--- title: "Xiaowen Lin — author profile and papers · Question answering" description: "Xiaowen Lin, Guangdong University of Technology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2026), h-index 4 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaowen-lin/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaowen-lin/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xiaowen Lin # Xiaowen Lin Xiaowen Lin has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2026, most of them on [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Christopher D. Manning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-d-manning/), [Li Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-chen/), [Peng Qi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peng-qi/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5080377333) · [**h-index 4**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5080377333) · [9 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5080377333) · [176 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5080377333&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaowen-lin/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 59 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaowen-lin/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7027](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/71/#star-7027) 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=Xiaowen+Lin) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xiaowen+Lin) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xiaowen+Lin) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xiaowen+Lin) ## Affiliations [🎓**Sun Yat-sen University** Guangzhou · China 2020–2025 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/sun-yat-sen-university/) · [🎓**Guangdong University of Technology** Guangzhou · China 2025 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/guangdong-university-of-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) · [Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) · [Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaowen-lin/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaowen-lin/year/2019/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Answering Complex Open-domain Questions Through Iterative Query Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qi-2019-answering-complex-open-domain-questions/)** *(2019 · 155 citations)* Standard open-domain QA systems run one retrieval step using the question and then read the results. This fails for multi-hop questions, where a key entity, such as the author of a book, never appears in the question and cannot be found directly. The authors propose GoldEn (Gold Entity) Retriever. It alternates… 2. **[Red-Teaming NSFW Image Classifiers as Text-to-Image Safeguards](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xie-2026-red-teaming-nsfw-image-classifiers/)** *(2026)* This paper examines a weakness in NSFW image classifiers that act as output filters for text-to-image (T2I) generators. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Christopher D. Manning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-d-manning/) - [Li Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-chen/) - [Peng Qi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peng-qi/) - [Prateek Mittal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/prateek-mittal/) - [Tinghao Xie](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tinghao-xie/) - [Yueqi Xie](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yueqi-xie/) - [Zijian Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zijian-wang/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2019](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2019/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 59 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [11 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaowen-lin/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026