Research & Public Service Affairs

Conferences

M.C. Galvez, J. Cadondon, P. Mandia, E. Vallar, E. Macalalad, T. Shiina, Characterization of porcine skin using a portable time-domain optical coherence tomography system, 10th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, Oral Presentation (November 15-30, 2023)

J. Bulan, J. Cadondon, J. R. Lesidan, E.A. Vallar. (2023). Transmittance Properties of Healthy and Infected Coffee Robusta Leaves with Coffee Leaf Miner (CLM) Pests, 4th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences, Oral Presentation (27 October – 10 November 2023)

J. Cadondon, J.R. Lesidan, J. Bulan, E. Vallar, T. Shiina, M.C. Galvez, Algal Organic Matter Fluorescence Analysis of Chlorella sp. for Biomass Estimation, 10th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, Oral Presentation (November 15-30, 2023)

J.G. Cadondon, E.A. Vallar, T. Shiina, M.C. Galvez, Realtime Chlorophyll-a Pigment Monitoring of Blue-green Algae Using 385-nm Pulsed LED Fluorescence LiDAR System , 12th Asia-Pacific Laser Symposium (APLS2023), Hakodate, Japan, Sep 4-7, 2023

M. Merciales, J. Cadondon. In-Situ Optical-Based Sensing of Chlorophyll-a for Water Quality Monitoring and Fish Catch Optimization, ICFAS 7 2023, Oral Presentation (October 18-20, 2023)

J. Bulan, J. Cadondon, F.J. Roque, J. Jao, M.C. Galvez, E. Vallar Impact of Human Settlement to Water Quality Parameters in Manila Bay and Its tributaries, Philippines, International Conference on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (ICFAS 7) 2023

J.R. Lesidan, N.G. Caido, F. J. Roque, J. Cadondon, M.C. Galvez, O. Rempillo, E. Vallar Health and Economic Benefits of Fisherfolk Population by Reductions in PM2.5 Emissions: A Comparative Study Between Navotas City, Bohol, and Davao Del Sur, ICFAS 7 2023, Oral Presentation (October 18-20, 2023)

Ing, J.A., Pascual, R., Dimzon, F., A Hybrid TDNNHMM Automatic Speech Recognizer for Filipino Children’s Speech 4th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering and Technology (IICAIET 2022) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Ambita, A.A., David, L., Ferrer, C., Co, C., Naval, P Multispectral-Based Imagind and Machine Learning for Noninvasive Blood Loss Estimation, 16th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, 4-8 December 2022, Macau, China.

Olivares, M. Stress-Strain Distribution of a Thin Circular Mooney-Rivlin Membrane with Hole, Composed of Two Annuli, Subjected to External Radial Force, 2nd International Conference on Arts and Sciences,17-18, November 2022 via Zoom.

Olivares, M. Stress Redistribution in a Circular Mooney-Rivlin Membrane, Composed of Two Circular Regions with a Circular Hole, Subjected to Stretching at the Boundary, 2022 MSP Region VII Research Congress and Convention, University of San Carlos, Dec 2 and 9, 2022.

Pamplona, D.D., Predicting Google Play Store App Ratings Based on Text Analysis of User Reviews PSAI6 Statistics Congress, 25 November 2022, via Zoom.

Cadondon, J.G., Vallar, E.A., Shiina, T., Galvez, M.C.D Algal Organic matter Measurements of Spirulina using UV-Vis Absorbance and Fluoresence Spectroscopy 6th International Conference on Climate Change 2022 Virtual Conference, 17-18 February 2022.

Cadondon, J. Correlation of Water Quality, UV-Vis absorbance, and fluoresence measurements of Laguna rivers during dry season, 6th International Conference on Climate Change 2022 Virtual Conference, 17-18 February 2022.

Pamplona, D.D., Exploring Google Play Store App Reviews and Data. In session Data Revolution: Big Data, Non-Official Data, Citizen-Generated Data, Big Earth Data, and Data Analytics, 15th National Convention of Statistics October 3-5, 2022 at Crowne Plaza Ortigas

Fernandez, P.N., Fernandez, E.G., Cadondon, J., Mabunay, J.G., Subade, R., Largo, F. Exploring The Potential Of Harnessing Wave Energy In Small Remote Islands 15th National Convention of Statistics October 3-5, 2022 at Crowne Plaza Ortigas2022 EEPSEA Annual Conference, 1-2 December 2022.

