Name Title Adviser Year Abstract

Ballicud, Neil

Patrick U.

Mobi-MAPP: A Mobile

Application for Quick

Alert and Monitoring of

Disasters

Gregorio B.

Baes, Ph.D.

(candidate)

2014 Several calamities have already been observed here in the Philippines.

With its geographic location, it is not surprising that the country has been considered as one of the

most disaster-prone in the world. In times of these disasters, that come unpredictably, alertness

and preparedness of the people is important as these could prevent possible damages and save

lives. With the advent of modern technological tools and gadgets such as smartphones, with its

advanced computing ability and connectivity, it is not impossible to create a mobile early warning

system and quick monitoring for these kinds of disaster. In this project, we propose a system called

Mobi-MAPP, a mobile application for quick alert and monitoring of disasters. Here, Mobi-MAPP

users can sendtheir reports on a particular disaster situation through the application. Also, data

from different concerned local and national agencies are gathered. These data will then be quickly

reected on the Mobi-MAPPs interactive map which will display different disaster information across

the country. Mobi-MAPP also provides an alert system wherein users are notified of nearby

disaster. Mobi-MAPP also provides a means in which national disaster risk reduction and

management units can share disaster information and activate disaster response to a secified

areas.

Barcelona,

Rachelle

Anne L.

iREB: Web Portal,

Monitoring, and

Information

System for UPMREB

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2014 The UPM Research Ethics Board (UPMREB) serves as an

integrated research ethics board consisting of existing UPM ethics committees. The board

conducts all ethics review of research protocols by UPM and non-UPM researchers done in UPM or

non-UPM sites. In monitoring a huge amount of protocols, it is important to have a system that

would provide fast data accessibility and reliable data storage. iREB is a web portal that allows the

principal investigators to submit the reports and applications required by the UPMREB to be

reviewed by the assigned reviewers. This system also helps the secretariat staff, panel chair, and

coordinator to monitor the studies supervised by the ethics board.

Bello, Chris

Chesser M.

PredicTB: An Intelligent

Classification

of Tuberculosis using

Artificial Neural

Networks

Avegail D.

Carpio,

M.Sc.

2011 PredicTB is an intelligent system for the classification of tuberculosis

that could help healthcare providers diagnose and classify patient data, especially for rural areas

where doctors are not always available. The system uses a multilayer feed-forward artificial neural

network to learn and predict patterns in the patient data. PredicTB uses algorithms like

backpropagation and incremental pruning in order to reach a sufficiently accurate diagnosis. A

sample project was created to test how the system performs. The data set was obtained from 174

patients from theUP Prime TB DOTS. Data was classified into two types: pulmonary and

extrapulmonary TB. The system was able to reach 96.49% accuracy and from these results, we can

conclude that an artificial neural network is an accurate and reliable method for classifying

tuberculosis patients.

Bunoan,

Pebbe

Kristel

Business Demographics

Map of Metro Manila

Bernie B.

Terrado,

M. Sc.

2014 The Business and Demographics Map of Metro Manila is the first attempt

here in the Philippines to create a geographic information system that uses maps to visualize the

trends and patterns on businesses and on demographics information such as population and

housing. It can also store and essentially centralize data allowing users to have a faster, more

efficient, and more comprehensive access to these types of data. Furthermore, the system provides

data and geographical visualizations for analyzing market potential and economic activity of

different areas.

Cabrera,

Jennifer P.

Lung Cancer

Classification Tool Using

Microarray

Data and Support Vector

Machines

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2014 Lung cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer in country and around

the world. Epidemiologic studies have shown that genetic variability is among the factors that

affect a person’s susceptibility to lung cancer. This study proposes a system that will utilize gene

expression data to predict the presence or absence of lung cancer, predict the specific type of lung

cancer should it be present, and determine marker genes that are attributable to the specific kind

of the disease. The proposed system would help in the faster diagnosis and serve as a reliable

adjunct approach to current lung cancer classification methods.

Castro, Monica K.Collaborative Tagging

and Rating-based

Collaborative Filtering in

a Classified Ads System

Avegail D.

Carpio,

M.Sc.

2014 As Classified ads systems are growing more in trend than

online classified advertising, more resources are being created and thus creating a need for

organization and improved ways for users to discover these resources. The Collaborative Tagging

and Rating-Based Collaborative Filtering in a Classified Ads (Collab-Ads) system addresses these

needs by offering a way for users to tag or label resources and allow them to rate these resources

to be able to generate recommendations.

Codizar, Azeil

Louisse

Plant Leaf Recognition

by Leaf Venation and

Shape using Artificial

Neural Networks

(LeaVeS)

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2014 A leaf recognition system for plant classiffication by a leaf's

shape and venation using the centroid-radii model, moment-invariant model, canny edge

detection, morpho- logical operations, image difference and artificial neural networks. Keywords:

plant leaf recognition, leaf shape, venation, artificial neural networks, centroid-radii, moment-

invariant, canny edge detection, geographic information systems

Cortez, Kim

Isle

G.

