PeopleofSuperintelligence

Lab leader

Dahua Lin

Also known as Lin Dahua

As of October 2026, Dahua Lin is an associate professor at CUHK and a co-founder and chief scientist of SenseTime. He earned a B.Eng. at USTC in 2004 and a Ph.D. at MIT in 2012, and his NIPS paper won a student paper award in 2010. He started directing CUHK's Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Research Institute in April 2021. He co-authored the InternLM2 Technical Report, and the InternLM team released InternLM2-7B and InternLM2-20B in January 2024. In 2026, he won the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize in artificial intelligence and robotics.

Timeline

  1. 2004–2012

    Degrees at USTC and MIT

    He completes a B.Eng. at USTC in 2004 and a Ph.D. in computer science at MIT in 2012.

  2. 2010

    A NIPS 2010 student paper award

    At NIPS 2010, his work wins a student paper award.

  3. 2012–2014

    A research post in Chicago

    From September 2012 to August 2014, he holds a research assistant professorship at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago.

  4. 2014–2020

    Joining CUHK's Department of Information Engineering

    In August 2014, he joins the Department of Information Engineering at CUHK as an assistant professor, and in August 2020 he is promoted to associate professor.

  5. April 2021

    Directing an AI research institute

    Starting in April 2021, he directs CUHK's Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Research Institute.

  6. January 2024

    Co-authoring InternLM2

    In January 2024, the InternLM team releases InternLM2-7B and InternLM2-20B. He is one of the authors of the InternLM2 Technical Report.

  7. 2026

    BOCHK prize in AI and robotics

    He wins the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2026 in artificial intelligence and robotics.

  8. As of October 2026

    Associate professor and SenseTime chief scientist

    He is an associate professor at CUHK, director of its Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, and a co-founder and chief scientist of SenseTime.

Sources and credits

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  1. Dahua - Home dahua.me. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Corporate Governance - SenseTime sensetime.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. GitHub - InternLM/InternLM: Official release of InternLM series (InternLM, InternLM2, InternLM2.5, InternLM3). · GitHub github.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. internlm/internlm2-7b · Hugging Face huggingface.co. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Prof. Dahua Lin Awarded BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize in AI & Robotics - IE WEB ie.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Three CUHK scholars win 4th BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize Research in life and health, new energy and artificial intelligence drives new quality productivity in the Greater Bay Area | CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office cpr.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 14 October 2026.