Hoang-Loc Cao

My research interests focus on Medical Image Analysis, with a particular emphasis on data-efficient learning, foundation models and explainable AI. Moreover, I am interested in Agentic Self-Improving AI, including continual learning and reinforcement learning for multi-agent systems.

I work on Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis, and Self-Improving AI Systems. If you'd like to discuss ideas or explore a collaboration, feel free to reach out via email or LinkedIn.
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News

2026
Sep 01 Our team achieved Rank 1st at the BIC-MAC Challenge, MICCAI 2026
Jun 15 Our team achieved Rank 1st at the Multimedia Verification Challenge, ACM ICMR 2026
Jun 01 My paper ArgMAD was accepted to KES 2026
Apr 15 Our team achieved Rank 3rd at the WBCBench Challenge, IEEE ISBI 2026
Apr 01 My paper ACAL was accepted to Canadian AI 2026
Mar 01 My two papers were accepted as oral to IEEE ISBI 2026

Selected Publications

Scribble-Supervised Medical Image Segmentation with Dynamic Teacher Switching and Hierarchical Consistency

Thanh-Huy Nguyen*, Hoang-Loc Cao*, Dat T. Chung, Mai-Anh Vu, Thanh-Minh Nguyen, Minh Le, Phat K. Huynh, Ulas Bagci (* equal contribution)

IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2026

Robust White Blood Cell Classification with Stain-Normalized Decoupled Learning and Ensembling

Luu Le*, Hoang-Loc Cao*, Ha-Hieu Pham, Thanh-Huy Nguyen, Ulas Bagci (* equal contribution)

IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2026

Geometry-Anchored PET-Aware Multimodal Pseudo-CT Synthesis for Whole-Body Attenuation Correction: The BIC-MAC Challenge

Xuan Loc Nguyen*, Hoang-Loc Cao*, Truong Thanh Hung Nguyen, Phuc Ho, Phuc Truong Loc Nguyen, Nguyen Truong Toan To, Hung Cao (* equal contribution)

BIC-MAC Challenge, International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2026 1st Place

Argumentative Multi-Agent Debate for Explainable Depression Detection in Clinical Interviews

Hoang-Loc Cao*, Van Pham*, Bac Le (* equal contribution)

International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES) 2026

Academic Journey

Sep. 2022 - Sep. 2026 (expected) B.S. in Information Technology, Data Science VNUHCM - University of Science
Sep. 2025 - Present Research Assistant AIMA Research Lab · Remote
Aug. 2025 - Present Research Assistant Analytics Everywhere Lab, University of New Brunswick · Fredericton, Canada (Remote)
Sep. 2025 - Sep. 2026 Undergraduate Research Assistant (Graduation Thesis) Faculty of Information Technology, University of Science, VNU-HCM · Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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