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Xiangjue Dong

MS in Computer Science

Fall 2019 ~ Spring 2021

Xiangjue Dong earned an MS in Computer Science from Emory University (Spring 2021). After Emory, Xiangjue moved to Texas A&M University to pursue a PhD in Computer Science.

Education

  • MS in Computer Science, Emory University (2021)
  • MS in Computational Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2019)

MS Thesis

Publications

  1. XD at SemEval-2020 Task 12: Ensemble Approach to Offensive Language Identification in Social Media Using Transformer Encoders — SemEval Shared Task - OffensEval 2: Multilingual Offensive Language Identification in Social Media (OffensEval), 2020
  2. Emora: An Inquisitive Social Chatbot Who Cares For You — Proceedings of the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge (AlexaPrize), 2020
  3. Transformer-based Context-aware Sarcasm Detection in Conversation Threads from Social Media — ACL Workshop on Figurative Language Processing: Shared Task on Sarcasm Detection (FigLang), 2020

Achievements

  • Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge 3 — 1st place (Emora) (08/2020)
  • FigLang Shared Task (sarcasm) — 2nd place (04/2020)