Guanzhou Ji
Assistant Teaching Professor,
Multidisciplinary Graduate Engineering Programs
Contact
- g.ji@northeastern.edu
- 401 Terry Avenue N, Suite 103
Seattle, WA 98109
Research Focus
Computer Graphics, Computational Photography, Physical Simulation
About
Guanzhou Ji is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University – Seattle, where he teaches engineering applications and data structures in the College of Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and later served as a Research Associate at the Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science. At the Illumination and Imaging Laboratory, his research focuses on 3D graphics, image-based rendering, and physical simulation, leading to the development of digital applications for indoor virtual staging and interactive software systems. He serves on the technical committees of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), where he contributes to industry standards and imaging technologies.
Education
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Teaching Interests
Application Engineering and Development, Program Structure and Algorithm
Professional Affiliations
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
International Commission on Illumination (CIE)
Research Overview
Computer Graphics, Computational Photography, Physical Simulation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Ji, Guanzhou, Sriram Narayanan, Azadeh Sawyer, and Srinivasa Narasimhan, “Indoor Heat Estimation from a Single Visible-Light Panorama.” In International Symposium on Visual Computing, 2025.
- Li, Zhuorui, Jinzhao Tian, Guanzhou Ji, Tiffany Cheng, Vivian Loftness, and Xu Han. “Reinforcement Learning-Enabled Adaptive Control for Climate-Responsive Kinetic Building Facades.” Buildings (2075-5309) 15, no. 16 (2025).
- Ji, Guanzhou, Azadeh Sawyer, and Srinivasa Narasimhan. “Virtual home staging and relighting from a single panorama under natural illumination.” Machine Vision and Applications 35, no. 4 (2024): 98.
- Ji, Guanzhou, Azadeh Sawyer, and Srinivasa Narasimhan. “Virtual home staging: Inverse rendering and editing an indoor panorama under natural illumination.” In International Symposium on Visual Computing, pp. 329-342. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.