Susie S.Y. Li
Visualization · AI/ML · Interaction · Design · Research
Education
Aug. 2025 —
Tufts University, Boston, MA
PhD, Computer Science
Aug. 2025
Tufts University, Boston, MA
BS/MS, Computer Science
May 2025
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Cross Registration, Data & Info Visualization
2024
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Architecture Design Discovery (Studio)
Columbia GSAPP, New York, NY
Architecture Studio
Research Experience
May 2026 —
Apple Research, Cambridge, MA
AI/ML Research Intern, Human-Centered Machine Intelligence Group
Aug. 2025 —
Tufts University, Boston, MA
Graduate Research Assistant
Awards
Nov. 2025
IEEE VIS 2025 SciVis Contest, Vienna, Austria
Honorable Mention — AlloyLens
Feb. 2025
Information is Beautiful Awards, Boston, MA
"What does Boston smell like in November?" Boston Scentscape: Data Mapping as a Creative Practice
A Female Constellation: 100 Years of Curatorial History at the MoMA
2020 — 2024
Dean's List, Boston, MA
Tufts University
Teaching
Fall 2026
Graduate Teaching Assistant
CS136: Statistical Pattern Recognition, Instructor: Harry Bendekgey
Instructor
Fall 2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant
CS175: Computer Graphics, Instructor: Remco Chang
Spring 2024, Fall & Spring 2025
Teaching Assistant
CS119: Big Data, Instructor: Jitendra Singh
Fall 2023
Teaching Assistant
CS119: Big Data, Instructor: Andrew Winslow
Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant
CS119: Big Data, Instructor: Jitendra Singh
Summer 2022
CSS25 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Bootcamp
Tufts Derby Entrepreneurship Center
Invited Talks + Lectures
Apr. 2026
Visualization as Translation: Controlling Latent Spaces with Visualization, Boston, MA
Tufts University, Visual Analytics (CS178), Instructor: Prof. Remco Chang
Dec. 2025
Three.js: WebGL for Interaction, Storytelling, & Experimental Graphics, Boston, MA
Tufts University, Computer Graphics (CS175), Instructor: Prof. Remco Chang
Nov. 2025
Hierarchical Scene Graph and Animation, Boston, MA
Tufts University, Computer Graphics (CS175), Instructor: Prof. Remco Chang
AlloyLens: Visual Analytics for High-Throughput Alloy Inverse Design, Vienna, Austria
IEEE VIS 2025 Scientific Visualization Contest
Oct. 2025
AlloyLens: Human-In-the-Loop Inverse Alloy Design, Golden, CO
NSF HDR Institute for Data-Driven Dynamical Design (ID4) Conference
Service
2026 —
Conference Reviewer
IEEE Visualization (VIS)
2025 -
CodeToPhd
Hosted monthly 1-1 meetings to mentor undergraduate students applying to CS/related PhD programs.
2025
Board Member
Tufts AI Safety
2024 —
Tufts Admissions Interviewer
Conducted interviews with Tufts undergraduate applicants.
2024 — 2025
Tufts Undergraduate Law Review
Journal Editor
2019 —
Varsity Debate Judge + Coach
Judged + coached students for tournaments including Harvard Invitationals, Stanford Invitationals, ToC, NSDA Nationals.
Skills
Programming
Python, HTML / JavaScript / CSS, C++
Design software + tools
Rhino + Grasshopper, Adobe Illustrator + Photoshop, Figma
Languages
English, Mandarin Chinese