Hui Li is a Principal Research Scientist in the Autodesk Robotics Lab, where her main research area is the intersection of machine learning and robotics for manufacturing and construction automation applications, with the focus of bridging the gap between simulation and reality in robot learning. Prior to Autodesk, Hui led the R&D team at Airware, building computer vision and machine learning capabilities for commercial drones, and worked at Boeing Research, building agile robotic platforms for airplane manufacturing. She has published at top international AI conferences such as CoRL, AAAI and ICAPS and has a Ph.D. in AI from MIT.