Hello, I’m Bella!
I am currently a Senior Librarian with the Research and Data Services team in SMU Libraries, where I support computational methods of data analysis in academic research to meet the teaching, research, and learning needs of the SMU community, which includes faculty, students, and researchers. I graduated from Nanyang Technological University in 2018 with a MSc in Information Studies.
When not reading or tinkering on stuff in Python or R, I occasionally do some volunteer teaching for the folks at The Carpentries.
📝 Selected Updates
- 2024-05-18: Awarded the LAS Passion Award during LAS AGM 2024. Very honored to receive it :)
- 2024-03-04: My course proposal for FSCI is accepted! I will also be attending FORCE2024 @ UCLA - Looking forward to FSCI and FORCE2024!
- 2024-01-26: Wrote a new Research Radar article ‘Quarto: A multi-purpose tool for research documentation and dissemination’
- 2023-11: Finished auditing IDIS700 Machine Learning for Social Sciences by Prof. Richard Crowley. Thoroughly enjoyed the class!
- 2023-10-30: Wrote a new Research Radar article ‘Transcribe your interview and focus groups recordings for free with Whisper’
- 2023-02-06: Wrote a new Research Radar article ‘How well can ChatGPT code in multiple programming languages?’
- 2022-01-22: Wrote a new Research Radar article ‘OpenAlex: The Promising Alternative to Microsoft Academic Graph’
- 2021-06: Officially started @ SMU Libraries!