Xu Wang is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering and the School of Information (By courtesy) at the University of Michigan. Xu develops and advances techniques for creating intelligent tutoring systems to enable scalable expertise sharing and more efficient skill development for novice learners. Highlights of her work include demonstrating the learning benefits of multiple-choice questions, specifically using student solutions to generate authentic mutliple-choice questions that exercise higher-order thinking, and designing Expertise-Aware learning technologies that enable users to share expertise and collaborate effectively with AI. Xu's work is recognized by an NSF CAREER award, five Best Paper honorable mention awards (CSCW'20, CHI'23, CHI'24, L@S'24, CSCW'25), and one Best Short Paper award (LAK'24). Xu completed her Ph.D. in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. She received a Masters in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor’s in Science from Beijing Normal University. She has also worked in the User Interface Research Group at Autodesk Research.
News
Oct 20 2025
🏆Our paper on AI Assistance Dilemma led by Xinyue Chen received a Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at CSCW'25!
Aug 25 2025
🎉Excited to welcome 4 new Ph.D. students to the Lifelong Learning Lab: Ethan Beaird, Hyoungwook Jin, Weirui Peng, and Muzhe Wu.
Jul 2 2025
🏆Excited to receive an NSF CAREER award on "Example-Enhanced Intelligent Tutoring". This award will support our continuous investigation on expertise modeling and intelligent tutoring.
Jun 23 2025
🎉Our lab collaborated with local school A2STEAM to digitize a game exploring Silk Road history for 7th graders.
Jul 18 2024
🏆CodeTailor received a Best Paper Nominee at Learning@Scale 2024.
Jul 14 2024
🎉Excited to receive an NSF award: "SCH: Multimodal Techniques to Enhance Intra- and Post-operative Learning and Coordination between Attending and Resident Surgeons" to advance techniques to improve the training experiences sand outcomes for surgical residents.
May 11 2024
🏆Our paper understanding surgeons' visual needs received a Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at CHI'24!
Mar 18 2024
🏆Our paper understanding how students provide hints to peers with AI assistance received a Best Short Paper Award at LAK'24!

Xu Wang
xwanghci@umich.edu
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
School of Information (By courtesy)
University of Michigan


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Teaching
Ph.D. Students
Xinyue Chen

Fall'21 -

Jingying Wang

Fall'22 -

Xinyi Lu

Fall'23 -

Ethan Beaird

Fall'25 -

Weirui Peng

Fall'25 -

Muzhe Wu

Fall'25 -

Ph.D. Alumni
Anjali Singh

Bullard Research Fellow at the UT Austin School of Information