Qilmeg Doudatcz
Qilmeg Doudatcz
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Qilmeg Doudatcz

Designer, developer and researcher working on 3D neural scene representations, using how people move through digitized spaces to build more human-centred computer vision.

S.M. EECS and SMArchS Computation at MIT. Previously M.Arch at the University of Michigan Taubman College and B.Eng. in Civil Engineering at Southeast University, Nanjing. Most recently a perception software intern at Glydways, reconstructing driving scenes with 3D Gaussian Splatting.

Education

exp. 2027

S.M. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
S.M. Architecture Studies, Computation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
— 2024

Master of Architecture

University of Michigan, Taubman College
— 2021

B.Eng. Civil Engineering

Southeast University, Nanjing

Skills

Languages & systems
PythonC++BashJavaScript/NodeHTML/CSSLinux (Ubuntu)WSL2Git
Computer vision & 3D
COLMAP structure-from-motion3D Gaussian Splattingcamera models (pinhole, fisheye, equirectangular)camera–LiDAR registrationterrestrial LiDARSAM 2
ML & imaging
PyTorchCNNsvision transformers (ViT, VideoMAE)fine-tuningHDR processingvision-language modelsOpenCVNumPyFFmpeg
Real-time & web
UnityUnreal Engine 5OpenXRThree.jsWebXRReactNode

Research

Jan 2026 –

Graduate Research Assistant

MIT Architecture Representation & Computation Group
Aug 2025 –

Graduate Research Assistant

Livable Space Lab, MIT
2024 – 2025

Research Assistant & Game Designer

Simulated Assemblies Lab, UMich
2023 – 2024

Visualization Specialist, FARO LiDAR capture

Empathy in Point Clouds Scan Lab, UMich
2023 – 2024

Research Assistant

DESIGN EARTH, UMich
2022 – 2023

Research Assistant

More Room at the Table, UMich

Industry

Jun – Sep 2026

Software Engineer Intern, Perception

Glydways
Jan – May 2024

3D Artist Fellow

University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation

Awards & honours

2026

HCI International 2026, Best Poster Award

2026

NASA SUITS Challenge, Winner (Team PR Lead)

2026

MIT Web Lab Competition, Most Unique Concept Award

2025

MIT School of Architecture and Planning Department Fellowship

2024

Burton L. Kampner Memorial Award (Taubman College best thesis)

2024

RIBA President’s Medals, Silver Medal category, nominee

2023

UMich Arts Initiative Graduate Student Arts Funding Grant

2023

Arts Integrative Interdisciplinary Research (AiiR) Grant, Arts Engine

2023

UMich XR Student Showcase, Best Use of XR for Research

2021

Southeast University Distinguished Bachelor’s Thesis Award

Teaching & service

2026

Teaching Assistant, MIT 6.9020 How to Make Almost Anything

2023 – 2024

Teaching Assistant, ARCH 314/324 Structures I–II, UMich

2023 – 2024

Workshop Instructor, ARCH 509 Point Clouds and Unreal Worlds; ARCH 662 Blender Workshop

2023 – 2024

Invited Reviewer, UMich design studios (ARCH 432, 442, 662, 672)

Publications

7 papers and preprints, 2025–2026. Read them on the research page →