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Dr. Kang Dang obtained his PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His work focuses on developing innovative artificial intelligence solutions for medical applications. Dr. Dang has published in prestigious journals and conferences, including Nature Medicine, Cell Patterns, IEEE JBHI, MICCAI, AAAI, and ICCV, and holds seven patents. He has also led teams at companies like VoxelCloud, where he developed AI products for skin disease identification, retinal disease diagnosis, and COVID-19 detection.
At Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Dr. Dang is dedicated to educating and mentoring the next generation of technology professionals. He collaborates with leading hospitals, including Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Beijing Xiehe Hospital, and Shanghai No. 9 Hospital, while driving cutting-edge research within the university’s AI for Digital Health Laboratory. Additionally, he serves as the AIAC School Final Year Project (FYP) Coordinator.
Dr. Dang is also an active contributor to the academic community, serving as a reviewer for top conferences and journals, including MM25, ICCV25, CVPR25, AAAI24/25, MICCAI23/24, and IEEE TMM, TCSVT, and TIP. Moreover, he serves as the Area Chair (AC) for MICCAI 2025.
I am currently recruiting PhD students with scholarship support. To learn more about my research, visit my Google Scholar profile. If you are interested please contact me at kang.dang@xjtlu.edu.cn. Be sure to include your CV and a brief statement of your research interests in your email.
Research interests
computer vision, deep learning, medicial image analysis
Teaching
DTS304TC Machine Learning
DTS311TC Final Year Project
DTS202TC Fundamentals of Parallel Computing
DTS002TC Essentials of Big Data
Awards and honours
- Outstanding Instructor of the 2nd National Artificial Intelligence Application Scenario Innovation Challenge 2024 (2024第二届全国人工智能应用场景创新挑战赛优秀指导老师)
- Industry mentor for professional degree doctoral students at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, from December 2022 to December 2025 (上海交通大学专业学位博士研究生行业导师， 2022年12月到2025年12月)
- ISBI Best Paper Finalist Award, 2022
- 2nd place in 2021 MICCAI GAMMA Contest, 3rd place in 2020 ISBI IAMD Contest, and 4th place in 2020 COVID-19-20 Lung CT Lesion Segmentation Challenge
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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Innovative Syntegrative Education: Emotions Understanding in Human–Robot Interaction through Industry-Engaged Project-Based Learning
Li, C. (PI), Su, J. (Team member), Zhou, M. (Team member), Dang, K. (Team member), Jiang, Z. (Team member), Bai, T. (Team member), Hasan, M. M. (Team member), Stefanidis, A. (Team member), Zhong, H. (Team member), Hu, B. (Team member), Dong, Y. (Team member), Chen, S.-H. (Team member), Zhang, J. (Team member) & Sun, H. (Team member)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Internal Research Project
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CoESE: EIS (EEH+Industry+Society) TechUp Alliance Accelerates the Prototype Development of Student’ Entrepreneurial Syntegrative Projects
Zhang, B. (PI), Wu, T. (Team member), Lo, J. (Team member), Liu, K. (Team member), He, T. (Team member), Zhao, Y. (Team member), Zhang, F. (Team member), Dang, K. (Team member), Hu, B. (Team member), Song, J. (Team member) & Huang, T. (Team member)
30/06/25 → 31/05/27
Project: Internal Research Project
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AI-Powered Multimodal Screening for Early Detection of Thyroid Disorders via Smartphone-Based Diagnostics
Dang, K. (PI)
1/05/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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Innovative Syntegrative Education initiative: BEng AI- AIAI XEC Pathway
Zhou, M. (PI), Stefanidis, A. (Team member), Su, J. (Team member), Hasan, M. M. (Team member), Chen, Q. (Team member), Li, C. (Team member), Dang, K. (Team member), Jiang, Z. (Team member), Lo, J. (Team member), Xiang, M. (Team member), Cao, N. (Team member), Huang, Y. (Team member), Kim, J. Y. (Team member), Zhang, J. (Team member), Zou, C. (Team member) & Sun, H. (Team member)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Internal Research Project
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AI-Powered Multimodal Screening for Early Detection of Thyroid Disorders via Smartphone-Based Diagnostics
Dang, K. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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MSWAL: 3D Multi-class Segmentation of Whole Abdominal Lesions Dataset
Wu, Z., Zhao, Q., Hu, M., Li, Y., Xue, H., Jiang, Z., Stefanidis, A., Wang, Q., Razzak, I., Ge, Z., He, J., Qiao, Y., Zheng, Z., Tang, F., Dang, K. & Su, J., 2026, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2025 - 28th International Conference, 2025, Proceedings. Gee, J. C., Hong, J., Sudre, C. H., Golland, P., Alexander, D. C., Iglesias, J. E., Venkataraman, A. & Kim, J. H. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 378-388 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15961 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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AI-assisted facial analysis in healthcare: From disease detection to comprehensive management
Lei, C., Dang, K., Song, S., Wang, Z., Chew, S. P., Bian, R., Yang, X., Guan, Z., Lopes, C. I. M. D. A., Wang, M. H., Choy, R. W. C., Hu, X., Lai, K. K. H., Chong, K. K. L., Pang, C. P., Song, X., Su, J., Ding, X. & Zhou, H., 14 Feb 2025, In: Patterns. 6, 2, 101175.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access12 Citations (Scopus) -
Anchor-Aware Similarity Cohesion in Target Frames Enables Predicting Temporal Moment Boundaries in 2D
Tan, J., Wang, H., Weng, J., Li, J., Ou, Z. & Dang, K., 2025, Proceedings of the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference. p. 24180-24189 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Crack-MA: Automatic Pavement Crack Detection Based on Deep Learning
Li, C., Wu, Y., Li, Y., Lu, Z., Zhou, M., Jiang, Z., Dang, K., Su, J. & Fan, Z., 2025, Proceedings - 2025 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, CyberC 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 165-170 6 p. (Proceedings - 2025 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, CyberC 2025).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Decoupling Overlapped Feature Spaces: When Continual Learning Meets Fine-Grain Classification
Feng, Z. K., Wu, M., Kuang, P., Dang, K., Zhou, M. & Yu, L., 2025, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo: Journey to the Center of Machine Imagination, ICME 2025 - Conference Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society, (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
Activities
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One Click, Many Segments: Class-Agnostic Propagation for Interactive Segmentation
Dang, K. (Supervisor)
2025Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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Master supervision for Haotian Liu
Dang, K. (Supervisor)
2025Activity: Supervision › Master Dissertation Supervision
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33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia (Event)
Dang, K. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2025 (Event)
Dang, K. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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2025 the 8th International Conference on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (BDAI)
Dang, K. (Chair)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …