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News & Updates

Jan’25	Started teaching course SW3224 “Social Work & Technology of the Future” Interviewed for Big Read article “Tech is easing the workload of burnt out social workers, but the challenges of emotional labour remain” in CNA link
Dec’24	Presented our AI Roleplaying tool at Higher Education in Singapore Scoping Review on RolePlaying preprint
Nov’24	Paper on “Why Does Household Chaos Affect Parenting? Examining Multiple Pathways Through Parents’ Self Control and Emotional States” preprint Finished teaching SW4103 “Adv Research & Evaluation”
Oct’24	Presented at Social Welfare Conference in Taipei!
Sept’24	I moderated a panel on positive youth development in Fei Yue Youth OutReach Conference.
July’24	My replies “Social workers need to study use of AI carefully” to ST forum to an opinion letter.
June’24	Social Work and Tech research lab created SWAT. TEG grant awarded!
May’24	Taught Practice Capstone II for social work Masters students Spoke at NRF AI4Science Workshop for Education about LLM-powered Role-playing for social work training
Mar’24	Awarded USD$5,000 AWS cloud credits by NUS IT for computational proposal work. Spoke at NUS Open House 2024 with Dr. Matthew Lim on “What Mental Wellness and Health Means in the 21st Century”. Guest speaker for SW4880 “Technology in Social Work” on “How should we use technology in SW practice” where I spoke on predictive risk modeling.
Feb’24	Comments on non-offending caregivers’ reluctance to disclose child abuse in TodayOnline
Jan’24	Taught SWM5117B “Practice Research Capstone” to MSW students

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Examining Multiple Pathways Through Parents' Self Control and Emotional States" [preprint](https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/xa7cf) | | | | | | Finished teaching SW4103 "Adv Research & Evaluation" | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Oct'24 | Presented at Social Welfare Conference in Taipei! | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sept'24 | I moderated a panel on positive youth development in Fei Yue Youth OutReach Conference. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | July'24 | My [replies](https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-social-workers-need-to-study-use-of-ai-carefully) "Social workers need to study use of AI carefully" to ST forum to an opinion letter. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | June'24 | Social Work and Tech research lab created [SWAT](https://swat-nus.netlify.app/). TEG grant awarded! | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | May'24 | Taught Practice Capstone II for social work Masters students<br><br>Spoke at [NRF AI4Science Workshop for Education](https://gerardchung.quarto.pub/nrf-ai4science-workshop-for-education/) about LLM-powered Role-playing for social work training | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Mar'24 | Awarded USD\$5,000 AWS cloud credits by NUS IT for computational proposal work.<br><br>Spoke at [NUS Open House 2024](https://chs.nus.edu.sg/nus-oh2024/speakers/) with Dr. Matthew Lim on "What Mental Wellness and Health Means in the 21st Century".<br><br>Guest speaker for SW4880 "Technology in Social Work" on "How should we use technology in SW practice" where I spoke on predictive risk modeling. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Feb'24 | Comments on non-offending caregivers' reluctance to disclose child abuse in [TodayOnline](https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/explainer-law-relatives-friends-not-reporting-abuse-crimes-2363051) | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jan'24 | Taught SWM5117B "Practice Research Capstone" to MSW students | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ :::