The first ateneo-NAIST
CROSS-Cultural WORKSHOP
on PerspeCtives in
SOCIAL COMPUTING RESEARCH
October 13, 2023 | 9AM – 5PM
CTC 413, Ateneo de Manila University,
Quezon City, Philippines
Meet the Protégés
Ph.D. Candidate, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Lean Franzl Yao is currently a PhD student at the Social Computing Laboratory of NAIST. His work focuses on developing tools and illustrating the relevancy of both state-of-the-art and traditional NLP methods within the context of rare disease research. He studied Applied Mathematics majoring in Mathematical Finance for both his undergraduate and master’s degree and has experience with modeling and statistical analysis using financial, economic, education, health, medical, and biological data. Previously, he was an Instructor at the Ateneo de Manila University teaching courses on college algebra, calculus, statistics, mathematical finance, and operations research.
Zachary Pangan is a doctoral student majoring in Information Science at Nara Institute of Science and Technology. His current research interests are focused on the integration of social computing methodologies such as social network analysis and agent-based modeling on large language models and recommendation systems.
Ph.D. Candidate, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Ph.D. Candidate, Ateneo de Manila University
Roland P. Abao is currently a PhD Computer Science student at Ateneo de Manila University. His current research focuses on doing agent-based models, specifically modeling social contagion in informal environments. He studied Computer Engineering and Computer Applications for his undergraduate and master’s degree at MSU-IIT. He is also a faculty member at Caraga State University, on study leave.
Lance Calvin Gamboa is a data scientist with an extensive background in the social and learning sciences. He graduated with a degree in Master of Science in Data Science after working on a thesis that used natural language processing (NLP) methods to analyze gender bias in Filipino language models. Lance also has significant experience working in the Philippine public education sector, having served as an educator and policy analyst in the Department of Education. Presently, he is a lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University and a Senior Research Officer and Data Analyst in Philippine Normal University. He seeks to continue contributing to scholarship at the intersections of data science, social research, and education.
Lecturer, Ateneo de Manila University
MS Student, Ateneo de Manila University
Jose Mari Luis Dela Cruz is currently pursuing his MS Computer Science degree at Ateneo de Manila University. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Data Science and Analytics. His current research focuses on using Machine Learning algorithms for text classification in Philippine Online News Articles. Also, a member of the Ateneo Social Computing Science Laboratory.
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