Chaklam Silpasuwanchai

Assistant Professor, Asian Institute of Technology

From Hong Kong, I am an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Information Management program at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.

My research group, AIT Brain Lab, focuses on Human-AI Interaction, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Brain Computer Interfaces.

I am an active authors and reviewers of CHI, ACL, and NeurIPS. My research has received CHI Best Paper Awards in 2017 and 2026.

My research has been supported by several grants including the Gates Foundation, Toyota Mobility Foundation , Ramathibodi Hospital (spinal medical image analysis), the JSPS KAKENHI Young Scientists Grant, the Thailand Research Fund Young Scientist Grant, and the Toray Science Foundation Research Grant. I have also contributed as Co-PI to projects supported by JST and NBTC.

I completed my Ph.D. and postdoctoral research under the supervision of Professor Xiangshi Ren at the Center for Human-Engaged Computing.

Beyond academia, I am a co-founder of AI Brain Lab.

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Selected Publications

Mishra, D., Chumnanvej, S., Trivedi, V., Modi A., and Silpasuwanchai, C. SpineXR-VQA: A Clinically-Validated Visual Question Answering Dataset for Spine X-Rays. ACM Trans. Comput. Healthcare, 2026.

Shah, A., Mishra, D., and Silpasuwanchai, C. Too Nice to Tell the Truth: Quantifying Agreeableness-Driven Sycophancy in Role-Playing Language Models. ACL 2026. Acceptance rate: 2296/12148=18.9%

Kaewsawee, P., Silpasuwanchai, C., and Anutariya, C. PolicyKG: An Agentic LLM Pipeline for Translating Institutional Policies into SHACL Knowledge Graphs. International Joint Conference on Knowledge Graphs 2026. Acceptance rate: 26%

Parmar, M. and Silpasuwanchai, C. From Overload to Convergence: Supporting Multi-Issue Human–AI Negotiation with Bayesian Visualization. CHI 2026. Acceptance rate: 1703/6730=25.3% (Best Paper Awards 1%)

Lameesa, A., Silpasuwanchai, C., and Alam, M. S. B. VG-CALF: A vision-guided cross-attention and late-fusion network for radiology images in Medical Visual Question Answering. Neurocomputing, 613, 2025. (IF: 5.5)

Pananookooln, C., Akaranee, J., and Silpasuwanchai, C. Comparing Selective Masking Methods for Depression Detection in Social Media. Computational Linguistics, 1-29. 2023. (IF: 7.778)

Niksirat, KS., Silpasuwanchai, C., Cheng, P. and Ren, X. Attention Regulation Framework: Designing Self-Regulated Mindfulness Technologies. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 26, 6, Article 39 (November 2019), 44 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3359593. (IF: 4.106)

Research Grants

  • May 2026 - May 2029
    PI

    Advancing Opensource Digital Public Infrastructure in Asia-Pacific

    Gates Foundation
    97,000,000 Baht
  • Aug 2026 - Nov 2026
    PI

    Driving License Management System

    Control Data Group (CDG)
    828,000 Baht
  • May 2026 - Nov 2026
    PI

    Integrated traffic analytics platform in Chatuchak Bangkok

    Toyota Mobility Foundation
    500,000 Baht
  • Jun 2024 - Jun 2027
    Co-PI

    Black Spots Improvement in Chachoengsao 

    Toyota Mobility Foundation
    3,984,814 Baht
  • Oct 2025 - Sep 2026
    Co-PI

    AI System for Stroke Prediction and Recovery Analysis

    Thailand Fundamental Fund
    2,000,000 Baht
  • Oct 2025 - Sep 2027
    Co-PI

    โครงการพัฒนาภูมิปัญญาภาษามือและการนำไปประยุกต์ใช้

    Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
    13,303,064.49 Baht
  • 1st Sep 2023 - 28th Feb 2026
    PI

    Developing question-answering system using Large Language Models for Thai Applications

    National Research Council of Thailand
    1,690,000 Baht
  • Jun 2022 - Jun 2025
    Co-PI

    Telehealth Monitoring and Assistive Systems for Elderly and Disabled People

    Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
    14,000,000 Baht
  • Mar 2021 - Mar 2023
    PI

    Hybrid P300-SSVEP BCI Speller for Thai Language

    Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI), Young Scientist
    595,000 Baht
  • Oct 2020 - Oct 2021
    PI

    Hybrid P300-SSVEP BCI Speller for Thai Language

    Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI)
    124,750 Baht
  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2020
    PI

    Hybrid P300-SSVEP BCI Speller for Thai Language

    Thailand Toray Science
    190,000 Baht
  • September 15, 2018 - September 14, 2019
    PI

    Developing Brain-Computer Interfaces Using P300, .

    Stamford Competitive Internal Grants
    234,000 Baht
  • Apr 1, 2016 - Mar 31, 2018
    PI

    Investigating Cognitive Enhancement of Elderly People by Using Motion Video Games

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by MEXT
    4,992,000 JPY
  • Apr 1, 2015 — Mar 31, 2017
    Co-PI

    User Interface Design for the Ageing Population. 

    Japan-Finland Collaborative Research Projects by JST, AF and Tekes
    18,000,000 JPY

Teaching

Invited Talks & Speakers

Academic Services

Professional Leadership

  • 2025 - present
    Academic Program Coordinator of Data Science and AI Program
    Asian Institute of Technology
  • Mar 2024 - Apr 2026
    Faculty Relations Committee
    Asian Institute of Technology
  • Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
    Key Member, AI and Simulation Lab
    Asian Institute of Technology
  • Sep 2023 - Dec 2025
    Chair, Sustainability Positioning Task Force
    Asian Institute of Technology
  • Sep 2023 - Present
    Doctoral Progress Review Committee
    Asian Institute of Technology
  • Jul 2021 - Jul 2023
    Ethics Committee
    Asian Institute of Technology
  • 2021 - 2024
    Academic Program Coordinator of Computer Science Program
    Asian Institute of Technology
  • 2016 - 2019
    Vice-Secretary General
    International Chinese Association of Human-Computer Interaction
  • 2013 - 2016
    Technical Liaison
    ACM Chinese CHI

Program Committees

  • Mar 2024 - Present
    Reviewer
    ACL / ACM CHI / NeurIPS
  • 2019
    Curriculum Review and Development, Data Science
    Stamford International University
  • 2019
    Curriculum Reviewer, Computer Science
    Yangon University
  • 2019
    Local Organizer, YESIST 2019
    IEEE YESIST
  • 2018
    Associate Chair (Late-Breaking Work)
    ACM CHI
  • 2017
    Program Committee
    ACM Chinese CHI
  • 2017
    Associate Chair (Provocations and Work in Progress)
    ACM DIS
  • 2016
    General Co-Chair
    ACM IxAP
  • 2016 - 2019
    External Reviewer
    ACM CHI / ACM DIS / IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
  • 2014
    Publicity Chair
    IDHF
  • 2012 - 2013
    Student Volunteer
    WISS / ACM APCHI
  • 2010
    Event Staff
    Techfest iNexus Thailand

Awards & Recognition

YearAwardOrganization
2026
CHI Best Paper Award
ACM CHI
2024
Best Teacher Award — Large Class
Asian Institute of Technology
2017
CHI Best Paper Award
ACM CHI
2015
Honorable Mention for Community Contribution
ICACHI
2012–2015
Special Scholarship Program, Full Scholarship
Kochi University of Technology
2009–2011
Royal Thai Government Scholarship
Royal Thai Government, AIT
2008
Second Place
National Open Source Software Contest