Guozhen Zhu

Hi, I’m Guozhen Zhu, currently working with Dr. K. J. Ray Liu at Origin AI, where I lead cutting-edge research in context-aware AI systems and ambient intelligent sensing technologies. I received my M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2022 and 2023, respectively.

My research aims to make intelligent systems more aware, adaptive, and trustworthy in the real world. I focus on enabling devices to sense, understand, and respond to human activity and environmental context in a contactless, scalable, and privacy-preserving way—empowering applications in smart homes, healthcare, security, and beyond.

My current research focuses on building robust and generalizable intelligence from real-world ambient signals:

• Signal-driven representation learning - extracting interpretable and resilient features that disentangle target-relevant information from noisy, entangled spatiotemporal signals.
• Edge AI - designing efficient models for real-time inference and learning on resource-constrained edge devices.
• Generalizable intelligence – developing methods that address distribution shifts and variability across users, devices, and environments to ensure reliable performance in real-world conditions.

I like cool and artistic research works but believe in those solving real-world problems.

Outside of work, you’ll often find me on the tennis court , playing the piano , baking something semi-sweet , or soaking in nature’s beauty .

Thanks for stopping by! I’m always open to discussions, new ideas, and meaningful collaborations—don’t hesitate to reach out!