A Learning Tool for

Database Normalization

and ERD Development

(NERD)

Gregorio B.

Baes, Ph.D.

(candidate)

2014 Data modelling has been a complicated task for students

taking up a database course as well as for beginner developers. However, data modelling should

not be ignored by people in a database related course or profession as it is required to develop a

well-structured database. Although data modelling, ER modelling in particular, is a complicated

task, it is not well provided with tool based support . Several model development tools exist but

learning tools for data modelling are very minimal in number. This study intends to develop a

computer-aided instruction (CAI) for the development of entity-relationship diagrams and

normalization.

Dela Cruz,

Maristela S.

Online Community of

Student Organizations

Avegail D.

Carpio,

M.Sc.

2014 In the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM), a student organization

is defined as a group of at least fifteen students that share common goals and interests, meet

regularly and work together to achieve their common goals and to form close relationships. They

are classified into two: university-based and college-based. University-based student organizations

are supervised by the Office of Student A airs (OSA) Coordinator while college-based ones are

supervised by the Office of Student Services (OSS) Coordinators. The Online Community of Student

Organizations (OCSO) provides tools that can help accredited student organizations in their

organizational activities. In OCSO, each student organization is managed by administrators who are

organization members assigned by either the OSA Coordinator (if university-based) or OSS

Coordinator (if college-based). OCSO allows these student organization administrators to

activate/deactivate organization members, create public and exclusive posts, polls, collaboration

threads, activity planner and events where they can invite users. The OCSO also allows the OSA and

OSS Coordinators to create announcements or posts related to students or student organizations

and to review and approve first public posts made by student organizations before they will be

displayed.

Dela Cruz,

Michelle V.

Philippine Society of

Newborn Medicine’s

Database and Query

Builder

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2014 Maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity have been major concerns

of the health sector. This study proposes a framework composed of a patient registry system that

would store neonatal patients' medical records and provide maternal and neonatal health statistics

and a query builder that will allow researchers to query in the database for research purposes

which should be an effective and intelligent tool to improve maternal and neonatal health care in

the country.

Del Rosario,

Genesie Jo A.

GEEBO, Generic, Easy-to-

manage Expert System

Builder for Business

Organizations

Avegail D.

Carpio,

M.Sc.

2014 Expert systems are very helpful in solving problems quickly

and efficiently within a specialized domain. From simple decision making to medical diagnosis, the

applications of expert systems now also include business processes. But because the business world

is ever changing, business experts may find it difficult to manage and update their business rules.

Hence the need for a user-friendly business rules management system that can be adapted to by

different types of business organizations, hence the development of GEEBBO. With the help of

Drools, GEEBBO (Generic, Easy-to-manage, Expert system Builder for Business Organizations) allows

business experts and organizations to easily manage their business rules. GEEBBO provides a simple

way for developers to create a web-based expert system. The system administrator manages the

settings and the users of the system. The knowledge engineer or programmer handles the objects

that will be used by the author, who, in turn, writes or encodes the rules given by the expert. The

end-users can choose any available rules set, supply the needed facts or data, and view the results

produced by the rule engine.

Duldulao,

Maria

Angelica T.

NIH-TRB Research

Monitoring and Tracking

Information System

(ReMTIS 2.0)

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2014 The creation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under

the UP Manila System was a boost to the University’s existing research infrastructure. Research

Monitoring and Tracking Information System (ReMTIS 2.0) enables research facilitators of NIH to

manage health research records and ensure secured, convenient and systematic flow of

information with emphasis on the Technical Review Board of NIH. Protocol information is stored in

a single database. This reduces the problems of redundancy and inconsistencies using a paper-

based system and OpenOffice applications. It also allows users to view protocol information

depending on their role. This allows not only sharing but also distinction and confidentiality among

the records. It also serves as an electronic tracking system of research projects with the use of a

notification system and a calendar system that help prevent time management issues. The system

also allows administrative report generation.

Escotido,

Alyra

Y.

Project Planner Primer: a

software engineering

tool for university

setting

Bernie B.

Terrado, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2014 Agile-Scrum methodology is developed to address issues on

immediate deadlines of the projects, requirements changes and problems in communication with

the customers. It is a software methodology that deals with repetitive work cycles and is iterative

and is now popular to different software companies. Students can also use Scrum for their software

projects. Issues like short duration for the project, not fixed requirement specifications, and weekly

updates or milestones to the clients or instructor are common to every student team. These issues

are parallel on what Scrum methodology can solve. In this study, a collaboration tool that adapts

the Agile-Scrum methodology and is designed as a tool suitable for the university environment was

developed.

Festejo,

Beverly

Cay L.

A.CO: Android for Customer OrganizationAldrich Colin K.

Co, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2014 A.CO: Android for Customer Organization, an Android

Application for Customer Queue Management Based on J.Co’s Business Processes” is an advanced

queue management system employing mobile and QR code technology in providing a virtual

queuing environment for the long lines of customers of J.Co Donuts and Coffee. The system uses

Android as its platform, with the utilization of a QR code image processing library as a remote login

security measure.

