UPD School of Statistics (SS) Prof. Francisco N. delos Reyes research won the grand prize in the faculty division of the SAS paper competition held during the Annual SAS Philippines Academic Analytics Conference on Feb. 9 at the One Esplanade Events Place, Pasay City. According to delos Reyes, his paper Copula-Based Segmentation of Land-Cover Types in Satellite Image Radiometric Multispectral Pixel Data, “is useful in inferring with high confidence a pixel’s representation of a specific land cover in the absence of ground-truth data. Through the copula-trained classifier, the multivariate distribution of multi-band reflectance…

Dr. Edieser D. Dela Santa was formally affirmed as the 7th Dean of the UP Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT) on Feb. 8 at the Isabelo delos Reyes Auditorium of the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR). Dela Santa was appointed to the deanship effective Nov. 24, 2016 during the 1322nd meeting of the UP Board of Regents (BOR). He succeeds Dean Miguela M. Mena. Programs. In his message, Dela Santa shared his vision of a…

The students, staff, and faculty of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, are deeply saddened by the passing of their teacher, colleague, and mentor, Reuben Ramas Cañete, Ph.D., last 17 February 2017. He was 50. read more… http://www.ac.upd.edu.ph/index.php/news-announcements/1033-reuben-ramas-canete-up-asian-center

(JAN.4) — It was drizzling and the smell of wet grass and soil wafted through the air in the afternoon of Dec. 16 but the participants were in festive mood as they geared up for the most anticipated sem-ender/Christmas event of the year, the UP Diliman (UPD) Lantern Parade. As early as 3 p.m., the boom from bamboo cannons echoed throughout the campus to signal the assembly for the parade. Excited crowds also began to converge at the Oblation Plaza and Academic Oval. At 5:30 p.m., the parade…

Memo PAEP 16-67 Invitation to become Research and Extension fellows of new UP RI

Memo PAEP 16-67 Invitation to become Research and Extension fellows of new UP RI

Following the historic launch of Diwata 1, the first Filipino-made microsatellite, plans are now in place to launch a second microsatellite in the first half of 2018, tentatively named Diwata 2. This was revealed in the conference “PHL-Microsat Forum P.U.S.H. Space S&T (Platform For Understanding, Sustaining, and Harnessing Space S&T in the Philippines)” conducted by the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite (PHL-Microsat )Program in Tagaytay City on Nov. 19. According to the Department of Science and Technology -Advanced Science and Technology Institute’s (DOST-ASTI) Gerwin Guba, vibration testing will begin…

(Dec. 16) — Colorful floats, twinkling lanterns, festive participants and spectacular fireworks: nothing defines Christmas at UP Diliman (UPD) better than the annual Lantern Parade. From its beginnings as a simple homage to an old Christmas tradition to the elegant, colorful, sometimes controversial creations that strut (or sometimes sputter) around the UPD academic oval each Yuletide, the Lantern Parade has evolved into an event that reflects both the people and milieu of its time, depicting the changing social and political landscape of the University and indeed, the country. UP’s Lantern Parade began in 1922,…

  November 18, 2016 saw thousands of people take to the streets in outrage against the clandestine and unsanctioned burial of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. On that day, the University of the Philippines, along with Miriam College and the Ateneo de Manila University, launched a massive indignation rally on Katipunan Avenue to rage against the consecration of one of the world’s most notorious human rights violators as a hero, and the Marcoses’ shameless attempts to return to power bolstered by President Rodrigo Duterte’s unabashed support for…

(DEC. 6)—The University of the Philippines Varsity Pep Squad (UP Pep) teamed up with the UP Filipiniana Dance Group to represent the Philippines at the Asian Cheerleading and Dancesport Championships (ACDC) held in Jakarta, Indonesia from Nov. 26 to 27 and bagged six medals. The squad, also known as Team UP-Philippines, earned a gold medal (Mixed Group Stunts category), three silver (cheerdance, all-female team cheer and cheerdance doubles) and two bronze medals (mixed team cheer and all-female group stunts), according to Dr.  Eloisa May P. Hernandez, UP College of Arts and Letters…