Lu Wang

Lu Wang is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan's Department of Computer Science and Engineering (College of Engineering). She previously held positions at Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Her research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP), computational social science, and machine learning, particularly in developing trustworthy AI systems for factual content generation and reasoning tasks. She has led multiple NSF-funded projects, including CAREER awards, and has contributed to areas like argument mining, media bias detection, and narrative understanding.

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University (2016), B.Sc. in Intelligence Science and Technology (2009), B.Econ. in Economics (2009), both from Peking University.

Research Interests: Includes NLP applications in education, computational social science, and interdisciplinary AI projects. Her work emphasizes improving language model factuality, reasoning capabilities, and AI alignment/safety.

Grants: Over $5M in funding from NSF, AFOSR, IARPA, and industry partners. Notable projects include long document summarization, narrative modeling, and AI alignment research.

Awards: Multiple best-paper recognitions at ACL, CHI, and SIGDIAL conferences, reflecting her impactful contributions to NLP and AI research.

Service: Serves as ACL Equity Director and co-founder of ACL SIGSUMM. Active in program committees, including co-chairing NAACL 2025.