Fernandez, E.G.B., Fernandez, P.N.J., Cadondon, J.G. Subade, R. F. Applying Moving-Average Savitisky-Golay Smoothing Functions and Multiple Linear Regression in Modelling Water Quality Parameters, 2022 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting - Digital Scientific Poster Session, 28-29 April 2022

Carlito Jr. Salonga Ponseca, Jr., Francis Dela Cruz, Perry Neil Fernandez, Romeric Pobre, Arunas Krotkus4, Terahertz Helical Antenna from Vegetable Celery, European Optical Society (EOSAM) 2022 conference, 12-16 September 2022.

Jamindang, R.J., Agregado, J. Two-Tired to Travel: The Implementation of Graph Theory in Creating an Efficient Bike Lane Across Iloilo City Proper during the Mathematical Society of the Philippines Annual Convention, UP Tacloban College, (31 May 2024)

Maybay, H., Ilustre, J.M., Geonanga, A.A., Castor, K.C., Tampos, A. An Analysis of the Dynamics of COVID-19 in Iloilo using SIRD-based Absorbing Markov Chains during the Mathematical Society of the Philippines Annual Convention, University of the Philippines Tacloban College, (31 May 2024)

Delarmente, E., Galicia, G.D., Castor, K.C., Tampos, A., LP-based FFO Algorithm: An Approach to Minimizing Costs of Nile Tilapia Feed during the Mathematical Society of the Philippines Annual Convention, University of the Philippines Tacloban College, (31 May 2024)

S. Pe, J. Cadondon, J. Jao, J. Bulan, F.J. Roque, M.C. Galvez, E. Vallar Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Image Segmentation in the Monitoring of Algal Ecosystems, ICFAS 7 2023, Poster Presentation (October 18-20, 2023)

N.G. Caido, M.C. Galvez, O. Rempillo, P.M. Ong, J. Cadondon, E. Vallar Land Use and Land Cover Influence on Aerosol Optical Depth and Land Surface Temperature in Coastal Areas in the Philippines in 2020, ICFAS 7 2023, Poster Presentation (October 18-20, 2023)

J.G. Cadondon , H. Halapit, E.A. Vallar, T. Shiina, M.C. Galvez In-situ Optical Measurement of Bamboo Leaf Health Status Using 1310-nm TD-OCT System, 12th Asia-Pacific Laser Symposium (APLS2023), Hakodate, Japan, (Sep 4-7, 2023)

Fernandez, P.N., Fernandez, E.G., Cadondon, J., Mabunay, J.G., Subade, R., Largo, F Energy System Simulation Analysis for On-Shore Wave Energy Converter in Remote Islands, The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2023 (ISEM), (2-6 May 2023).

Pamplona, D.D Forecasting HIV Cases in Western Visayas Using Google Trends Data, Student-Faculty Conference (SFCon) on Statistical Sciences 2023. UP Los Banos, Laguna. (16 October 2023)

Fernandez, P.N.J., Dela Cruz, F.S., Esmeria Jr., J.M., Oyong, G.G Tracing Virus-like Nanoparticle Behavior in Electrostatic Fields for Facemask Air Filtration Analysis, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (ICoBE 2023), (4-5 September 2023)

Fernandez, P.N., Fernandez, E.G. Exploring Parameters for Water Quality Monitoring using Principal Component Analysis, ICFAS 7, 18-20 October 2023.

Gabor, D.H., Effects of Soil Textures and Soil WaterHolding Capacity on Landslides: A Case Study on Landslide Monitoring in the Province of Iloilo, International Conference on Management, Education and Emerging Technology, 11-12 April 11-12 2023, Manila Philippines

Fernandez, E.G.B., Fernandez, P.N.J., Cadondon, J.G., Subade, R.F Development of In-Situ Water Quality Monitoring for Coastal Management, Enercon 2022 THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, (28-29 July 2022)

Bautista, R., Rojas, K.I., Ducut, M.R., Arboleda, N., First-principles calculation of carbon dioxide adsorption on nickel-decorated graphene, , 23rd National Physics Conference of Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao (SPVM). October 16, 23, and 30, 2021

Bautista, R.V., Effect of Cu-doping at the Mo-site on electronic properties of monolayer MoS2: A density functional theory study 23rd National Physics Conference of Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao (SPVM). October 16, 23, and 30, 2021

Cadondon, J., Vallar, E., Shiina, T., Galvez, M.C.D., Chlorophyll-a Pigment Measurements of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using Portable Pulsed LED LiDAR System, International Conference on Technologies for Smart Green Connected Society, 29- 30 November 2021.

