Upon expressed need of the SDO, represented by its Assistant Schools Division Superintendent, Dr. Elvira B. Catangay, the University鈥檚 academic and training programs on teacher education, data science and analytics, information and computing sciences, and music were bared by UST officials as possible focus areas for future trainings. UST officials also shared how service learning programs are embedded in course work and community development initiatives, as well as how guidance and counseling services are delivered.

In her message to the SDO officials, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH expressed the University鈥檚 willingness to partner with DepEd SDO-Santa Rosa City. College of Education Dean Pilar I. Romero, PhD also shared how the College and the University have been engaging with public school and diocesan school teachers in terms of capacity-building. UST’s teacher education programs have been certified as Centers of Excellence since 2008 by the Commission on Higher Education and most recently, by the Teacher Education Council.

UST officials who joined the consultative meeting are Assistant to the Rector for Santa Rosa Philipina A. Marcelo, PhD, College of Education Dean Pilar I. Romero, PhD, College of Education Regent fr. Roman Santos, O.P., Conservatory of Music Dean Maria Alexandra I. Chua, PhD, College of Information and Computing Sciences Dean Christopher D. Ladao, MS, Counseling and Career Center Director Janice T. Ocray, MA, RGC, Communications Bureau Director Philippe Jose S. Hernandez, MEng, Simbahayan 九色 Development Office Assistant Director Christian Rey Rimando, MSPT, UST Santa Rosa Office Executive Assistant Seigfred Prado, PhD, and Data Science and Analytics program coordinator Arturo Patungan, PhD.

Representing the DepEd SDO-Santa Rosa City were Dr. Catangay, Curriculum Chief Luhinia M. Ofren, EdD, Senior Education Program Specialist Jason G. Sagaysay, Education Program Supervisor Maricel S. Saguinsin, Senior Education Program Specialist Jeanne Elaine T. Sangalang, Planning Officer III Adolfo C. Ibayan, and Education Program Specialist II Mouller M. Lumague.

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The team demonstrated expertise and innovation in addressing critical challenges faced by Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and local banks. Their solution utilized classical machine learning techniques to develop a fairer and more effective method for evaluating creditworthiness, showcasing technical proficiency and a deep understanding of real-world economic issues.

Team STAC, including Edrine Frances A. Esguerra, also earned multiple accolades, including Champion titles in the Hooked Unitour Hackathon and iThink Hackathon, a Top 15 spot in the Philippine Startup Challenge 9 under the team 鈥淯PMKR,鈥� and 1st Runner-Up in Hack the Future: Technology for a Better World hackathon.

Spanning three months, the hackathon featured three distinct tracks: Generative AI, Classical Machine Learning, and Data Visualization and Dashboarding. Participants tackled real-world challenge statements and honed their skills through Eskwelabs workshops and mentoring from industry professionals.

The BPI DATA Wave is a nationwide initiative to discover and nurture data talent in the Philippines, reflecting BPI鈥檚 commitment to investing in people and advancing innovation. The event was organized by the Bank of the Philippine Islands and powered by Eskwelabs under the theme 鈥淒ata-Driven and AI-Powered Solutions for MSMEs: Fueling Growth with Innovation.鈥� Over 116 teams from various educational institutions and young professionals nationwide submitted their entries to the hackathon.

The event culminated in the Summit, a celebration of finalists’ innovative solutions and projects. This full-day event, hosted by BPI, highlighted digital transformation through workshops, keynote addresses, a science fair-style exhibit of data projects, and the much-anticipated awarding of winning teams.

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The award is given to the top 5% of the academy partners based on community engagement, student reach and growth, and instructor training.

Meanwhile, Asst. Prof. Armando V. Barretto, MBA, PECE of the Department of Electronics Engineering and Asst. Prof. Maricel A. Balais, DT of the Department of Information Technology were also recognized for their 15 years of instructor service at Cisco Networking Company.

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Intended to aid CICS students in their studies and also serve as a space of recreation, BiblioTech Ai library offers a plethora of books, ebooks, and other published materials that are essential to CICS students, academic staff, and educators alike. It also has board games in its shelves.

