Dingzeyu Li
Senior Research Scientist
Seattle, WA
He is a Senior Research Scientist at Adobe Research. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University and BEng from HKUST.
He is interested in audiovisual cross-modal analysis and synthesis for video authoring and creative tools. Leveraging tools from computer vision, graphics, deep learning, and HCI, he focuses on novel creative authoring/editing experiences for everyone. His past research and engineering has been recognized by two ACM UIST Best Paper Awards 🏅 (2022 and 2017), an Emmy Award 🏆 for Technology and Engineering (2020), two Adobe MAX Sneaks Demos ✨(2019 , 2020), an Adobe Research Fellowship 🎓 (2017), a NVIDIA PhD Fellowship Finalist (2017), a Shapeways Educational Grant 🧧 (2016), and an HKUST academic achievement medal 🥇 (2013). He has served as international program committee members for Eurographics 2020/2021, Graphics Interface 2020, and ACM Multimedia 2019, and as reviewers for various academic conferences including SIGGRAPH, CVPR, ICCV, UIST, CHI, etc. He has served as the Adobe Fellowship program co-chair with Valentina Shin, recognizing outstanding PhD students conducting exceptional research.
He is always looking for interns and collaborators to work on research projects leading to publications/patents/product features. Please feel free to reach out to learn more. https://dingzeyu.li/
Publications
News
Adobe Firefly’s alt text: Helping blind and low-vision creators design and choose images
A new feature in Adobe Firefly built in collaboration with Adobe Research is making text-to-image generation more accessible for blind and low-vision (BLV) creators.
June 15, 2026When the Music Fits: VidTune Helps Video Creators Find the Right Soundtrack
The experimental technology VidTune generates multiple music tracks from a text prompt and produces visual "contextual thumbnails" for each one, letting creators compare options at a glance.
April 9, 2026How Adobe Research is helping podcasters make quick, compelling, social media-ready teasers
Clip Maker, a collaboration between Adobe Research and Adobe Express, combines cutting-edge AI with intuitive design to help creators craft social-ready clips in seconds. Check out the behind-the-scenes story!
November 6, 2025Video: Adobe Research Intern Mentors Share What Works
Every year, Adobe Research seeks out several hundred bright minds to join us as research interns. What makes interning with us stand out? In this video, our panelists share their approach to working with interns and what makes for a great internship. Check it out!
January 12, 2022The Adobe Research Fellowship: Advancing Visionary Work
The Adobe Research Fellowship program recognizes high-caliber and diverse researchers who are pursuing PhD degrees. Hear from past winners how this fellowship helped them learn, grow, and advance their work!
August 4, 2021Intern Insider: Innovation at Adobe Research
In this Intern Insider video, audio research intern Jiaqi Su chats with Research Scientist Dingzeyu Li about what it is like to work at an industry research lab, gives advice to future interns, and more.
July 22, 2021