Research Projects

WING members participate in a wide variety of Web, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing and Digital Library projects. Check out some of the projects that members of our lab are currently contributing to, as well as some of the projects from our alumni.

A Comparative Analysis of Representation Flow in State-Space and Transformer Architectures
We study the feature flow across layers in state-space models compared to Transformers.
ChatCRS: Incorporating External Knowledge and Goal Guidance for LLM-based Conversational Recommender Systems
We incoporate external knowledge and goals for better CRS.
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ChatCRS: Incorporating External Knowledge and Goal Guidance for LLM-based Conversational Recommender Systems
Model-generated Code-mixed Sentences
We generate high-quality code-mixed sentences using language models.
Model-generated Code-mixed Sentences
Summarizing Scientific Content with Social Media Language
Translating complex scientific content into accessible language for social media platforms.
TART – An Open-Source Tool-Augmented Framework for Explainable Table-Based Reasoning
A framework integrating LLMs with external tools to enhance explainability and accuracy in table-based reasoning tasks.
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TART – An Open-Source Tool-Augmented Framework for Explainable Table-Based Reasoning
DATATALES: A Benchmark for Real-World Intelligent Data Narration
A challenging dataset for compositional reasoning and claim verification on scientific tables.
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DATATALES: A Benchmark for Real-World Intelligent Data Narration
Assessing the AI Scientist
We find positive use cases, but also weaknesses that need much handholding from human scientists.
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Assessing the AI Scientist
Discourse and LLMs
We measure and enhance LLMs’ discourse understanding and reasoning faithfulness.
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Discourse and LLMs
Benchmarking and Improving OCR System for Southeast Asian Languages
We benchmark and improve modern OCR systems on Southeast Asian languages.
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Benchmarking and Improving OCR System for Southeast Asian Languages
Emoji Composition
We provide language resource for emoji composition.
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Emoji Composition