Zhi Li is with the Video Algorithms group at Netflix. His current interests focus on improving video streaming experience for consumers through understanding how human perceives video quality and applying that knowledge to encoding/streaming system design and optimization. He has broad interests in applying mathematics in solving real-world engineering problems. Zhi received his B. Eng. and M. Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering, both from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2005 and 2007, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University, California, USA in 2012.