Dr. Sioson to Receive OYS Award
The National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Philippines has declared Dr. Allan Sioson, the Ateneo de Naga University’s Dean of the College of Computer Studies, as one of the recipients of the 2010 Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) award in the field of Computer Science Applications.
Granted the prestigious status of Full Professor in AdNU last year, Dr. Sioson has been actively contributing to his field through numerous special projects (his current project includes the database and systems biology for Mt. Isarog National Park). Dr. Sioson’s works have also appeared in several publications. Aside from serving AdNU as a Dean, he is also the Chair of the University Research Council.
Dr. Sioson, along with 10 other OYS recipients, will attend the awarding ceremony this 15 July 2010 at the Manila Hotel. Aside from receiving a special plaque and cash prize, Dr. Sioson will also receive from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) a research grant of P500,000 upon the approval of a research or project proposal.
Ateneo de Naga Placed 5th in National and 9th International Programming Tilts
Ateneo de Naga placed 5th over-all in the recently concluded National Inter-Collegiate Programming Competition held at Ateneo de Manila University last October 22-23, 2009. This feat is not possible without the outstanding performance of the three teams who represented the school:
ADNU Team Xavier ADNU Team Ignatius
1. Salvador Tapel III - BSCS3 1. Gerard Gabriel Bordado - BSCS4
2. Simon Karl Bacsain - BSCS3 2. Japsh Vincent Abejero - BSIT2
3. Glenn Fabia - BSCS3 3. Nikko Caudilla- BSCS2
ADNU Team Faber
1. John Sixto Santos - BSIT3
2. Rafael Rodriguez - BSIT3
3. Allan Macatingrao - BSIT3
ADNU also competed in the ACM International Programming Competition and placed 9th over-all. The same teams represented the school.
The National and International ICPC is a nationwide & asia-wide programming competition sponsored by the Computing Society of the Philippines and sanctioned by the Association for Computing Machinery.
CHED Grants Autonomous Status to ADNU; College of Education is Center of Excellence
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) granted autonomous status to the Ateneo de Naga University last June 2, 2008 and designated its College of Education as a Center of Excellence in Teacher Education. The news was relayed to AdNU President, Fr. Joel E. Tabora, S.J. by CHED Commissioner Nenalyn Defensor. more>>
DCS RQAT Members Attend CHED Training
Froilan Rojano,
Frederick Olaño, and Joshua Martinez attended the
2-day Regional Quality Assessment Team (RQAT) training at the
newly constructed Crown Regency Hotel in the business
district of Makati. The event was well represented by members of the
RQAT
from the Southern Luzon Area, the Technical Panel on IT Education
(TPITE) members, CHED Regional IT Supervisors, and members of
the CHED's Office on Programs and Standards. The training
mainly focused on streamlining the understanding of the team
in evaluating schools, colleges, and universities using CMO
no. 53, series of 2006.
The 2-day affair was sponsored by the Commission on Higher Education last November 15 and 16.
ADNU Bags 8th Spot in National Programming Tilt
Fifty teams from 24 schools competed
for the top spot in the First Philippine National
Inter-Collegiate Programming Competition (ACM ICPC Philippines 2007)
held last Saturday, October 20, 2007 at De
La Salle University – Canlubang Campus in
Laguna.
This event was organized by the Computing Society of the
Philippines (CSP) in cooperation with theAssociation
for Computing Machinery (ACM). The host school was De
La Salle Canlubang and the contest director was Dr.
Rafael Saldaña, immediate past president of
the CSP and ACM ICPC Asia-Manila Site director.
Each competing team consisted of 3 students. During the contest, each
team tried to outsmart each other in solving 6 problems
in 3 hours using a computer. The team
with the most number of problems solved at the fastest time won the
competition.
The problems ranged from “easy” to
“difficult” and included computer science topics
such as data structures, combinatorics, graph algorithms, and
computational methods.
The school ranking below is based on the output of the
school's best performing team.
RANK/ SCHOOL
1. University of the Philippines-Diliman
2. Ateneo de Manila University
3. University of the Philippines-Los Banos
4. De La Salle University
5. FEU-East Asia College
6. MSU-Iligan Institute of Tech.
7. Ateneo de Davao University
8. Ateneo de Naga University
9. De La Salle Canlubang
10. University of the Immaculate Conception-Davao
11. Mapua Institute of Technology
12. Manuel Enverga University
13. Asia-Pacific College
14. San Pedro College of Business Administration
15. Technologial Institute of the Philippines-Manila
SPECIAL MENTION
AMA Computer College-Legazpi
Camarines Norte State College
Emilio Aguinaldo College
Lyceum of Batangas
Naga College Foundation
Polytechnic University of the Phils.
San Sebastian College
Technological Institute of the Philippines-Quezon City
University of St. Louis-Tuguegarao
The two teams who represented Ateneo placed 16th (Team 2 - Agomaa, Yanto, Pajarillo) and 33rd (Team 1 - Pantoja, Lorca, Cape).
Congratulations!
DCS is SWEEP Training Hub on Web Development
Through the invitation of Smart Communications and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), three of the faculty members of the department (RH Vidallo, JP Lee, J Martinez) have been sent to the Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications Company's Innovation Laboratory (PLDT InnoLab) at Mandaluyong City last October 8 and 9 and underwent an extensive training on Basic Web Development, Techniques and Tools. The endeavor is part of the Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program (SWEEP) which aims to connect public high schools to the Internet.
As part of the agreement, the said faculty will be tapped to develop websites for and train teachers of selected public high schools in the Bicol Region for a period of one year.