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Four ICS research posters have been accepted for presentation at the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) after a rigorous review by the committee members of NAST's different technical forums. The 30th ASM will be held at the Manila Hotel on 9-10 July 2008. The research posters are:

1. Training-Less Optical Recognition of Printed Characters Using Equation Fitting by R.M. Matugas and J.P. PABICO. Forum: Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences Division.
2. Visualizing Relationships in Hypertext Documents Using Quasi-Hierarchical Graphs in 3D Hyperbolic Space by T.J.K.P. Monserrat and J.P. PABICO. Forum: Engineering Sciences and Technology Division.

Six ICS research papers will be presented at various national and international scientific conferences to be held in January to March 2008. These are:

1. Recognition of Gene Acceptor Site via Ensemble Boosting by J.R.L. Micor, E.R.E. Mojica and J.P. Pabico to be presented as poster paper at the 10th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (EuAsC2S-10) in Manila on 07-11 January 2008.
2. Grain Classification and Grading Based on Fourier Descriptor by F.M. Moncada and V.Y. Mariano to be presented as oral paper at the 8th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2008) in University of the Philippines Diliman on 23-24 February 2008.

Congratulations ICS Dancers!!!!

• Ralph Selga
• Kimson Wong
• Aaron Medina
• Jaymie Gomez
• Aldrin Dorado
• Bryan Mayor
• Jolas Laureles
• Dexter Carrasco
• Katherine Joy de Leon
• Roselle Elefante
• Ailea Kathleen Garcia
• Angelique Galang
• Ma. Christina Salipot
• Arriane Joy Marteja

UPLB Team "Heaven" composed of Jeremiah Pascual, Reynald Pugoy, and Maverick Crisostomo won 3rd place in the ACM Philippines First National Inter-collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC 2007) held 20 October 2007 at De La Salle-Canlubang. UPLB Team Heaven solved 3 out of the 6 programming problems, and fell short of 2nd place by 3 minutes. UPLB Team "Star" composed of Mark Rivera, AJ Alcabasa and Paul Maghirang solved 2 problems and got 17th place. The contest, sanctioned by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and co-sponsored by the Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP), was attended by 50 teams from 24 CHED-recognized Philippine universities and colleges.

A poster presentation of an ICS research entitled Automating the Classification of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) Maturity Using Image Analysis and Neural Networks by A.V. De Grano and J.P. Pabico was awarded Best Scientific Poster Award in the Engineering Sciences and Technology Division (ESTD) of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) of the Philippines.The award was given on 12 July 2007 during the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of NAST at the Manila Hotel.

Every year, the institute recognizes outstanding Special Problems of deserving students for their creativity and innovation. The Special Problem is the equivalent of a thesis wherein the student formulates a problem and develops a software solution to solve it. Unlike a thesis which has a theoretical approach to problem solving, the Special Problem is application-centric. Nominated Special Problems are evaluated based on algorithm and system design, originality of the approach, significance of the problem, and usefulness of the solution.