CICS Dean Asst. Prof. Jerralyn T. Padua, MSCS said the satellite library marks a new chapter to CICS’s “bookish lives”. “The library also offers a low-risk strategy to expand your choices of reading matter,” Dean Padua said. “Libraries are also not about books on shelves. They are also an important social meeting point, which is accessible and affordable to all [鈥 they are naturally democratic and [it is] an enormous anchor in our society for all sorts of reasons,” she added.

Meanwhile, CICS Regent Rev. fr. Gaspar Sigaya, O.P., the concurrent Assistant Prefect of Libraries, highlighted the importance of libraries as sources of knowledge., “It can also be a place that offers smart and clear answers to even most difficult questions,” fr. Sigaya said.

For Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Cheryl R. Peralta DrPH, the future of education is hybrid and CICS is the cusp of humans and technology. “With the opening of BiblioTech Ai Library, this will not [just] be a venue for students and academic staff [to] access materials, but it will be a source and an avenue for collaboration for the propagation of more knowledge in the area of technology,” Prof. Peralta said.

Secretary-General Rev. fr. Louie R. Coronel. O.P., EHL noted that the satellite library’s inauguration is also a celebration of libraries’ power in shaping minds of the young. “[The library] seamlessly weaves together the various elements of tradition and innovation,” fr. Coronel said.

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Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation Prof. Maribel G. Nonato, Ph.D., represented UST while the Accenture Technology Lead for the Philippines, Africa, and Asia-Pacific Ms. Ambe C. Tierro led the Accenture group.

The primary beneficiary, the CICS, has a line-up of projects, one of which is the forthcoming Internet of Things (IoT) Laboratory, which will be housed in the Pier Giorgio Frassati, O.P. Building. While it will remain under the administration of the CICS, the lab will also be shared with other academic units for multi-disciplinary research projects, shared CICS Dean Jerralyn T. Padua, in an online interview.

The Internet of Things is a system of interrelated computing devices (things) with the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

According to Dean Padua, 鈥淸The IoT] is important in creating a framework in distance education, with all the important components in place such as wearables [such as smartwatches], cameras, microphones, cloud storage that are all connected to a learning management system.  This technology can aid teachers in monitoring attendance, behavioral indicators, and even emotional states.  It is also helpful in analyzing data captured in the administration of practical exams and other assessments.鈥�

Thinking fast-forward, in post-pandemic in-person classes scenario, Padua emphasized that even under such circumstance, IoT technology will remain beneficial for the University.  

It can provide interconnected emergency alert buttons in classrooms, use data from the occupancy sensors to capture actual attendance in a specific class, and generate attendance monitoring reports both for faculty members and students. Through the occupancy sensors paired with devices such as tablets or laptops, IoT-connected lights and temperature controls can also be programmed to turn off when a room is empty, which improves building efficiency and reduces energy waste.

Another emerging technology that will be developed using the grant is Extended Reality (XR), an umbrella term for immersive innovations that can merge the presentation of physical and virtual worlds. Particularly for the Enhanced Virtual Mode currently in place, instruction delivery can be aided by providing platforms to augment learning through simulated environments.

Augmented Reality (AR), which is one of the examples of XR, can present virtual information and objects overlaid on the real world through projecting computer-generated graphics onto the real environment on screen.  AR can make it easier for teachers to show virtual examples of concepts and add gaming elements to provide textbook material support.

            鈥淲e expect to complete the acquisition of the equipment such as drones, swarm robots, robotic arms, [and other learning materials] as well as the training and course content development by A.Y. 2021-2022, so that we can make it available to our students by A.Y. 2022-2023 at the latest,鈥� shared Padua.

鈥淭he grant is expected to be the start of more collaborations with Accenture, with the goal of providing the most fitting learning environment for our students, to help them be ready to take on actual and real-life projects,鈥� Padua said.

A multi-year program, the Accenture grant was given to ten Metro Manila-based partner institutions including UST. Aside from the CICS, the funding will also be shared with chosen healthcare startups of the UST DOST-TOMASInno Center.

