AI for Cultural Heritage
Intelligent perception and analysis methods for cultural relic monitoring, identity verification, preventive conservation, and digital heritage applications.
AI for Cultural Heritage · Computer Vision · 3D Vision
Qian Zhang 张乾
Associate Researcher, College of Computer Science and Technology, Tianjin University
天津大学计算机科学与技术学院 副研究员
I am an Associate Researcher at the College of Computer Science and Technology, Tianjin University. My research focuses on AI for Cultural Heritage, computer vision, imaging condition reproduction, fine-grained change detection, and 3D visual perception.
长期围绕“AI + Cultural Heritage”开展研究，主要关注文物本体状态精细感知、成像条件物理复现、 复杂场景三维视觉感知与文物身份可信鉴别等方向，面向文化遗产保护中的真实行业需求开展可落地的智能视觉系统研究。
About Me
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Application Technology from Tianjin University in 2023, supervised by Prof. Wei Feng. Before that, I received my M.S. degree from Tianjin University and my B.E. degree from Xidian University. From January 2024 to March 2026, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Tianjin University. Since April 2026, I have been an Associate Researcher at the College of Computer Science and Technology, Tianjin University.
My work aims to develop physically grounded visual perception methods and deployable intelligent systems for cultural heritage conservation, including fine-grained change monitoring, active camera/light relocalization, cultural relic fingerprinting, and digital heritage analysis.
Recent News
2026.04 Joined the College of Computer Science and Technology, Tianjin University as an Associate Researcher.
2026.03 Our paper UV-RGS was published in AAAI 2026.
2025.10 Our paper SU-RGS appeared in ICCV 2025.
2025.08 Our paper 2D Gaussian Splatting for Outdoor Scene Decomposition and Relighting appeared in IJCAI 2025.
2024 Papers on adversarial relighting and geometry-consistent NeRF were published in IEEE TIFS and ACM MM.
Research Interests
Fine-Grained Change Detection
Active camera/light relocalization and imaging-condition reproduction for suppressing false changes caused by pose and illumination differences.
3D Visual Perception
3D reconstruction, neural radiance fields, Gaussian splatting, scene decomposition, relighting, and sparse/unposed-view perception.
Cultural Relic Fingerprint
Intrinsic object fingerprint extraction, multimodal sensing, and trustworthy identity management for cultural relics.
Selected Publications
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2026
UV-RGS: Relightable 3D Gaussian Splatting from Unposed Views under Varied Illuminations
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2026.
EgoRoC: Towards Egocentric Robotic Control via Task-Agnostic Visual Alignment
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Write Where It Matters: Policy-Guided Watermarks for 3D Gaussian Splatting
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2025
SU-RGS: Relightable 3D Gaussian Splatting from Sparse Views under Unconstrained Illuminations
Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025.
2D Gaussian Splatting for Outdoor Scene Decomposition and Relighting
Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2025.
2024
Adversarial Relighting Against Face Recognition
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2024.
Learning Geometry Consistent Neural Radiance Fields from Sparse and Unposed Views
Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2024.
2022 and before
Fast and Robust Active Camera Relocalization in the Wild for Fine-Grained Change Detection
Neurocomputing, 2022.
面向预防性保护的文物本体智能原位监测系统
中国科学: 信息科学, 2021.
Active Camera Relocalization from a Single Reference Image without Hand-Eye Calibration
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2019.
Active Recurrence of Lighting Condition for Fine-Grained Change Detection
Proceedings of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2018.
Near-Surface Lighting Estimation and Reconstruction
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2017.
6D Dynamic Camera Relocalization from Single Reference Image
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2016.
Fine-Grained Change Detection of Misaligned Scenes with Varied Illuminations
IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, 2015.
Research Projects
2025–2027
Fine-Grained Scene Change Detection Based on Imaging-Element Reproduction
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund. Principal Investigator.
2025–2028
Key Technologies for In-situ Online Monitoring of Cave Temple Murals
National Key R&D Program of China. Sub-project leader.
2023–2026
Digital Fingerprint Extraction, Identification, and Intelligent Identity Management for Museum Collections
National Key R&D Program of China. Sub-project leader.
2024–2025
Demonstration of Cultural Relic Identity Confirmation Technology Services
National Cultural Heritage Administration research project. Principal Investigator.
Systems and Applications
Intelligent In-situ Monitoring System for Cultural Relics
A deployable system for fine-grained monitoring and analysis of cultural relic surface conditions, designed to reduce false alarms caused by camera pose and illumination differences.
Cultural Relic Fingerprint and Identity Management
Multimodal sensing and intrinsic object fingerprint extraction for trustworthy cultural relic identity verification, supporting object-level digital identity management.
Awards
- National Gold Award, China International College Students' Innovation Competition, 2023.
- Gold Award, Tianjin Division of China International “Internet+” College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, 2021.
- First Prize, Intellectual Property Innovation and Entrepreneurship Invention and Design Competition, 2020.
- First Prize, Science and Technology Award of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, 2023.
Academic Services
- Reviewer for CVPR, ICCV, Neurocomputing, Pattern Recognition, and other journals/conferences.
Patents and Software Copyrights
9 authorized Chinese invention patents and 5 software copyrights related to active illumination reproduction, active camera relocalization, mobile camera relocalization, and intelligent cultural relic monitoring systems.
Prospective Students
I am looking for self-motivated students interested in computer vision, 3D vision, AI for cultural heritage, fine-grained visual monitoring, and deployable intelligent systems. Students with backgrounds in programming, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, or digital heritage are welcome to contact me.
欢迎对计算机视觉、三维视觉、AI+文物、细微变化检测、智能感知系统等方向感兴趣的本科生、硕士生和博士生联系交流。 主页正式上线前，可根据实际招生政策进一步补充“招生名额、学生要求、推荐阅读”等内容。
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