Scholar
Yili Jin
Google Scholar ID: WZNJufQAAAAJ
McGill University
Citations & Impact
Citations
621
H-index
10
i10-index
10
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- - Publications:
- - "Generative Flow Networks for Personalized Multimedia Systems: A Case Study on Short Video Feeds", ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2025
- - "Generative AI for Multimedia Communication: Recent Advances, An Information-Theoretic Framework, and Future Opportunities", ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2025
- - "HeadsetOff: Enabling Photorealistic Video Conferencing on Economical VR Headsets", ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2024
- - "Where Are You Looking?: A Large-Scale Dataset of Head and Gaze Behavior for 360-Degree Videos and a Pilot Study", ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2022
- - "Privacy-Preserving Gaze-Assisted Immersive Video Streaming", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024
- - "Video Conferencing with Predictive Generation and Collaborative Computation across Mobile Headsets", to appear in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
- - "3D Video Conferencing via On-hand Devices", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2025
- - Awards:
- - Presidential Outstanding Graduate Student Award (Top 10 of 1173), CUHK-Shenzhen, 2023
- - Outstanding Reviewer, ACM Multimedia, 2024
Research Experience
- - Research Intern, Microsoft Research Asia, Aug. 2025 - Present, Advisor: Lili Qiu
- - Research Visiting Student, Simon Fraser University, Oct. 2024 - Jul. 2025, Advisor: Jiangchuan Liu
- - Research Visiting Student, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Feb. 2024 - Aug. 2024, Advisor: Ling Pan
- - Research Intern, Microsoft Research Asia, Jun. 2022 - Feb. 2023, Advisors: Bin Li and Jiahao Li
- - Research Visiting Student, Xiamen University, May 2021 - Aug. 2021, Advisors: Lizhao You and Qiao Xiang
- - Software Development Intern, 2012 Labs, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Oct. 2020 - May 2021, Advisor: Lizhao You
- - Research Visiting Student, Westlake University, Jul. 2019 - Oct. 2019, Advisor: Yue Zhang
Education
- - Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, Aug. 2023 - Present, Advisor: Xue (Steve) Liu
- - Master of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Aug. 2021 - Mar. 2023, Advisor: Fangxin Wang
- - Bachelor of Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2021
Background
- - Research Vision: To create a virtual world that people can enjoy.
- - Research Interests: Multimedia Systems, Immersive Video, Telepresence
Miscellany
- - Academic Services:
- - Web and Social Media co-Chair, ACM Multimedia 2026
- - Publicity co-Chair, ACM Multimedia 2025
- - TPC Member/Reviewer for conferences and journals