Publications

A collection of my research work. († denotes equal contribution)

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Can Large Language Models Still Explain Themselves? Investigating the Impact of Quantization on Self-Explanations
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Can Large Language Models Still Explain Themselves? Investigating the Impact of Quantization on Self-Explanations

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Qianli Wang, Nils Feldhus†, Pepa Atanasova†, Fedor Splitt, Simon Ostermann, Sebastian Möller

2026

In submission

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Parallel Universes, Parallel Languages: A Comprehensive Study on LLM-based Multilingual Counterfactual Example Generation
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Parallel Universes, Parallel Languages: A Comprehensive Study on LLM-based Multilingual Counterfactual Example Generation

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Qianli Wang, Van Bach Nguyen, Yihong Liu, Fedor Splitt, Nils Feldhus, Christin Seifert, Hinrich Schütze

2026

In submission

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iFlip: Iterative Feedback-driven Counterfactual Example Refinement
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iFlip: Iterative Feedback-driven Counterfactual Example Refinement

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Yilong Wang†, Qianli Wang†, Nils Feldhus

2026

In submission. †Equal contribution.

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Locate, Steer, and Improve: A Practical Survey of Actionable Mechanistic Interpretability in Large Language Models
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Locate, Steer, and Improve: A Practical Survey of Actionable Mechanistic Interpretability in Large Language Models

Hengyuan Zhang, Zhihao Zhang, Mingyang Wang, Zunhai Su, Yiwei Wang, Qianli Wang, Shuzhou Yuan

2026

In submission to ARR and extended version to Computer Science Review

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Order in the Evaluation Court: A Critical Analysis of NLG Evaluation Trends
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Order in the Evaluation Court: A Critical Analysis of NLG Evaluation Trends

Jing Yang, Nils Feldhus, Salar Mohtaj, Leonhard Hennig, Qianli Wang, Eleni Metheniti, Sherzod Hakimov

2026

In submission

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eTracer: Towards Traceable Text Generation via Claim-Level Grounding
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eTracer: Towards Traceable Text Generation via Claim-Level Grounding

Bohao Chu, Qianli Wang, Hendrik Damm, Hui Wang, Ula Muhabbek, Elisabeth Livingstone, Christoph M. Friedrich

2026

In submission

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Multilingual Datasets for Custom Input Extraction and Explanation Requests Parsing in Conversational XAI Systems
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Multilingual Datasets for Custom Input Extraction and Explanation Requests Parsing in Conversational XAI Systems

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Qianli Wang, Tatiana Anikina, Nils Feldhus, Simon Ostermann, Fedor Splitt, Jiaao Li, Yoana Tsoneva

EMNLP Findings 2025

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Truth or Twist? Optimal Model Selection for Reliable Label Flipping Evaluation in LLM-based Counterfactuals
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Truth or Twist? Optimal Model Selection for Reliable Label Flipping Evaluation in LLM-based Counterfactuals

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Qianli Wang, Van Bach Nguyen, Nils Feldhus, Luis Felipe Villa-Arenas, Christin Seifert, Sebastian Möller

INLG 2025

Oral Presentation

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FitCF: A Framework for Automatic Feature Importance-guided Counterfactual Example Generation
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FitCF: A Framework for Automatic Feature Importance-guided Counterfactual Example Generation

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Qianli Wang, Nils Feldhus, Simon Ostermann, Luis Felipe Villa-Arenas, Sebastian Möller

ACL Findings 2025

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Cross-Refine: Improving Natural Language Explanation Generation by Learning in Tandem
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Cross-Refine: Improving Natural Language Explanation Generation by Learning in Tandem

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Qianli Wang, Tatiana Anikina†, Nils Feldhus†, Simon Ostermann, Sebastian Möller

COLING 2025

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Through a Compressed Lens: Investigating The Impact of Quantization on Factual Knowledge Recall
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Through a Compressed Lens: Investigating The Impact of Quantization on Factual Knowledge Recall

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Qianli Wang, Mingyang Wang, Nils Feldhus, Simon Ostermann, Yuan Cao, Hinrich Schütze, Sebastian Möller

2025

In submission

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Beyond Transparency: Evaluating Explainability in AI-Supported Fact-Checking

Vera Schmitt, Isabel Bezzaoui, Charlott Jakob, Premtim Sahitaj, Qianli Wang, Arthur Hilbert, Max Upravitelev

Proceedings of the 4th ACM International Workshop on Multimedia AI against Disinformation 2025

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CoXQL: A Dataset for Parsing Explanation Requests in Conversational XAI Systems

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Qianli Wang, Tatiana Anikina†, Nils Feldhus†, Simon Ostermann, Sebastian Möller

EMNLP Findings 2024

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LLMCheckup: Conversational Examination of Large Language Models via Interpretability Tools and Self-Explanations
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LLMCheckup: Conversational Examination of Large Language Models via Interpretability Tools and Self-Explanations

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Qianli Wang, Tatiana Anikina, Nils Feldhus, Josef Genabith, Leonhard Hennig, Sebastian Möller

HCI+NLP Workshop @ NAACL 2024

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Anchored Alignment for Self-Explanations Enhancement

Luis Felipe Villa-Arenas, Ata Nizamoglu, Qianli Wang, Sebastian Möller

2024

In submission

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Towards Modeling and Evaluating Instructional Explanations in Teacher-Student Dialogues

Nils Feldhus, Aliki Anagnostopoulou, Qianli Wang, Milad Alshomary, Henning Wachsmuth, Daniel Sonntag, Sebastian Möller

Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good 2024

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InterroLang: Exploring NLP Models and Datasets through Dialogue-based Explanations
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InterroLang: Exploring NLP Models and Datasets through Dialogue-based Explanations

Nils Feldhus, Qianli Wang, Tatiana Anikina, Sahil Chopra, Cennet Oguz, Sebastian Möller

EMNLP Findings 2023

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