News

Workshops, events, and announcements from the SIG.

Schedule

• September 29, 2026, 1:00 PM ET. Online working paper session.
• December 1, 2026, 1:00 PM ET. Online working paper session. Presenters can apply through the call for presenters. Add to Google Calendar
• January 22, 2027, 7:00 to 8:00 AM PT. Annual SIG meeting at SSWR, Golden Gate 5. Add to Google Calendar
• January 22, 2027, 8:00 to 9:30 AM PT. Workshop on multimodal AI at SSWR, Union Station 21. Add to Google Calendar

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.

Posts

• Workshop at SSWR 2027: Multimodal AI for social work research (January 22, 2027) A workshop on analyzing image, audio, and video data with open-source large language models, led by Nari Yoo, Cheng Ren, and Gaurav Sinha.
• The SIG has a new home on the web (July 15, 2026) The site now covers the SIG's programming and resources alongside the member directory.
• Recap: Doctoral Student Networking Event (May 18, 2026) Doctoral students working across data science, AI, and social work met for 90 minutes of structured networking, co-hosted with the GCSW Harnessing Technology for Social Good initiative.
• SIG launches a searchable member directory (March 28, 2026) The directory lists members by social work topic and AI/DS method. Members join through a two-minute form, and entries appear automatically.
• Workshop at SSWR 2026: Implementing LLMs for social work research (January 15, 2026) A hands-on SSWR workshop on large language models: foundations, local deployment of open-source models, and practical considerations.
• Workshop at SSWR 2025: Analyzing social media data with NLP (January 16, 2025) Nari Yoo, Cheng Ren, and Gaurav Sinha led a hands-on SSWR workshop on sentiment analysis and topic modeling for social work research.