Esmeria Jr., J.M., Fernandez, P.N.J., Oyong, G.G. Study of electrostatic field responses of locally marketed face masks in the Philippines, 5th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICoBE2021), 14-15 September 2021.

Fernandez, P.N.J. Using a Low-Cost Green Light Emitting Diode to Measure Total Suspended Solids in a Marine Protected Area of the Philippines, ICFAS 6 & AFSSRN F1, 24-26 November 2021.

Publications

Faisan Jr., J., Samsom, E.J., Sollesta-Pitogo, H., Dayrit, R., Balinas, V., de la Peña, L. (2024). Seasonal growth, carrageenan properties, and resistance to disease and epiphytic pests between Kappaphycus alvarezii (Rhodophyta) var. tambalang (brown) tissue‑cultured and arm‑sourced seaweeds Journal of Applied Phycology. Vol. 36:pages 1377–1389

Faisan Jr., J.P., Sibonga, R.C., Mateo, J.P., Luhan, M.R.J., Ferriols, V.M.E.N., Balinas, V.T., Brakel, J., Bass, D., Ross, S., Stentiford, G.D., Brodie, J., Ward, G.M.& Hurtado, A.Q. (2024). Temporal variation in the incidence of seaweed health problems affecting farmed Kappaphycus striatus in relation to environmental conditions in shallow waters. J. Appl. Phycol.

Cadondon, J., Caido, N.G., Galvez, M.C., Rempillo, O., Esmeria, J., Vallar, E.A. (2024). Black carbon and PM0.49 characterization in Manila North harbour port, Metro Manila, Philippines. Environ. Adv. 16, 100526.

Cadondon, J., Vallar, E., Shiina, T., Galvez, M.C. (2024). Fluorescence Lidar Detection of Microplastics in Natural Waters. 71st Japan Society of Applied Physics Spring Meeting 2024, ISSN 2436-7613.

Pamplona, D.D. (2024). Integration of Google Trends Data in Predicting New HIV Cases in Western Visayas. Philippine Journal of Science (Recently Accepted)

Li, Y., & Mamon, R. (2024). A comparison of three algorithms in the filtering of a Markov-modulated non-homogeneous Poisson process. International Journal of Systems Science, 55(4), 741–770.

Cheng, B., & Mamon, R. (2024). Examining the identifiability and estimability of the phase-type ageing model. Comput. Stat. 39, 963–1004.

Gu, X., Mamon, R., Duprey, T. (2024). Interfacing learning methods for anomaly detection in multi-country financial stress indicators, Knowledge-Based Systems.

Castor, K.C., Neri, M. (2023). A Study on Variable Queue Length and Speed Limit on Toll Plaza, Operational Research in Engineering Sciences: Theory and Applications, Vol. 6, Issue 3, pp. 86-103.

Almero, L. A., Abacan, E. J. (2023). Semiparametric Multivariate Analysis of Covariance Test of Treatment Effects. UP Los Baños Journal; Vol. XXI No. 1: pages 86-101.

Bulan, J.; Cadondon, J.; Lesidan, J.R.; Vallar, E.; Galvez, M.C. (2023). Transmittance Properties of Healthy and Infected Coffee Robusta Leaves with Coffee Leaf Miner (CLM) Pests. Eng. Proc. 2023, 56, 9.

Galvez, M.C.; Cadondon, J.; Mandia, P.; Macalalad, E.; Vallar, E.; Shiina, T. (2023). Characterization of Porcine Skin Using a Portable Time-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography System. Eng. Proc. 2023, 58, 89.

Cadondon, J.; Lesidan, J.R.; Bulan, J.; Vallar, E.; Shiina, T.; Galvez, M.C. (2023). Algal Organic Matter Fluorescence Analysis of Chlorella sp. for Biomass Estimation. Eng. Proc. 2023, 58, 80.

Cadondon, J., Vallar, E., Roque, F., Rempillo, O.,Mandia, P.,Orbecido, A.,Beltran, A., Deocaris, C.,Morris, V., Belo, L., Galvez, MC. (2023). Elemental distribution and source analysis of atmospheric aerosols from Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines, Heliyon, e19459

Cadondon, J.G., Vallar, E.A., Shiina, T. Galvez, M.C. (2023). Real-Time Chlorophyll-a Pigment Monitoring of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in a Controlled Environment Using Pulsed LED Fluorescence LiDAR System, Photonics, 10(2), 144

Pamplona, D.D. (2023). An Iterative Model-Free Approach in Detecting System-wise Outliers as Applied to Regional Fisheries Production in the Philippines from 2005 to 2022. Philippine Journal of Natural Sciences, Vol. 28, No.1 & 2.

