Hao Li is an award-winning AI researcher, entrepreneur, and academic leader who bridges cutting-edge computer vision, graphics, and machine learning to create production-grade digital humans and generative visual effects. As CEO and co-founder of Pinscreen and Director of the MBZUAI Metaverse Center—now serving as Dean of its Undergraduate Division—he has translated academic breakthroughs into industry-firsts like real-time facial reenactment, AI lip-sync for feature films, and technologies that powered Apple’s Animoji and high-profile Hollywood VFX. His work spans startups, top labs (USC, UC Berkeley), and studio R&D at ILM and Weta, and uniquely includes medical impact via deformable-shape algorithms that improved radiation therapy. A PhD from ETH Zurich, Hao combines deep research credentials with product-focused engineering and a rare track record of moving neural rendering from conference demos to studio pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble
MSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at ETH Zürich
Contributions:9 commits, 6 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 years
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