Xi Wang
@wangxieric
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Lecturer in NLP @SheffieldNLP, previous Research Fellow @UCL, PhD @TerrierTeam Glasgow Uni. Research interests in Conversational AI, RAG and topics of NLP & IR.
London, UK
Joined March 2015
Both studentships are fully funded (tuition + stipend) for UK and international applicants. If you are passionate about AI, language models, software engineering, or healthcare applications, we would love to hear from you! Please also share with anyone who might be interested. đź’¬
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Full details: https://t.co/6j4ssDzdhh If you are interested in this project, please email [M.Valentino@sheffield.ac.uk] with the subject starting with [PhD-EPSRC-NeuralSymbolicAI].
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This project focuses on improving the reasoning ability of language models in clinical contexts by combining symbolic logic with deep learning. You will explore how to build AI systems that are not only fluent but also logically sound and explainable.
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2. Neuro-Symbolic AI for Trustworthy Clinical Decision-Making – Bridging Linguistic Fluency and Logical Reasoning in LLMs Supervisors: Dr Marco Valentino (Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence & Applications of AI) and Dr Xi Wang (Lecturer in NLP)
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This project is further supported by collaborations with University College London (UCL). Details: https://t.co/qmDLSy1PEF If you are interested in this project, please email [xi.wang@sheffield.ac.uk] with the subject starting with [PhD-EPSRC-BuggingOut]. 🧵
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This project looks at how LLMs can “hallucinate” when generating code and how we can detect, explain, and reduce such errors. You will work on techniques that combine AI, software testing, and conversational interaction to make AI-powered coding tools more dependable.
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1. Bugging Out: When AI Loses the Plot – Detecting and Taming Hallucinations in LLM-Generated Code Supervisors: Dr Xi Wang (Lecturer in NLP) and Prof. Phil McMinn (Professor in Software Engineering).
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We are excited to announce that we are looking for PhD students for two projects funded by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award! Both projects explore how we can make LLMs more reliable and trustworthy with respect to writing better code or supporting safe clinical decisions. 🧵
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Great news! Congratulations to the team!
Very honoured to receive 🏆 Best Paper Award from @COLM_conf XLLM-Reason-Plan Workshop! We sincerely appreciate this valuable recognition from the organising committee and reviewers. We also appreciate the computational grant support from @Google for this work!
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Thanks for the invite to join the committee and a pleasure to come to A Coruña. Most importantly: congratulations to @JorgeGabin_ for your successful defense.
🎉 Very proud of @JorgeGabin_! Today, he successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled 'Improving the Search Experience on Complex Search Scenarios' 📚 Big thanks to @wangxieric, @patrimrodilla and @DavidELosada, for serving on the committee
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🎉 Very proud of @JorgeGabin_! Today, he successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled 'Improving the Search Experience on Complex Search Scenarios' 📚 Big thanks to @wangxieric, @patrimrodilla and @DavidELosada, for serving on the committee
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Now at #CLEF2025 @UNED! 🚀 @anxopvila is presenting this year’s @earlyrisk Lab overview. Join us at the #eRisk sessions today and tomorrow to discover the great work of our participating teams!
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🚀 Thrilled to share SheffieldNLP’s accepted papers at @emnlpmeeting #EMNLP2025! 🎉 Here’s a poster with (most of) them, a few more will be added soon! We’ll also highlight preprints in this thread as they appear ⬇️
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TalkDep: Clinically Grounded LLM Personas for Conversation-Centric Depression Screening with @anxopvila, @jparapar and Fabio Crestani. We introduce a resource of simulated patients exhibiting diverse levels of depression severity and major symptoms.
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Two more papers accepted at #CIKM2025, alongside our organising full-day workshop ProActLLM ( https://t.co/4qCcKXtnU8). +VeriRel: Verification Feedback to Enhance Document Retrieval for Scientific Fact Checking, w/ Xingyu Deng and @drmarkstevenson
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Our paper with @wangxieric @anxopvila and Fabio Crestani “TalkDep: Clinically Grounded LLM Personas for Conversation-Centric Depression Screening” also got into #CIKM2025 🎉 Heading to Seoul 🇰🇷. Looking forward to the discussions around LLMs & mental health!
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We are seeking researchers interested in the topic proactive conversational information seeking grounded on the development of large language models. Join us, share your thoughts and findings! We are looking forward to hearing from you. #ProCISLLM @cikm2025
📢 Call For Papers: 1st workshop on Proactive Conversational Information Seeking with Large Language Models @cikm2025 For more info visit: https://t.co/IuPpmNNWCK 📅 When: November 14, 2025 📝 Deadline: August 31, 2025 #ProActLLM #cikm2025 #LLM #ProactiveAI #ConversationalAI
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📢 Call For Papers: 1st workshop on Proactive Conversational Information Seeking with Large Language Models @cikm2025 For more info visit: https://t.co/IuPpmNNWCK 📅 When: November 14, 2025 📝 Deadline: August 31, 2025 #ProActLLM #cikm2025 #LLM #ProactiveAI #ConversationalAI
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Heading to #ACL2025NLP this weekend? Don’t miss the amazing work from SheffieldNLP! Check them out & come chat with us in Vienna! 🇦🇹👋📰
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