PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Albert Chi-Shing Chung

Also known as 鍾志成

Albert Chi-Shing Chung is an artificial intelligence and computer vision researcher whose work applies computational methods to medical image analysis. He studied as an exchange student at the University of British Columbia, earned a computer engineering BEng at the University of Hong Kong and postgraduate degrees at HKUST and Oxford, then joined HKUST's CSE department and visited MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His Oxford thesis won the British Machine Vision Association's Sullivan Doctoral Thesis Prize in 2002, and he founded HKUST's Lo Kwee-Seong Medical Image Analysis Laboratory. With former PhD student Tony Mok, he shared first-place results in image-registration challenges in 2020 and 2021 and the brain tumor sequence registration challenge in 2022. After holding Exeter's Chair in Artificial Intelligence and returning to HKUST, he took part in a 2025 Tsinghua SIGS exchange; since June 2026 he is Associate Dean of Engineering (Strategic Planning and Development) and a professor in HKUST's Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

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  1. 1992–2001

    Degrees and Oxford research

    He studies as an exchange student at the University of British Columbia in 1992–93 and earns a BEng in computer engineering from the University of Hong Kong in 1995. He earns an MPhil in computer science at HKUST in 1998, joins Oxford's Medical Vision Laboratory in the Robotics Research Group as a doctoral research student in 1998, and completes a DPhil in Engineering Science in 2001.

  2. 2001–2002

    HKUST assistant professor and MIT visit

    He joins HKUST's Department of Computer Science and Engineering as an assistant professor in 2001. From September 2001 to February 2002, he visits MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory as a visiting scientist.

  3. 2002

    The Sullivan Doctoral Thesis Prize

    In 2002, he wins the British Machine Vision Association's Sullivan Doctoral Thesis Prize for his Oxford thesis on vessel and aneurysm reconstruction in phase-contrast magnetic-resonance angiograms.

  4. 2005

    Founding a medical imaging lab

    He founds HKUST's Lo Kwee-Seong Medical Image Analysis Laboratory in 2005 with support from the K.S. Lo Foundation. His research spans artificial intelligence, medical image analysis, image processing and computer vision, with work in image segmentation and registration.

  5. 2020–2022

    First place in registration challenges

    With former PhD student Tony Mok, he wins first place in the Learn2Reg image-registration challenge in 2020 and 2021 and the brain tumor sequence registration challenge in 2022.

  6. 2022–2023

    Chair in Artificial Intelligence

    From January 2022 to August 2023, he holds the Chair in Artificial Intelligence in the University of Exeter's Department of Computer Science. He rejoins HKUST in August 2023.

  7. 2025

    Macao and Hong Kong exchange

    During Tsinghua SIGS's March 2025 academic exchange in Macao and Hong Kong, he discusses talent cultivation and scientific research cooperation with university leaders.

  8. Since June 2026

    Associate dean for strategic planning

    HKUST appoints him Associate Dean of Engineering (Research and Graduate Studies) with effect from January 15, 2025. In June 2026, the school re-titles him Associate Dean of Engineering (Strategic Planning and Development). In September 2026, he is an engineering associate dean and professor in HKUST's Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Career

  1. Since 2001Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyAssistant Professor, Founder
  2. 2022–2023University of ExeterChair in Artificial Intelligence
  3. 2001–2002Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyVisiting Scientist

Education

  1. 2001University of OxfordDPhil
  2. 1998Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyMPhil
  3. 1995University of Hong KongBEng
  4. From 1992University of British ColumbiaExchange Student

From the biography.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.

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  1. Albert Chi-Shing CHUNG | HKUST CSE cse.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. The Sullivan Doctoral Thesis Prize | The British Machine Vision Association bmva.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. HKUST Engineering Announced Appointments of Two Associate Deans | HKUST School of Engineering seng.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. 210+ SIGSers visit Macao and Hong Kong for Academic Exchange sigs.tsinghua.edu.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. HKUST Tops Hong Kong Universities with More Than 1,000 HKPFS Recipients | HKUST hkust.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. New Appointments | HKUST School of Engineering seng.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.