--- title: "Lu Xiao · Tsinghua University — author profile and papers" description: "Lu Xiao, Tsinghua University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2014–2020), h-index 18 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lu-xiao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lu-xiao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Lu Xiao # Lu Xiao Lu Xiao has 3 papers in our library, in 2014–2020, most of them on [Speech act theory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Robert Mercer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-mercer/). 3 papers in our library · 2014–2020 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5007412395) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5420-1578) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63649812) · [**h-index 18**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5007412395) · [205 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5007412395) · [1,483 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5007412395&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lu-xiao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 10 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lu-xiao/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5549](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/56/#star-5549) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Lu+Xiao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Lu+Xiao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Lu+Xiao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Lu+Xiao) ## Affiliations [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2025 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🎓**Western University** London · Canada 2008–2021 · 46 papersEmployment 2008–2015Employment 2015–2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/western-university/) · [🎓**Syracuse University** Syracuse · United States 2016–2024 · 40 papersEmployment since 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/syracuse-university/) · [🎓**Pennsylvania State University** State College · United States 2003–2013 · 21 papersEducation 2003–2008](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/pennsylvania-state-university/) · [🎓**Nanjing University** Nanjing · China 2010–2023 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanjing-university/) · [🎓**Bohai University** Jinzhou · China 2010–2014 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/01kdzej58) · [🎓**Shandong University of Science and Technology** Qingdao · China 2013–2024 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/04gtjhw98) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2014 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🔬**Institute of Computing Technology** Beijing · China 2014 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institute-of-computing-technology/) · [🏛️**Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences** Wushan · China 2022–2023 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/01rkwtz72) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 15 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Literature and Literary Theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/literature-and-literary-theory/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Speech act theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2020** 2 papers Lu Xiao's papers of 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lu-xiao/year/2020/) ### 2010s [**2014** 1 paper Extracting Imperatives from Wikipedia Article for Deletion Discussions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mao-2014-extracting-imperatives-wikipedia-article-deletion/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A Lexicon-Based Approach for Detecting Hedges in Informal Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/islam-2020-lexicon-based-approach-detecting-hedges/)** *(2020 · 15 citations)* The authors want sentence-level hedge detection in spontaneous talk rather than in scientific prose, using eight translated oral-history interviews. 2. **[Extracting Imperatives from Wikipedia Article for Deletion Discussions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mao-2014-extracting-imperatives-wikipedia-article-deletion/)** *(2014 · 12 citations)* Wikipedia editors decide the fate of contested articles in open "Article for Deletion" (AfD) discussions, where many comments push back against other participants. 3. **[TV-AfD: An Imperative-Annotated Corpus from The Big Bang Theory and Wikipedia's Articles for Deletion Discussions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xiao-2020-tv-afd-imperative-annotated-corpus/)** *(2020 · 3 citations)* The paper addresses the shortage of labeled imperative data, especially from spoken conversation, which limits how well systems such as voice assistants recognise orders and requests phrased in unexpected ways. The authors built TV-AfD, a corpus with two parts: ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Robert Mercer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-mercer/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/) ×2: [LREC 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2020/) ×2 - [Workshop on Argumentation Mining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-argumentation-mining/): [Workshop on Argumentation Mining 2014](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-argumentation-mining/2014/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 10 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lu-xiao/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026