Guanzhou Ji is a board member of American Institute of Architects (AIA) – National Building Performance Advisory Group. Ji is a technical committee member of Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and International Commission on Illumination (CIE), where he contributes to development of industry standards and guidelines. His research focuses on indoor photometry, image-based rendering, and physics simulation. Ji received a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and worked at Illumination and Imaging Laboratory and School of Architecture. He was awarded the Student and Emerging Professionals Scholarship (2022) by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)-USA.
Ji regularly serves as an organizer, moderator, and panelist at professional conferences and workshops. He has spoken at Velux Daylight Academic Forum (2021), ASHRAE Conferences (2020, 2022, and 2023), and Radiance Workshop (2024). He serves on the program committee of International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) (2025). Ji is a member of IBPSA Education Committee and IBPSA-USA | Project StaSIO (STAndard SImulation Outputs), where he leads development of educational webinars and manages international competitions for professionals and students worldwide.