PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Hao Chen

Also known as 陳浩, Chen Hao

Hao Chen is an assistant professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he leads the SMART Lab on large and trustworthy AI for biomedicine. After a Hong Kong PhD Fellowship in 2013, he completed his PhD at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2017. His awards include the MICCAI Young Scientist Publication Impact Award in 2019, the Asian Young Scientist Fellowship in 2023, and an HKUST Engineering Young Investigator Research Award for 2024–25. He was named a Highly Cited Researcher in 2025, and his teams have won more than 15 international medical AI challenges. In July 2026, a team he leads developed the GSCo framework.

Timeline

  1. 2013–2017

    A PhD from CUHK

    In 2013 he obtains a Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, and in 2017 he receives his PhD from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

  2. 2019

    A MICCAI Young Scientist award

    The MICCAI Young Scientist Publication Impact Award goes to him in 2019.

  3. 2023

    The Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

    He receives the Asian Young Scientist Fellowship in 2023, in the mathematics and computer science category.

  4. 2024–2025

    A HKUST young investigator award

    He is the recipient of the HKUST Engineering Young Investigator Research Award for 2024–25.

  5. 2025

    Named a Highly Cited Researcher

    In 2025 he is named a Highly Cited Researcher, alongside Song Guo.

  6. By 2026

    Medical AI challenge wins

    His teams win 15+ international medical AI challenges, including the RSNA Pneumonia Detection Challenge.

  7. July 2026

    The GSCo framework

    In July 2026, a research team led by him develops the GSCo framework.

  8. As of October 2026

    An assistant professor at HKUST

    An assistant professor at HKUST, he leads the SMART Lab, which builds large and trustworthy AI systems for biomedicine.

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  1. Hao CHEN | HKUST CSE cse.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Dr. CHEN Hao won the Young Scientist Publication Impact Award in MICCAI 2019 – CUHK CSE cse.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Young Scientist Publication Impact Award - MICCAI Society miccai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Dr. CHEN Hao Awarded The Asian Young Scientist Fellowship (AYSF) 2023 | HKUST CSE cse.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Fellow - Prof. Hao CHEN | Entrepreneurship Center - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ec.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Star Faculty - Professor Hao Chen | Office of the Provost - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology hkustprovost.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. 12 HKUST Scholars Named Highly Cited Researchers 2025 | HKUST hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. News | HKUST CSE cse.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. HKUST Engineering Develops Novel AI Framework Enabling Efficient Collaboration between Generalist and Specialist Models for Disease Diagnosis | HKUST School of Engineering seng.hkust.edu.hk. Checked 15 October 2026.