Dimzon, F. D., Pascual, R.M. (2023). Prosodic characterisation of children's Filipino read speech for oral reading fluency assessment, International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL), Vol. 15, No. 1.

Java, C.J.C., Diana P. Paguntalan, D.P., Abacan, E.J.C. (2023). Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Grain Yield: a Meta-analysis Using Different Sources of Variation, Philipp J Sci 152(2): 731–739.

Torculas, E., Rentillo, E.J., Ambita, A.A. (2023). Forecasting of Energy Consumption in the Philippines Using Machine Learning Algorithms. In: Nguyen, N.T., et al. Recent Challenges in Intelligent Information and Database Systems. ACIIDS 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1863. Springer, Cham.

Miclat, V.N., & Divinagracia, L.S. (2023). Inaccuracy in Encoded Mathematical Symbols. IN4OBE Global Virtual Summit 2022 Transforming Education and Empowering Learners (IN4OBE 2022)

Li, Y., & Mamon, R. (2023). Modelling health-data breaches with application to cyber insurance, Computers & Security.

Y. Li & R. Mamon. (2023). The Price Tag of Cyber Risk: A Signal-Processing Approach. IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 44294-44318, 2023, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3272572

Zheng, X., & Mamon, R. (2023). Assessment of a pandemic emergency financing facility, Progress in Disaster Science, Vol.18.

Cheng, B., & Mamon, R. (2023). A uniformisation-driven algorithm for inference-related estimation of a phase-type ageing model. Lifetime Data Anal, 29, 142–187.

Chen, Y., Mamon, R., Spagnolo, F., Spagnolo, N. (2023). Sustainable developments, renewable energy, and economic growth in Canada, Sustainable Development

W. Fan & R. Mamon (2023). A Hybridized Stochastic SIR-Vasiček Model in Evaluating a Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1105-1114, doi: 10.1109/TCSS.2021.3131260.

Shu, Q., Xiong, H., Jiang, W, Mamon, R. (2023). A novel perspective on forecasting non-ferrous metals’ volatility: Integrating deep learning techniques with econometric models. Finance Research Letters, Vol.58, Part C.

Gabor, D. H. (2023). Effects of Soil Textures, Soil Settlements, and Soil Water-Holding Capacity on Landslides: An Experimental Study for Science Teachers, J.Sci.Learn. 6(2).222-235

Dequito, A.Q., Corre Jr., V., Abacan, E.J.C. (2022). Generalised Additive Model Improves Estimates of Vibrio Species Abundance in Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 Biofloc Production System, Asian Fisheries Science, 35 (2022):108–116

Cadondon, J.G., Ong, M.B., Vallar, E.A., Shiina, T. Galvez, M.C.D. (2022). Chlorophyll-a Characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Using Absorbance Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Portable LED Fluorescence Lidar System, ECS Transactions 107(1):1559-1568

Cadondon, J.G., Villar, E.A., Beltran, A.B., Orbecido, A.H., Galvez, M.C.D. (2022). Variation in Dissolved Organic Matter Using Absobance and Fluorescence Measurements during Dry Season in Sta. Rosa and Cabuyao Rivers, Philippines, Water 2022, 14, 1444.

Mandario,M.A.E., Castor, N.J.T., Balinas, V.T. (2022). Effects of feeding rate and sediment depth on the survival, growth performance, and biomass of mud polychaete Marphysa iloiloensis from early juvenile to adult in grow-out tanks. Aquaculture. Vol. 548, Part 2

Fernandez, P.N.J. (2022). Using a Low-Cost Green Light Emitting Diode to Measure Total Suspended Solids in a Marine Protected Area of the Philippines, Journal of Coastal Research, 38 (1): 99–113.

J. A. Y. Ing, R. M. Pascual and F. D. Dimzon. A Hybrid TDNN-HMM Automatic Speech Recognizer for Filipino Children's Speech, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering and Technology (IICAIET), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IICAIET55139.2022.9936815.

DBC Lao and MN Soriano. (2022). Investigating Chladni patterns through a tabletop point-driven Chladni setup: Simulations and experiments, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 40, SPP-2022-3D-04 (2022).

