Hongdong Li
Also known as HONGZHENG LI, Hong-Dong Li, Hong-Sheng LI, Hong-Sheng Li, Hong-Zheng Li, Hong-dong Li
Hongdong Li is a computer-vision researcher whose AI work connects 3D perception and robot navigation. He held research roles at ANU and NICTA, where he contributed to the Australia Bionic Eyes project. With Yuchao Dai and Mingyi He, he coauthored a non-rigid structure-from-motion paper that won CVPR's 2012 Best Paper Award. He helped establish Australia's ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision and visited Carnegie Mellon. He led Tencent's XR R&D program in 2022–2023 and began part-time work as an Amazon Scholar in 2024; as of October 2026, he is a computer-vision professor at ANU and an Amazon Scholar.
- Now at
- Australian National University and Amazon
- Works
- 361
- Citations
- 19,126
- h-index
- 70
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.
Timeline
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2003–2007
A research fellowship at ANU
At ANU's RSISE, he works as a research fellow from 2003 to 2007.
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2008–2010
The Australia Bionic Eyes project
At NICTA, he serves as a Senior Research Scientist during 2008–2010 and works on the Australia Bionic Eyes project.
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2012
A CVPR Best Paper Award
With Yuchao Dai and Mingyi He, he coauthors “A simple prior-free method for nonrigid structure from motion factorization,” which wins the CVPR Best Paper Award in 2012.
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2014–2020
Founding the robotic vision centre
He is one of the founding chief investigators of the Australian ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision during 2014–2020.
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2017–2018
Visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon
During 2017–2018, he is a visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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2022–2023
Leading Tencent's XR program
During university leave in 2022–2023, he leads Tencent's XR R&D program as a Distinguished Scientist and XR-Lab Chief Scientist.
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Since 2024
Amazon Scholar and conference chair
He works part-time as an Amazon Scholar at Amazon IML and develops generative AI techniques for e-commerce. In 2025, he serves as a Senior Area Chair for CVPR, ICCV and NeurIPS.
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As of October 2026
Professor at ANU and Amazon Scholar
He is a professor in computer vision at ANU and an Amazon Scholar. His research focuses on 3D perception and robot navigation. In 2026, he coauthors an AAAI paper on video restoration that uses pre-trained diffusion models and addresses temporal consistency.
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