DSAI SIG

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence SIG

A special interest group of the Society for Social Work and Research for scholars who study artificial intelligence or use computational methods in social work research.

The SIG connects researchers across career stages who apply machine learning, natural language processing, geospatial analysis, and other computational methods to social work questions. It meets each January at the SSWR Annual Conference and runs programming through the year.

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Search members by topic and method in the directory.

Schedule

SSWR sessions are part of the 31st Annual Conference at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The full list of AI and data science sessions at the conference is on the SSWR 2027 page.

Activities

  • Annual SIG meeting. The SIG meets each January at the SSWR Annual Conference to share work in progress and set priorities for the year.
  • Methods workshops. SIG members lead hands-on workshops at SSWR. Recent topics include NLP for social media data (2025), implementing large language models for social work research (2026), and multimodal AI for image, audio, and video data (2027).
  • Working paper sessions. Online sessions give members feedback on work at any stage, with 30 minutes for the presentation and 15 minutes for questions.
  • Member directory. The searchable directory lists members by social work topic and by method, with contact information for each member.
  • Student programming. The SIG runs events for emerging scholars, including a Doctoral Student Networking Event co-sponsored with the GCSW Harnessing Technology for Social Good initiative.

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