Xu Wang
Assistant Professor, EECS – Computer Science and Engineering
Studies AI in education and human-AI interaction, building systems that support learning and computer-supported collaborative work.
Xu Wang's lab at Michigan works on human-AI collaboration & trust, learning & education technology and language & society. 20 papers since 2023, 12 at top venues, mostly CHI and CSCW. 7 PhD students and 2 master's students. 6 alumni, most often to Microsoft. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 5/ year
- at T1 venues
- 60%
- PhD students
- 7
- MS students
- 2
- alumni listed
- 6
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 3 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 6 papers2025 · T1 4
- 7 papers2024 · T1 4
- 4 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: CHI, CSCW, DIS, EMNLP
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Learning & education technology6 papers
- support5 papers
- Human-AI collaboration & trust3 papers
- Language & society1 paper
- human-ai interaction0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20263 papers
- CHI (T1)AI-Mediated Feedback Improves Student Revisions: A Randomized Trial with FeedbackWriter in a Large Undergraduate Course (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)From Conversation to Human-AI Common Ground: Extracting Cognitive Workflows for Reuse in Sense-making Tasks (opens in a new tab)
- Learning@ScaleRelianceScope: An Analytical Framework for ExaminingStudents’ Reliance on Generative AI Chatbots in Problem Solving (opens in a new tab)
20256 papers
- CHI (T1)eXplainMR: Generating Real-time Textual and Visual eXplanations to Facilitate UltraSonography Learning in MR (opens in a new tab)
- AIEDExploring LLM-Generated Feedback for Economics Essays: How Teaching Assistants Evaluate and Envision Its Use (opens in a new tab)
- CSCW (T1)MeetMap: Real-Time Collaborative Dialogue Mapping with LLMs in Online Meetings (opens in a new tab)
- CSCW (T1)More AI Assistance Reduces Cognitive Engagement: Examining the AI Assistance Dilemma in AI-Supported Note-Taking (opens in a new tab)
- DISRubikon: Intelligent Tutoring for Rubik’s Cube Learning Through AR-enabled Physical Task Reconfiguration (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)TeachTune: Reviewing Pedagogical Agents Against Diverse Student Profiles with Simulated Students (opens in a new tab)
20247 papers
- CSCW (T1)3DPFIX: Improving Remote Novices' 3D Printing Troubleshooting Experience through Human-AI Collaboration Design (opens in a new tab)
- LAKBridging Learnersourcing and AI: Exploring the Dynamics of Student-AI Collaborative Feedback Generation (opens in a new tab)
- EMNLP (T1)Closing the Loop: Learning to Generate Writing Feedback via Language Model Simulated Student Revisions (opens in a new tab)
- Learning@ScaleCodeTailor: LLM-Powered Personalized Parsons Puzzles for Engaging Support While Learning Programming (opens in a new tab)
- Learning@ScaleGenerative Students: Using LLM-Simulated Student Profiles to Support Question Item Evaluation (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Looking Together ≠ Seeing the Same Thing: Understanding Surgeons' Visual Needs During Intra-operative Coordination and Instruction (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Surgment: Segmentation-enabled Semantic Search and Creation of Visual Question and Feedback to Support Video-Based Surgery Learning (opens in a new tab)
20234 papers
- Learning@ScaleHow Learning Experience Designers Make Design Decisions: the Role of Data, the Reliance on Subject Matter Expertise, and the Opportunities for Data-Driven Support (opens in a new tab)
- CSCW (T1)MeetScript: Designing Transcript-based Interactions to Support Active Participation in Group Video Meetings (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)ReadingQuizMaker: A Human-NLP Collaborative System that Supports Instructors to Design High-Quality Reading Quiz Questions (opens in a new tab)
- Koli CallingUnderstanding the Effects of Using Parsons Problems to Scaffold Code Writing for Students with Varying CS Self-Efficacy Levels (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went6 listed, 25% to industry
Industry 1Academia 3
Most often to
- Microsoft
Also to
- EPFL
- UT Austin
Apply to MichiganFall 2027
Michigan CSE Computer Science PhD
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