Zixin Guo

About Me

I’m a MSR student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, working with Prof. Deva Ramanan. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, where I focused on computer vision and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

My research interest is in bringing video generative models to robotics. Recently, I have been working on humanoid retargeting.

Previously, I had the opportunity to work with Prof. David Lindell on controllable image personalization at the DGP Lab, Prof. Rahul G. Krishnan on LLMs for healthcare at the Vector Institute.

In industry, I spent one year as a computer vision researcher at Noah’s Ark Lab, Huawei Canada, working with Dr. Juwei Lu on integrating 2D foundation models with 3D representations. Prior to that, I interned at JD.com’s CV Lab under Dr. Tao Mei, where I was recognized with the Star Intern award.

Outside of academia, I am passionate about golf and tennis. During the winter months, I find snowboarding a refreshing and exhilarating way to unwind while navigating snowy slopes.

News

• [Jul. 2026] LightCrafter is on arXiv and was submitted to NeurIPS 2026!
• [May. 2026] I started working on humanoid retargeting.
• [Sept. 2025] I joined the Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research at CMU, working with Prof. Deva Ramanan.
• [Aug. 2025] I started my Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) at Carnegie Mellon University.
• [Nov. 2024] One paper was submitted to CVPR 2025!
• [Nov. 2024] I was invited to present my work on controllable human image personalization at ARIA 2024!
• [Sept. 2024] I joined the Machine Learning and Computational Healthcare Lab at the Vector Institute.
• [Jul. 2024] One paper was accepted to the ECCV 2024!
• [May. 2024] I returned to the DGP Lab as a student researcher.
• [May. 2023] I started my research internship at the Noah’s Ark Lab, Huawei Canada.
• [Jan. 2023] I joined the DGP Lab as a research assistant.
• [Apr. 2022] I started my development volunteer position at PetroChina Oilfield.
• [Mar. 2022] One patent for industrial quality inspection was filed.
• [Apr. 2021] I started my research internship at the CV Lab, JD.com.
• [Sept. 2020] I started my undergrad at the University of Toronto.

Awards

• [Jun. 2024] Dean’s List Scholar (2021 - 2024)
• [May. 2024] University of Toronto Excellence Award ($7500)
• [Sept. 2021] Star Intern Certicate at JD.com
• [Sept. 2020] President’s Scholars of Excellence Program ($10000)