PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Xi Li

Also known as 李玺

Xi Li is a computer-vision researcher whose work spans image annotation, visual tracking, and structured semantic understanding. At Telecom ParisTech, he studied statistical learning and image retrieval and coauthored a 2010 context-based SVM paper for image annotation. In 2013, he coauthored a survey of appearance models in object tracking. IAPR elected him a Fellow in 2024; as of October 2026, he is a professor at Zhejiang University.

Timeline

  1. 2009–2010

    Research at Telecom ParisTech

    At LTCI, Telecom ParisTech, he works as a postdoctoral researcher from 2009 to 2010, focusing on statistical learning and image retrieval.

  2. 2010

    An ACCV best paper

    With H. Sahbi, he coauthors Context Based Support Vector Machines for Interconnected Image Annotation, which receives the Saburo Tsuji Best Paper Award at ACCV in 2010.

  3. 2013

    A survey of appearance models

    In 2013, he coauthors A Survey of Appearance Models in Visual Object Tracking, which reviews 2D appearance models through visual representation and statistical modeling.

  4. 2020

    Area chair for CVPR

    In 2020, he serves as an area chair for CVPR.

  5. 2024

    An IAPR Fellowship

    IAPR names him a Fellow in 2024 for contributions to multi-factor coupling model learning, adaptive network model design, and knowledge-guided structural semantic understanding.

  6. 2025

    Area chair for ICCV

    In 2025, he serves as an area chair for ICCV.

  7. As of October 2026

    Professor at Zhejiang

    He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Zhejiang University, with research in artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and pattern recognition.

Career

  1. NowZhejiang UniversityProfessor
  2. 2009–2010Télécom ParisTechPostdoctoral Researcher

Education

  1. Télécom ParisTech

From the biography.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Zhejiang University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  2. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Zhejiang University. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  3. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Zhejiang University. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Zhejiang University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Research Profile - H. Sahbi sahbi.perso.lip6.fr. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. A Survey of Appearance Models in Visual Object Tracking arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences - Fellows aaia-ai.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows iapr.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. xilics（李玺）-Zhejiang University Personal homepage person.zju.edu.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.