Assistant Professor
bli4@clemson.edu
Phone: (864) 365-6451
Fax: (864) 283-7208
4 Research Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
Director, AutoAI Lab: http://cecas.clemson.edu/AutoAI
Bing Li, Ph.D. joined the Department of Automotive Engineering in August 2018 as an Assistant Professor in the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). Li also has industrial experiences at China Academy of Telecommunications Technology, IBM and HERE North America LLC, which builds maps and location platforms enabling self-driving vehicles.
The central focus of Dr. Li’s research is Spatial Intelligence for safer/assistive mobility and robots in dynamic and interactive environments, including topics such as sensing and perception, 3D vision and SLAM, visual recognition, deep learning, autonomous agents and human-centered AI. His team also develops intelligent visual(-language) navigation technologies to aid individuals in need of mobility and wayfinding assistance. His research has broad applications in areas such as transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Dr. Li is passionately dedicated to STEM education and outreach, having mentored high school, undergraduate, and graduate students within his research group. His teaching includes Machine Perception, Agent AI, Computing and Simulation for Autonomy. Moreover, he actively engages in educational and outreach initiatives for K-12 students, summer programs, scholar programs, and the local visually impaired community. Li has established a summer outreach program, "Driving Safety with Intelligent Vehicles," specifically aimed at teenage drivers and other individuals learning to operate intelligent vehicles.
Dr. Li received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the City College of New York (CCNY), the City University of New York (CUNY) in 2018, M.S. in Measurement Technology and Automation Device from Beihang University in 2009, and his B.S. in Industry Automation from Beijing Forestry University in 2006. He is a member of IEEE and SAE.