Research

I am broadly interested in how large language models can help people learn higher-order thinking skills, such as critical thinking, and in understanding whether these models show human-like reasoning, cognitive abilities, and internal mechanisms behind them.

Publications

International Conferences

Identification of Multiple Logical Interpretations in Counter-Arguments

Wenzhi Wang, Paul Reisert, Shoichi Naito, Naoya Inoue, Machi Shimmei, Surawat Pothong, Jungmin Choi, Kentaro Inui. EMNLP, 2025. [Paper]

FOCUS: A Benchmark for Targeted Socratic Question Generation via Source-Span Grounding

Surawat Pothong, Machi Shimmei, Naoya Inoue, Paul Reisert, Ana Brassard, Wenzhi Wang, Shoichi Naito, Jungmin Choi, Kentaro Inui. IJCNLP-AACL, 2025. [Paper]

Designing Logic Pattern Templates for Counter-Argument Logical Structure Analysis

∗Shoichi Naito, ∗Wenzhi Wang, Paul Reisert, Naoya Inoue, Camélia Guerraoui, Kenshi Yamaguchi, Jungmin Choi, Irfan Robbani, Surawat Pothong, Kentaro Inui. EMNLP Findings, 2024. ∗equal contribution [Paper]

Flee the Flaw: Annotating the Underlying Logic of Fallacious Arguments Through Templates and Slot-filling

Irfan Robbani, Paul Reisert, Surawat Pothong, Naoya Inoue, Camélia Guerraoui, Wenzhi Wang, Shoichi Naito, Jungmin Choi, Kentaro Inui. EMNLP, 2024. [Paper]

Teach Me How to Argue: A Survey on NLP Feedback Systems in Argumentation

Camelia Guerraoui, Paul Reisert, Naoya Inoue, Farjana Sultana Mim, Keshav Singh, Jungmin Choi, Irfan Robbani, Shoichi Naito, Wenzhi Wang, Kentaro Inui. ArgMining, 2023. [Paper]

Domestic Conferences

Investigating Implicit Reasoning in Counter-Argument Logical Structure Analysis

Wenzhi Wang, Paul Reisert, Shoichi Naito, Naoya Inoue, Machi Shimmei, Surawat Pothong, Jungmin Choi, Kentaro Inui. 言語処理学会第31回年次大会 (NLP2025) [Paper]

Towards Formalizing Socratic Questions for Explainable Socratic Question Generation

Surawat Pothong, Paul Reisert, Naoya Inoue, Machi Shimmei, Wenzhi Wang, Shoichi Naito, Jungmin Choi, Kentaro Inui. 言語処理学会第31回年次大会 (NLP2025) [Paper]

Exploring Task Decomposition for Assisting Large Language Models in Counter-argument Logical Structure Analysis

Wenzhi Wang, Shoichi Naito, Paul Reisert, Naoya Inoue, Camélia Guerraoui, Jungmin Choi, Irfan Robbani, Kentaro Inui. 言語処理学会第30回年次大会 (NLP2024) [Paper]

反論の論理パターン解析: データセット構築と実現性検証

∗ 内藤昭一, ∗王文質, Paul Reisert, 井之上直也, Camélia Guerraoui, 山口健史, Jungmin Choi, Irfan Robbani, 乾健太郎. 言語処理学会第30回年次大会 (NLP2024) ∗equal contribution [Paper]

ArgVantage: the New Pedagogical System to Learn Argumentation

Camélia Guerraoui, Paul Reisert, Naoya Inoue, Wenzhi Wang, Shoichi Naito, Jungmin Choi, Irfan Robbani, Kentaro Inui. 言語処理学会第30回年次大会 (NLP2024) [Paper]

Templates for Fallacious Arguments Towards Deeper Logical Error Comprehension

Irfan Robbani, Paul Reisert, Naoya Inoue, Surawat Pothong, Camélia Guerraoui, Wenzhi Wang, Shoichi Naito, Jungmin Choi, Kentaro Inui. 言語処理学会第30回年次大会 (NLP2024) [Paper]

Towards Creating Analytic Dimensions for Evaluating the Quality of Debate Counter-Arguments

Wenzhi Wang, Paul Reisert, Naoya Inoue, Shoichi Naito, Camélia Guerraoui, Keshav Singh, Kentaro Inui. 言語処理学会第29回年次大会 (NLP2023) [Paper]

Explain to Me What Is Wrong With My Arguments: A Survey about Explainations in Argumentation

Camélia Guerraoui, Paul Reisert, Keshav Singh, Farjana Sultana Mim, Naoya Inoue, Shoichi Naito, Wenzhi Wang, Kentaro Inui. 言語処理学会第29回年次大会 (NLP2023) [Paper]

Improving Evidence Detection with Domain-specific Implicit Reasonings

Keshav Singh, Naoya Inoue, Paul Reisert, Farjana Sultana Mim, Shoichi Naito, Camélia Guerraoui, Wenzhi Wang, Kentaro Inui. 言語処理学会第29回年次大会 (NLP2023) [Paper]

Experience

2026.1 - 2026.3

Human AI Learning Systems (HAIS) Lab @ BFH, Switzerland

Visiting Researcher

2025.9 - 2025.12

楽天技術研究所 エージェントサイエンスグループ

Research Intern

2022.8 - 2022.9

東芝研究開発センター メディア AI ラボラトリー

Research Intern