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

CAT: A CounterArgument Tutoring System based on Logical Structure Analysis

Wenzhi Wang, Thiemo Wambsganss, Chenyang Wang, Paul Reisert, Léane Wettstein, Katja Pott, Kenshi Yamaguchi, Machi Shimmei, Roman Rietsche, Surawat Pothong, Naoya Inoue, Kentaro Inui. EMNLP System Demonstration, 2026.

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

2022 - Present

RIKEN AIP - NLU Team

Research Part-time Worker I

2026.1 - 2026.3

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

Visiting Researcher

2025.9 - 2025.12

Rakuten Institute of Technology

Research Intern