Topic: Insurance
Through the Winding Paths of PBL: The Light Reveals a Medical Village of
Healing and Care
Speaker: Prof.
Shenglin Chang — Associate Dean, D-School, National Taiwan University
Time: September
30, 2025 (Tuesday), 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Venue: The
Management Building, 11F, AI Lecture Hall
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About the Speaker:
Shenglin Elijah Chang, Ph.D. in Landscape
Architecture from UC Berkeley, is Associate Dean at NTU’s D-School and
Professor in the Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, Climate Change,
and Biodiversity programs. Her research bridges design thinking, community
participation, and transcultural sustainability, with fieldwork in the U.S.,
Costa Rica, Japan, China, and Taiwan. She co-directed NTU’s Agricultural
Humanity Program, engaging thousands in rural communities, and led the national
Timebanking for Community Practices project (2018–2021), integrating AI and
social innovation. She currently serves as the PI for NSTC ‘s
“The Project of Promoting and Coordinating for Cross-field Integration
and Innovation Research Program of Art”.
She has received the 2004 CELA Award (U.S.), the 2017 National ROCTIRA
Award for Social Service, and NTU’s 2020 Excellence in Service Award.
Abstract:
This lecture explores how Problem-Based
Learning (PBL) serves as a powerful cognitive tool to address complex
real-world challenges across architecture, community, and medicine.
In the “winding paths” section, the
discussion begins with architecture, urban planning, landscape design, and
community building. Urban and community challenges are rarely one-dimensional;
they intertwine health, environment, and society. PBL provides a way to think
and collaborate in authentic contexts—learning how spatial planning can heal
the human spirit, how community design can strengthen public health, and how
innovation emerges through collaboration in times of constraint.
In the “light revealed” section, the focus
shifts to medicine, examining PBL’s future potential through case studies. From
milli-spinner micro-robots redefining thrombosis treatment, to Da Vinci robotic
surgery transforming clinical practice, to tele-interventions addressing
medical inequality—these innovations are not only technological milestones but
also educational opportunities. They challenge us to consider how medical
students can be trained to make decisions amid uncertainty, integrate interdisciplinary
knowledge, and balance technology with ethics.
This lecture demonstrates how PBL, as a way
of thinking that transcends disciplinary boundaries, can guide us through the
“winding paths” and lead us toward the “light of healing and care.”
Organizers: College of Intelligent Computing & Artificial
Intelligence Research Center
※ No registration needed.
