Hao Li

Hao Li is a computer scientist and entrepreneur working in the fields of Computer Graphics and Computer Vision He is founder and CEO of Pinscreen Inc as well as Distinguished Fellow at the University of California Berkeley He was previously an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California as well as director of the Vision and Graphics Lab at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies He was also a visiting professor at Weta Digital and a research lead at Industrial Light Magic Lucasfilm His algorithms for 3D processing are widely used in the visual effects industry for automating the creation of digital humans as well as enabling the ability to capture facial performances in realtime in virtual production At Weta Digital he was responsible for the highfidelity facial performance capture pipeline that reenacted the deceased actor Paul Walker in the movie Furious 7 2015 For his contributions Li received the TR35 Award in 2013 recognizing him as one of the top 35 innovators under the age of 35 from the MIT Technology Review In 2018 he won the Office of Naval Research ONR Young Investigator Award Li was named to the DARPA ISAT Study Group in 2019 and won the ACM SIGGRAPH RealTime Live Best in Show award in 2020