Citing the need for a stronger innovation ecosystem in the country, Mr. Arvin Yason, Innovation Lead for Accenture Technology in the Philippines, explained during the virtual presser, that the grant will improve the content of the schools鈥� technology curriculum, fund research and publication in emerging technologies, and explore other activities that will facilitate the adoption of these technologies in the academe and in the startups they incubate.

Founded in 1989, Accenture is a multinational professional services company listed in the Fortune Global 500. Its Philippine arm employs over 50,000 people in the country. Specializing in technology services and management consulting, Accenture was recognized at the 2019 Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards (ACES) for its commitment to grow the Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry in the Philippines.

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Under the guidance of Asst. Prof. Eugenia R. Zhuo, DIT, the team of Karlo Angelo Tino, John Cedric Hizon, and Rein Amiel Miranda won a Merit Certificate and a Silver Award in the Line Tracing contest. The team deployed an educational robot for line tracing and participated in the Senior contestants category. Apart from medals and tokens, the Silver awardees will receive a $30 discount scholarship from IRO Korea.

According to the organizers, 鈥渢he 2021 YRCC is designed to provide training and exposure to participants who want to take their robotics skills into the international robotics level. The lessons from the speakers, workshops, and pre-competition trainings offer immense wealth of learning which can prepare the participants for their future robotics endeavors. The competition will also allow the participants to test their skills vis-脿-vis world standards and enable them to identify areas for improvement in robotics, teambuilding, communication, and project management.鈥�

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Accenture鈥檚 Innovation Head Arvin Yason said that for UST, the grant will focus on 5G and Industry Innovation initiatives. The company is also partnering with UST to fund startups related to healthcare. These initiatives are part of the three-pronged aim of Accenture: scaling adoption of new technologies critical for innovation, expanding the academe/incubator network, and amplifying innovation through greater inclusion and diversity.

The Industry Innovation Collaboration Space initiative aims to 鈥渟etup鈥 learning facility in the UST Espa帽a campus that will promote the use of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and Extended Reality capabilities that will be used in the facilitation of teaching courses that are part of the academic curriculum but could also be used in collaborating on cross-disciplinary activities鈥hat will foster innovation and exploration of these new technologies.鈥� The newly minted College of Information and Computing Sciences (CICS) will be in-charge of this.

According to CICS Dean Jerralyn T. Padua, the laboratory will support the further integration on ubiquitous computing in the CICS curricula, specifically for Information Technology鈥檚 IT Automation courses and Computer Science鈥檚 Artificial Intelligence courses, as this is expected to provide a test bed where all theories and concepts can be realized into practical applications. Going beyond CICS, the IoT lab will also be helpful for various disciplines, such as robotics, agriculture, health, and medicine, which makes it a hub for inter- and multidisciplinary collaborations among the disciplines in UST.

The grant also aims to help the country鈥檚 efforts toward technology innovation, as half of the grant will be used to support technology start-ups of the DOST-TOMASINNO Center. Specifically, the grant, according to DOST-TOMASINNO Center Manager Raymond Marquez, will help the projects of at least four incubatees whose innovations are geared toward healthcare.

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Through the efforts of students from the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, the Tiger Media Network, as well as the Varsitarian, the official student publication of UST, the University claimed six excellence awards and 15 merit awards.

Here is the list of the entries feted with the Excellence Award:
1) CovidComms2020: #LifeAfterUST by Kathya Karmela de Leon 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.聽
2) CovidComms 2020: #USTeXP: The UST Minecraft Tour by Ashley Faustine de Mesa 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
3) Recruitment 101 Campaign #UnravelTheGlory by Madelaine D. Bernardo 鈥� Communication Management, Student Entry division.聽
4) #TigerTakeover by Pia Ericka Torres 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
5) Pinarang Sining by Rona Alondra Agulto 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
6) The Varsitarian 鈥� Sports Infographics by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.

Meanwhile, De Leon and Bernardo鈥檚 respective shows were feted with Top Award in its category.

