PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Max Q.‐H. Meng

Also known as Max Qing-Hu Meng

Max Qing-Hu Meng is a robotics researcher whose work applies AI to medical imaging and surgical robotics. He earned a master's degree in automatic control at Beijing Institute of Technology in 1988 and a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Victoria in 1992, held faculty posts at the University of Alberta from 1994 to 2004, and joined CUHK as a professor in 2002. He became a Fellow of IEEE in 2008 and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2017. In 2026, he coauthored DetSAM, a framework that integrates a detection module with Segment Anything to produce automatic multi-class surgical instrument segmentation, and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. As of October 2026, he is Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at SUSTech.

Timeline

  1. 1988–1992

    Degrees in automatic control and engineering

    In 1988, he earns an M.Sc. in automatic control at Beijing Institute of Technology; in 1992, he earns a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Victoria.

  2. 1994–2004

    Faculty posts at Alberta

    From 1994 to 2004, he holds faculty posts in the University of Alberta's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: assistant professor in 1994, associate professor in 1998, and full professor in 2000.

  3. 2002

    Professor at CUHK

    In 2002, he becomes a Professor in CUHK's Department of Electronic Engineering. His research spans surgical robotics, medical image-based diagnosis, intelligent robotic systems, sensors, and information fusion.

  4. 2008

    An IEEE fellowship

    In 2008, he becomes a Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to medical robotics.

  5. 2017

    A Canadian engineering fellowship

    In 2017, he is elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

  6. January 2026

    DetSAM for surgical instruments

    In January 2026, he coauthors DetSAM, a framework that integrates a detection module with Segment Anything to produce automatic multi-class surgical instrument segmentation.

  7. 2026

    A Royal Society of Canada fellowship

    In 2026, he is elected to the Royal Society of Canada as a Fellow in its Academy of Science.

  8. As of October 2026

    Head of SUSTech's EE department

    As of October 2026, he is Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at SUSTech.

Career

  1. NowSouthern University of Science and TechnologyChair Professor and Head
  2. From 2002Chinese University of Hong KongProfessor
  3. 1994–2004University of AlbertaAssistant Professor, Associate Professor

Education

  1. 1992University of VictoriaPh.D.
  2. 1988Beijing Institute of TechnologyM.Sc.

From the biography.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Southern University of Science and 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.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Southern 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.
  3. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes University of Alberta. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  4. Universities keep AI researchers for a median of 6 years, compared with 2 years at frontier labsIncludes Chinese University of Hong Kong. Across 15,811 dated work stays (6,529 people), median role tenure runs from 6 years at universities to 2 years at frontier labs. We compare all five organization types, starting decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and the organizations that keep people longest.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Max Qing Hu MENG - The Chinese University of Hong Kong research.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. New IEEE Fellows ieeesmc.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Prof. MENG, Max Qing Hu has been elected Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering ee.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. DetSAM: A Joint Detection-and-Segmentation Learning Framework for Multi-class Surgical Instrument Segmentation research.cuhk.edu.hk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. SUSTech’s Max Qing-Hu MENG Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada newshub.sustech.edu.cn. Checked 21 October 2026.