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Jie “JW” Wu

Assistant Professor @ Michigan Tech
UBC, GW, SJTU, Ex-Snap Inc., Ex-MSR, Ex-Google Research
jie.jw.wu (at) mtu.edu


Blog

Occasional writing on research, careers, and the intersection of software engineering and AI.

When Your Request Is Unclear, Does AI Ask?
Good engineers ask questions when instructions don't add up. We built a benchmark to test whether code models do the same, and to make it something the field can actually measure.
When AI Writes Code, What Is It Assuming?
AI coding tools don't ask questions when your request is vague. They guess, silently. Our new paper makes those guesses visible.
Why I Returned from Industry to Academia
A reflection on leaving a decade in industry for fundamental ideas and intellectual freedom.