Hi! 👋 I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the College of Computer Studies at De La Salle University, and co-directs the Center for Complexity and Emerging Technologies (COMET). My research focuses on the integration of human-computer interaction and complex systems research in developing civic media and technologies that promotes prosocial behavior. I develop human-centered and interactive technologies that are designed to improve one's personal productivity and well-being, and to assess and manage urban mobility, transportation services, and disaster preparedness and response. At the same time, I investigate the underlying and complex dynamics of sociotechnical systems (e.g. crowds, social networks), especially with the introduction of technological solutions. Currently, I'm focused on rethinking navigation applications as a civic technology that encourages drivers to follow unselfish routes, which could help them develop sustainable mobility patterns.

I earned my doctorate degree in systems information science from Future University Hakodate in Japan, and M.S. and B.S. in computer science from De La Salle University. I was a Japanese Government (MEXT) scholar under the supervision of Prof. Yasuyuki Sumi in the Interaction Media Lab. Lastly, I am a Heidelberg Laureate Forum Young Researcher in 2020 and a recipient of the VizRisk 2019 Challenge Grand Prize and Best Interaction Design Award from the World Bank and Mapbox. For more detailed information, please see the full-text versions of my publications and my latest curriculum vitae. If you are interested to collaborate, please contact me via email.

Latest Projects

Riesgo visualization of evacuation suitability

Assessing and visualizing the evaucation suitability of areas to inform disaster risk reduction and management policies and projects.

Application » Riesgo Vis

Blog » Riesgo Vis on Tipping Point

Modeling rumor spread

Modeling information spreading (i.e. truth, rumor) to understand the complex dynamics of social networks.

Papers » PJS 148 (4)

Projects » Drowning out Rumor

Navigation behavior studies

Driver navigation behavior studies to inform effective navigation application design.

Papers » CHI'19, CHI'20 LBW

Navigation apps

Navigation, transport and wayfinding applications for sustainable mobility.

Papers » MobiCASE'18

Applications » TaxiDash

Transportation studies

Interactive visualization and optimization tools for transportation planning.

Papers » ICCS'18, ICCS'17, PCSC'17

Projects » Gridlock, TranspoDesire, Swarm

Past Projects

Plant phenotyping tools

Plant phenotyping tools using computer vision techniques.

Papers » M2VIP'15a, M2VIP'15b

Knowledge extraction tools

Knowledge extraction and language processing tools for building ontologies and summarizing Philippine texts.

Papers » PKAW'14, NNLPRS'11, PACLIC'09

Visualizing commmunity data

Interactive visualization tools for analyzing community-based monitoring data.

Papers » DLSURC'16, DLSURC'14

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News

  • 3/2021: I will be serving as an Associate Chair for AutoUI 2021.
  • 1/2021: I will serve as Project Leader of the DOST CRADLE funded project that will model how word senses emerge and evolve in different platforms and media. This will serve as a rich and powerful resource for NLP researchers in the future.
  • 1/2021: I participated at the 2021 Virtual Complex Network Winter Workshop. Worked on a project that analyzed whether community-specific language transfers when a reddit page gets banned.
  • 12/2020: We were awarded by GGGI to work on a climate vulnerability and risk assessment and data visualization project for Oriental Mindoro.
  • 12/2020: Our work on reducing cognitive load in academic schedule making using boolean SAT solvers was conditionally accepted for CHI 2021! Kudos to our undergraduate students -- Joshua Manzano, Adrienne Soliven, Shenn Tinsay, Miguel Llamas, and fellow faculty mentor, Rafael Cabredo for the first all-Filipino🇵🇭 paper at CHI!
  • 12/2020: I will be co-leading a project with Unisse Chua and Jairus Josol (Ateneo de Manila University) to work on developing a tool for assessing and modeling the climate vulnerability and risk of Oriental Mindoro. This is funded by GGGI and will be implemented in partnership with Senti AI.
  • 11/2020: I was accepted to participate in the virtual 2021 Complex Networks Winter Workshop! Really looking forward to meet and collaborate with new people.
  • 11/2020: I will be serving as a Social Media Co-Chair for MobileHCI 2022.
  • 11/2020: Unisse Chua and I presented the Riesgo Vis project at Pista ng Mapa 2020.
  • 9/2020: 🎓Finally graduated and received my Doctor of Systems Information Science degree! I will now be returning to the Philippines as an Assistant Professor in De La Salle University.
  • 8/2020: I successfully presented my PhD dissertation! 🎉🎉 Just a few more revisions and it'll be official!
  • 7/2020: I will be serving in the program committee for IndiaHCI 2020.
  • 4/2020: I was accepted as one of the 100 young researchers in computer science to participate in the 8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany! But because of the ongoing pandemic, my participation will be postponed to 2021.
  • 4/2020: I will be part of the program committee for ICMI 2020.
  • 3/2020: I will be serving as an Associate Chair for the User Experience and Usability subcommittee of CHI 2021. Excited to take on a different role this time!
  • 2/2020: A 2nd study from my PhD is accepted in the CHI 2020 Late-Breaking Works track!! This pilot study that explores the use of two-party conversations for car navigation voice guidance.
  • 1/2020: I will be serving as Associate Chair (Program Committee) of the CHI 2020 Late-Breaking Works track. This will be my first time!
  • 12/2019: I participated at the ACM CSCW Winter School 2019 in Kyoto, Japan. I received mentorship from other Asian CSCW researchers for my PhD research.
  • 12/2019: I presented my pilot study on exploring two-party conversations for navigation voice guidance at the 64th Meeting of the IPSJ SIGUBI in Awaji, Japan.
  • 10/2019: Our recent paper on modeling the interactions between spreaders of and exposed to truth and rumor is now published in the Philippine Journal of Science!
  • 10/2019: Our Riesgo Vis made it to the Longlist of the Information is Beautiful Awards!
  • 09/2019: I will be serving as one of the General Chairs for Asian CHI Symposium 2020 at CHI 2020.
  • 08/2019: I was accepted to the first CSCW Asia Winter School in Kyoto!
  • 08/2019: Unisse Chua and I won the VizRisk 2019 Challenge Grand Prize and Best Interaction Design award for our interactive "scrollytelling" visualization entitled Riesgo!
  • 07/2019: Our current research on topic prevalence and community growth dynamics was accepted for oral presentation in the Computational Social Science Satellite Workshop at the Conference on Complex Systems 2019.
  • 07/2019: I'm now officially a GitHub Campus Advisor and the first from the Philippines.
  • 05/2019: I presented my first CHI paper!
  • 02/2019: I received a travel grant for my presentation at CHI 2019 from IPSJ SIGUBI!
  • 01/2019: For the 2nd year, I will be assisting the Papers Chairs for CHI 2020. Starting to get a hang of this!
  • 12/2018: Our paper on drivers' compliance with navigation apps was conditionally accepted to CHI 2019.
  • 05/2018: I will be an assistant to the Papers Chairs for CHI 2019. First time volunteering for the HCI community!
  • 03/2018: Our paper on optimizing road-based transportation networks was accepted to ICCS 2018!
  • 02/2018: Our work-in-progress poster on navigation behavior with apps was accepted to Asian CHI Symposium 2018!
  • 12/2017: Our poster on a taxi ridesharing application was accepted to MobiCASE 2018. Will be presenting at the Student Workshop as well.
  • 09/2017: Started my PhD in Future University Hakodate, Japan.

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