Here are the entries that received the Merit Awards:
1) #XPTMN by Isabela Beatrice Gonzales 鈥� Communication Management, Student Entry division.
2) 21st Inkblots by Klyra V. Orbien 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
3) 5th UST National Campus Journalism Awards by Mariel Celine L. Serquin虄a 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
4) Behind the Roar by Micha Gayle Resubal 鈥� Social Media Programs category.
5) CovidComms 2020: USTeXP: The UST Minecraft Tours by Charles Benedict Nobleza 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
6) CovidComms 2020: V Exclusives: CJ Cansino by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
7) CovidComms2020: 鈥楳isuse of power鈥�: Thomasians slam decision to kill ABS-CBN franchise by Ahmed Khan H. Cayongcat 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
8) Disrupt Your Usual: An IMC Campaign on TaskUs by Ma. Angelica I. Mariano 鈥� Communication Management, Student Entry division.
9) Flow by Maria Gabriel H. Jopillo 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
10) LENSPEAK: The Decade in Photos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
11) The Varsitarian by Eugene Dominic V. Aboy, O.P. 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
12) The Varsitarian 鈥� Short Videos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
13) Transgenders in sports 鈥� a call for fair rules by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
14) d鈥機ATCH Manila 2020: TRANS by Voltaire Ferald R. Avendan虄o III 鈥� Special and Experiential Events category.
15) UAAP Season 82: All For More Coverage by Elijah Miguel S. Punzalan 鈥� Communication Skills, Student Entry division.

The Philippine Quill and the Philippine Student Quill Awards honor exemplary communication research, programs, skills, and creative work.

IABC vetted the entries through its global standards that measure the brightest and the sharpest in the communication industry.

Rewatch the 18th Philippine Quill Virtual awarding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeMqU17YEsI&ab_channel=IabcPh

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According to the agreement, Huawei will donate select HAINA certification programs, equipment, and materials and provide free training to UST, which will in turn be appointed as a HAINA Certified Academy that will provide training and certification.

The donation covers the equipment for the HCIA storage module, training of the trainers from UST by Huawei consultants, as well as 100 certification / testing vouchers. Within UST, there will be a classroom dedicated as a Huawei laboratory for the said trainings.

The agreement was the result of combined efforts of the and the . On hand to witness the signing were University officials led by , Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Engineering Dean , and Information and Computing Sciences Director Jerralyn T. Padua, MS. Leading the Huawei Technologies Phils. contingent were Mr. Li Gwudong, Service Director, and Mr. Lim Seow Boon, Channel Service Manager.

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With this question in mind, Institute of Information and Computing Sciences faculty member Asst. Prof. Mylene J. Domingo pursued with unparalleled vigor her study resulting in a research paper that bagged the Best Paper award in the 2020 2nd International Conference on Big Data Engineering and Technology (BDET 2020) and the 2020 International Conference on Frontiers of Computers and Communication Engineering (FCCE2O20) held on January 4, 2020 at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 

Considered as a premier conference in the field, the BDET and FCCE provide a highly competitive forum for reporting the latest developments in the research and application of Big Data Engineering and Technology and Frontiers of Computers and Communication Engineering. 

In Domingo鈥檚 study titled 鈥淔uzzy Rule Based Inference System in Patient Diagnosis of Breast Tumor in Fine Needle Aspiration,鈥� it was revealed that: 鈥淔uzzy logic has an accuracy of 96.93%, sensitivity and specificity of 97.06%. Thus, fuzzy logic is good for predicting the class of breast tumor.鈥� Domingo further explained that the 鈥淢amdani fuzzy inference method is used in the development of the fuzzy model, and the rules are generated based on the experts鈥� domain. The value of each selected attribute is then inputted in the Rule Viewer to determine the class of breast cancer tumor using CRISP input.鈥�

Domingo, who once served as Institute Secretary of IICS, teaches Data Analytics and Programming. She holds a Master鈥檚 Degree in Information Technology and has conducted research studies in the field of Data Mining.

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