DTI-CIG declare UP Min research "competitive & innovative"

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Dept. of Trade & Industry Director Lilian Salonga and her team from the DTI-Competitiveness and Innovation Group declared UP Mindanao's research and development as "competitive and innovative" after being presented with UPMin's selected research and innovation programs on September 22, 2022. The DTI-CIG team was on a roadshow for academic partners in Davao with innovative projects which the DTI could promote and market under the DTI's RAPID growth* and the iSTRIKE** programs.

Chancellor Lyre Murao and Prof. Larry Digal led the welcome for the DTI team. Asst. Prof. Miguel Guillermo presented the UPGRADE technology business incubation with its growing network and resources. Assoc. Prof. Joel Hassan Tolentino detailed the Philippine Genome Center Mindanao’s research & development since 2018. Prof. Jose Ildefonso Rubrico reported the progress of two Artificial Intelligence research programs: the SkAI-Pinas work of labeling features from aerial images and the ASIMOV-HAWKS program of creating navigational technologies for mobile land and air devices. Dr. Melvin Pasaporte also discussed UPMin’s Lactic Acid technology project. Subsequently, Chancellor Murao signed the memorandum of understanding proffered by the DTI team to be part of their consortium under the iSTRIKE.

The DTI-CIG team was composed of Director Salonga, Asst. Dir. Jo-Dann Darong, Mr. Karl Lyndon Pacolor, chief of the Innovation and Collaboration Division, Ms. Kristine Daplin, national program manager of the RAPID Growth program, Ms. Cindy Love Falculita, national program coordinator of the Regional Inclusive Innovation Centers, and staff from DTI-XI.

*A value-chain-based and market-driven business development initiative that aims to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic development for rural farming communities

**Science, Technology, and Risk-resilient-based Initiatives toward Knowledge Economy-Davao

Profs. Bayogan & Rubrico at 7th NRDC

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Prof. Bayogan

Prof. Rubrico

 UP Mindanao professors Emma Ruth V. Bayogan and Jose Ildefonso U. Rubrico presented their research updates at the 7th National Research & Development Conference, a hybrid conference co-organized by the DOST and held at the Phil. International Convention Center on September 15-16, 2022.
Prof. Bayogan presented UP Mindanao’s extension program in selected conflict-vulnerable Mindanao villages titled “Improved Livelihood through the LIFE Model.” Farmers' organizations were capacitated, and individual farmers’ incomes increased in the six sites following efforts throughout 2017-2021.
Prof. Rubrico shared the updates from his two Artificial Intelligence research programs, the SkAI-Pinas and ASIMOV-HAWKS. The first program seeks to make existing aerial images available for use by Filipinos. The second aims to develop core technologies for devices that can move on land or air and gather data with minimal human supervision.

Oita University and JICA reps talk rabies in UPMin

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Representatives from Oita University and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) met with researchers from the College of Science and Mathematics on August 22, 2022, to discuss the rabies research program. The visiting team was received by Chancellor Lyre Murao, Dean Dominica Dacera, Prof. Joel Hassan Tolentino, Prof. May Anne Mata, Ms. Ediflor Yanong, and research staff members.

Chancellor's Report to the PAC, August 2022

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UPMin August RESIZE 332022 PAC Report

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"days past lives present" photo exhibit

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UP Mindanao Instructor Samuelle Marionne “Sam” Sanchez holds a weeklong photo exhibit titled "days past lives present" at the UP Mindanao College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mintal, Davao City. The exhibit mounts photographs taken during the faculty member’s own time as a student of Communication Arts. The materials depict UP Mindanao’s campus life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t exist. Sanchez aims to use the exhibition as a catalyst to reminisce about college life within the UP Mindanao community. The photographer finished his Master of Arts in Integrated Design at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He is currently the Faculty head of the BACMA Sibya Media Production Unit and an adviser for the Communicator’s Guild. The said exhibit will be at the CHSS from September 5 until 9, 2022. After that, the exhibit will be on display at the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) on September 12-16, 2022.

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