Web IR / NLP Group (WING) @ NUS

The Web, Information Retrieval / Natural Language Processing Group (WING) explores the research area of applied language processing and information retrieval to the Web and related technologies. Areas of current interest are question answering, scholarly digital libraries, verb similarity, focused crawling, citation parsing and spidering, web page classification and division, text segmentation, and full text analysis. WING is headed by Min (A/P Min-Yen KAN). We are based in the Computational Linguistics Laboratory of the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore. We often work with the Natural Language Processing Group and the Lab for Media Search. We are part of the Media Technologies research group umbrella.

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Min-Yen Kan

22 Jun, 2026 2 min read

CIVIC-AI: Stanford's SALT Lab and WING.NUS Collaborate on Social Intelligence and the Future of AI and Work

The inaugural CIVIC-AI workshop (13–14 July 2026) kicks off a major collaboration between Stanford’s SALT Lab and WING.NUS, bringing together researchers, policymakers, and funding agencies to examine the Social Intelligence of Foundation Models and the Future of AI and Work.

Min-Yen Kan

19 Mar, 2026 1 min read

WING Receives Singapore AIVP Funding for Socially Intelligent Foundation Models

Big news from WING: our group at NUS Computing, in collaboration with Prof. Diyi Yang at Stanford, has received funding support under Singapore’s AI Visiting Professorship (AIVP).

Min-Yen Kan

4 Feb, 2026 1 min read

Open-source AI for science: OpenScholar and why replicability matters

Min was quoted in Science on the value of open, replicable AI for research: It’s very important to put this type of open-source research out there because it is replicable."

Min-Yen Kan

27 Jan, 2026 2 min read

Min's AAAI workshop keynotes (26–27 Jan 2026)

Min gave two invited keynotes at AAAI 2026 workshops on 26 and 27 January, entitled “The Research Manifold” and “Top 5 trends to watch in the future of IR research (and why they are irrelevant)”. Both talks are now available to watch.

Min-Yen Kan

15 Dec, 2025 4 min read

WING is looking for postdoctoral scholars and doctoral students!

The Web, Information Retrieval, and Natural Language Processing (WING) group at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore is actively seeking postdoctoral scholars and doctoral students to start in 2026 across three cutting-edge research areas: AI for Science, LLM Socioethical Alignment, and Fact Checking. WING is led by Associate Professor Kan Min-Yen.

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