship for Doctoral students (top 0.2%)

Ministry of Education of China Nov 2020
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Best Paper Honorable Mention Award (top 5%), ACM UIST 2020

ACM SIGCHI Aug 2020
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Best Paper Honorable Mention Award (top 5%), ACM CHI 2020

ACM SIGCHI Mar 2020
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Outstanding Graduates of Hunan Province

The Education Department of Hunan Province May 2016
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CCF Elite Collegiate Award

China Computer Federation Oct 2015
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National English Competition for College Students, Second Prize

College English Teaching & Research Association of China May 2015
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China National Scholarship for Undergraduates (top 0.2%)

Ministry of Education of China Nov 2014
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ACM-ICPC Asia Regional Contest, Bronze Medal (Xi’an Site, Guangzhou Site)

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Oct 2014 – Nov 2014
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Services

Teaching Assistant
UCAS - User Interface Design, Development & Evaluation (251M6008H) - 2018, Spring
UCAS - Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (251M5009H) - 2017, Fall
Reviewing
Chinagraph 2018 / CHI 2020 / CHI LBW 2020 / ICMI 2020 / CHCI 2020 / CHI 2021
Volunteer
Public Science Day of Chinese Academy of Sciences 2019 @ ISCAS
National “Software and Network” Summer Camp for College Students 2018 @ ISCAS
ChineseCHI 2018 @ Montreal, Canada

Contact

  • linl1@lenovo.com
  • Lenovo Research
    Building 1, No.10 Courtyard Xibeiwang East Road
    Haidian District, Beijing, China 100094