Ambita, A.A.E., Co, C.S., David, L.T., Ferrera, C.M., Naval Jr., P.C. (2022). Multispectral-Based Imaging and Machine Learning for Noninvasive Blood Loss Estimation, Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), pp. 2239-2254

Pamplona, D.D. (2022) Topic Identification and Classification of GooglePlay Store Reviews. The Philippine Statistician, 71(2), 37-49.

Huang, Y., Mamon, R., Xiong, H. (2022). Valuing guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits by a change of numéraire approach, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics.

Xiong, H., Mamon, R. (2022). An enabling framework for automated extraction of signals from market information in real time, Knowledge-Based Systems.

Mamplata, J., Mamon, R., & David, G. (2022). Modelling and filtering for dynamic investment in the precious-metals market. International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 99(12), 2382–2409.

Chen, W., Mamon, R., Xiong, H., & Zeng, P. (2022). How do foreign investors affect China’s stock return volatility? Evidence from the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Program. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 31(1), 1–24.

Chen, Y., Mamon, R., Spagnolo, F., Spagnolo, N. (2022). Renewable energy and economic growth: A Markov-switching approach, Energy

Olivares, M., David G. (2021). Stress Redistribution of a Circular Membrane with a Hole Based on the Mooney-Rivlin Material Model. Phil J of Nat Sci 26: 1-7.

Lebata-Ramos, M.J.H.L., Biñas, J.B., Solis, E.F.D. Balinas, V.T. (2021). Flakes versus noodles as feed for the abalone Haliotis asinina, does form matter?, Aquaculture.

Cala-or, C.F., Ambita, A.A., Carajay, A., Sanz, J.F. (2021). Detection of Pneumonia in Chest X-Ray Images Using Deep Transfer Learning and Data Augmentation, Manila Journal of Science, 14, pp. 35–54

Ambita, A.A.E., Boquio, E.N.V., Naval, P.C. COViT-GAN: Vision Transformer forCOVID-19 Detection in CT Scan Images with Self-Attention GAN forDataAugmentation. In: Farkaš, I., Masulli, P., Otte, S., Wermter, S. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2021. ICANN 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12892. Springer, Cham.

Esmeria Jr., J., Fernandez, P.N., Oyong, G.G, Study of Electrostatic Field Responses of Locally Marketed Face Masks in the Philippines, Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Proceedings of International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICoBE 2021).

Xiang, R., Jones, C., Mamon, R., Chavez, M. (2021) Modelling exchange-driven fish price dynamics, Journal of Modelling in Management.

Zhao, Y., Mamon, R., Xiong, H. (2021). Claim reserving for insurance contracts in line with the International Financial Reporting Standards 17: a new paid-incurred chain approach to risk adjustments, Financial Innovation.

Rodrigo, M.R., Mamon, R.S. (2021). Bond pricing formulas for Markov-modulated affine term structure models, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization.

Research Projects

Optical characterization and numerical analysis of microalgae and microplastics using 405 nm fluorescence LiDAR system in Surface waters

Project Leader: Prof. Jumar Cadondon

Duration: September 2023 - December 2024

Design and Development of MAgneticAlly-Coupled Linear Generator ON-shore (MAALON) Wave Energy –

Project Leader: Prof. Perry Neil Fernandez

Duration: January 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023

Proposal for the Automation of Academic Processes in the University of the Philippines Visayas

Project Leader: Prof. Nilo Araneta

Duration: November 6, 2023 – March 31, 2024

Upgrading of DILG-UPV MIS for Western Visayas

Project Leader: Prof. Nilo Araneta

Duration: April 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022

Telecommuting Preferences of Government Workers in the Philippines

Project Member: Dr. Jhoanne Marsh Gatpatan

Duration: October 1, 2020 – June 30, 2022

Design And Development Of In-Situ Water Quality Monitoring In Application To Coastal Management And Monitoring In Panay Island

Project Leader: Prof. Perry Neil Fernandez

Duration: February 2020 – February 2022

Development of a Portable Optical Coherence Tomography System for the Evaluation of Human Skin Analogues

Project Member: Prof. Jumar Cadondon

Duration: January 2018 – December 2023

Landslide Monitoring Research in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo

Project Leader: Prof. Donna Gabor

Duration: Ongoing

Application for Automated System in Microplastic Tracking (PLASTIK)

Project Leader: Mr. Reilly Bautista