Hello, my name is Qisheng Li. I’m currently a Quantitative UX Research at Google. Before that, I was a Research Scientist working on context-aware augmented reality at Meta Reality Labs Research (RL-R). I’m also a Research Fellow at AImpower.org.

Previously, I was an AI/ML resident in the Human-Centered Machine Intelligence team at Apple from 2022-2023. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Washington, advised by Katharina Reinecke. In my Ph.D. thesis, I employed mixed methods to demonstrate the feasibility of conducting large-scale online experiments with individuals with cognitive disabilities that are self-motivating, while maintaining rigorous experimental designs. During my PhD, I’ve interned at Adobe Research (x2), Microsoft Research, and Google Research.

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  • Contact: lqsh2013 [at] gmail.com

Selected Publications

Our Collective Voices: The Social and Technical Values of a Grassroots Chinese Stuttered Speech Dataset

Jingjing Li* , Qisheng Li* , Rong Gong , Lezhi Wang , Shaomei Wu

Speech AI for All: Promoting Accessibility, Fairness, Inclusivity, and Equity

Shaomei Wu , Kimi Wenzel , Jingjing Li , Qisheng Li , ... , Nan Bernstein Ratner

“I Want to Publicize My Stutter”: Community-led Collection and Curation of Chinese Stuttered Speech Data

Qisheng Li , Shaomei Wu

Towards Fair and Inclusive Speech Recognition for Stuttering: Community-led Chinese Stuttered Speech Dataset Creation and Benchmarking

Qisheng Li , Shaomei Wu

Assessing ASR Model Quality on Disordered Speech using BERTScore

Jimmy Tobin , Qisheng Li , Subhashini Venugopalan , Katie Seaver , Richard Cave , Katrin Tomanek

Joint Media Engagement in Families Playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jesse J. Martinez , Travis W. Windleharth , Qisheng Li , Arpita Bhattacharya , Katy E. Pearce , Jason Yip , Jin Ha Lee

How Online Tests Contribute to the Support System for People With Cognitive and Mental Disabilities

Qisheng Li , Josephine Lee , Christina Zhang , Katharina Reinecke
Best Paper Award

The Effect of Moderation on Online Mental Health Conversations

David Wadden , Tal August , Qisheng Li , Tim Althoff
Best Paper Award (Outstanding Study Design)

Voicemoji: Emoji entry using voice for visually impaired people

Mingrui "Ray" Zhang , Ruolin Wang , Xuhai Xu , Qisheng Li , Ather Sharif , Jacob O. Wobbrock

Controlling for Participants’ Viewing Distance in Large-Scale, Psychophysical Online Experiments using a Virtual Chinrest

Qisheng Li , Sung Jun Joo , Jason Yeatman , Katharina Reinecke
Scientific Reports, 2020

Latent Space Cartography: Visual Analysis of Vector Space Embeddings

The Impact of Web Browser Reader Views on Reading Speed and User Experience

Volunteer-Based Online Studies With Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Honors & Awards

University of Washington
  • : ASSETS’21 Best Paper Award
  • : ICWSM’21 Best Paper Award (Outstanding Study Design)
  • : College of Engineering Quarter Fellowship
Macalester College
  • : The Konhauser Achievement Award for Computer Science
  • : John M. Dozier Prizes for Economics
  • : 1st place in Minnesota Economic Association (MEA) Undergraduate Student Paper Contest
  • : LiveIt! Global Citizenship Fellowship