Yiliu (Aiden) Li - Personal Website

Education

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

09/2023 – Present

BSc Computer Science

Experience

Research Assistant Internship

Carnegie Mellon University HCI Institute

06/2025 – 08/2025

Supervisor: Prof. Alexandra Ion

Integrating AI capabilities with physics-based systems to enhance human-robot interaction.
Utilizing VLA policies and LLM reasoning to implement physical intelligence.

Research Assistant Internship

Tsinghua University Pervasive HCI Laboratory (Tsinghua PI Lab)

05/2025 – Present

Conducting research in LLM Ideation and LLM Review, by developing a GUI LLM platform, and to enable low-cost collection, organization and synthesization of scientific facets
Designing and developing cross-platform mobile webapp for online AI hemifacial spasm analysis via facial analysis

AI Product Internship

Ponder (ResearchFlow AI)

02/2025 – Present

Proposed and contributed to the development of multiple AI-driven features, improving user experience and productivity
Worked closely with cross-functional teams to refine and launch key functionalities, including Focus Mode, while actively supporting ongoing initiatives such as Keyboard Shortcuts, Floating Chatbot, Mind Map View, and Accuracy Optimization
Assisted in structuring product roadmaps, gathering user feedback, and optimizing AI functionalities to enhance usability and engagement

Research Assistant Internship

UCL Computer Science Multi-Sensory Devices (MSD) Group

08/2024 – Present

Supervisor: Prof. Marianna Obrist

Contributed to research on kinesthetic illusion through literature review, and experimental support
Assisted research on mid-air haptics through trial-based experimentation and material reading
Supported in preparing presentations and research summaries

Teaching Assistant

UCL ENGF0034 Design and Professional Skills I (Computer Science)

09/2024 – 01/2025

Module Leader: Prof. Martin Benning

Assisted in delivering course content and hands-on workshops for undergraduate Computer Science students, focusing on engineering applications of programming
Assisted students with programming in engineering, AI game autoplayer development, and debugging techniques
Provided support in understanding internet protocols and real-world networking applications
Supported students in developing practical programming projects, fostering a deeper understanding of Computer Science in engineering contexts

Projects

UCL IXN - SightLink

09/2024 – Present

Utilizing YOLO OBB for precise zebra crossing detection and geolocation from satellite imagery, optimized to enhance accessibility solutions for disabled individuals.

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Bioreactor Development

10/2023 – 01/2024

Designed a bioreactor for BCG vaccine manufacture and storage, featuring a React-based web dashboard and IoT integration.

CUDA Accelerated SDOT Kernel Development

06/2023 – 08/2023

Developed innovative GPU-accelerated kernels for computing SDOT, optimizing efficiency through CUDA programming.

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Sleep Stage Detection Model

04/2023 – 06/2023

Created a smart alarm app using LSTM for sleep stage detection and optimal wake-up timing.

Touchless Fingerbot

05/2022 – 07/2022

Designed a gesture-controlled device for contactless operation of switches and buttons, implemented on campus elevators.

Skills

Programming Languages

Python C C++ C# Java JavaScript HTML CSS Haskell SQL

Development Tools

CUDA Unity Arduino PyTorch TensorFlow OpenCV React React Native Node.js Bash Git

Events & Activities

YC AI Startup School

June 16-17, 2025

San Francisco, CA

AI Startup Conference Event

Attended Y Combinator's inaugural AI Startup School, an exclusive conference bringing together 2,000 top computer science students passionate about AI and entrepreneurship. Learned from industry leaders including Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, xAI), Sam Altman (OpenAI), Andrej Karpathy (Eureka), Andrew Ng (DeepLearning.ai), and other AI pioneers about building AI startups and shaping the future of artificial intelligence.