Flores, Mark

Jason S.

Philippine Diabetics

Online Monitoring and

Management System

Vincent Peter C.

Magboo, M.D.,

M.Sc.

2014 Diabetes Mellitus requires regular monitoring to effectively

reduce the risk of complications and improve the life quality of the patient. As such, this system

aims to simplify the monitoring process by providing users with functionalities to add, edit and view

diabetic logs in a tabular and graphical manner. Additionally, this system also aims to bolster

interaction between users through the forums and internal messaging system.

Goco, Gerald M.Schistosomasis Snail

Surveillance and

Human Prevalence

Geographic Information

System

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2014 Schistosomiasis is a water-borne parasitic disease endemic in

tropical areas such as the Philippines. Its transmission is dependent on the presence of

intermediate host snails. This study proposes a GIS that visually maps schistosomiasis prevalence in

the Philippines by plotting infected snails and human cases by allowing field workers to input snail

sample information and by integrating with the DOH schistosomiasis system.

Gonzaga, Rizza B.Diabetes Management

Tools Enforcement

System (DiaManTES)

Avegail D.

Carpio,

M.Sc.

2014 Diabetes is a chronic disease. Management of diabetes involves

following a treatment plan developed by the healthcare provider together with the patient in

accordance to the living conditions and specific needs of the patient. There are several types of

diabetes and each diabetic patient has a different treatment plan. Tools available for self

management of diabetes do not address the issue of diversity of diabetes cases among people.

Compliance with the management plan may help delay the onset of complications among diabetic

patients

Leus, Hainah

Kariza A.

Section of Pediatric

Gastroenterology,

Hepatology, and

Nutrition’s Out-Patient

Database System

Avegail D.

Carpio,

M.Sc.

2014 Monitoring patient records manually has been quite a problem ever

since. Human errors are inevitable that may lead to false records. The system specifically designed

for PGH's Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition aims to improve the

storage and utilization of medical records originally written on paper by providing an electronic

means of taking in forms to be used for data retention, data gathering and report generation. The

data in the system can be used for scientific research and to keep track of the patient's medical

history for signs and previous occurrences of malnutrition via growth charts.

Llena, John

Robby P.

UP-PGH Department of

Emergency Medicine

Patient Logging and

Tracking System

Bernie B.

Terrado, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2014 With significant increase in population, more Filipinos will be seeking

for basic needs such as medication. That would mean more individuals will be visiting hospitals and

clinics and most of them will be coming for out-patient care. To handle the bulk of patients coming

in and out of the emergency room, a Health Information System is developed in the Philippine

General Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine to replace their paper-based and manual

data collection. Many studies proved that with an information system, emergency room waiting

time and time of delivery of medication decreased. The time savings will equate better emergency

care to patients coming in the emergency room.

Lopez, Nicole

Anne D.C.

Database Encryption

Using CryptDB for

DentIST: Dental

Information System 4.0

Richard Bryann

L.

Chua, M.Sc.

2014 DentISt 4.0 is the fourth version of the electronic patient record

in UPCD. Compared to the earlier version, the new one has an additional security feature which

increases database security and con dentiality. As security in a system is one of the main concerns

in converting from paperbased to electronic-based, hence there is a need to increase database

security. CryptDB encrypts all the data in the database and performs query processing as if the user

is querying over unencrypted data. It encrypts each data in database according to di erent

encryption levels based on the query. This makes the system's data secure from malicious database

administrator and adversaries that may compromise the server. This in turn leads to providing

greater con dentiality and least privilege access to users, which are the standards of Health

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Magpili,

Mauro

F.

Navigation Decision

Support System

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2014 Transportation and traffic problems have always been a major concern

in developing countries due to its impact to the economy. Traffic conditions and traffic incidents,

such as road accidents, flooded streets and closed roads, are some of key informations on deciding

which route to take during travel. However, no system has been implemented to share this

information among motorists that is accessible on the road. This study created a real-time

navigation decision support system for motorists to help them make informed decisions while

travelling. The system takes advantage of current technologies such as Global Positioning System,

Graphical Information System, and Android in mapping traffic incidents and traffic conditions and

uses crowdsourcing to collect the necessary data. This opens up future studies for long-range

analysis of continuous long-range data, specifically traffic incidents and road conditions.

Meren, Gil

Troy P.

* BEST THESIS

BOSOM Calculator: A

Breast Cancer Outcome

Survival Online

Measurement Calculator

using Data Mining and

Predictive Modeling on

SEER data

Vincent Peter C.

Magboo,

M.D., M.Sc.

2014 Illnesses of high mortality rate such as breast cancer elicit questions

related to the patient’s time left to live. The common methods used to arrive at an estimate

include comparing the patient’s health condition to previous medical records and treatments,

referral to statistically-computed survival rates based from historical records, or consulting another

breast cancer expert. The application of data mining on medical records to create predictive

models for cancer survivability has been proven to hold significant accuracy by numerous scientific

and applied researches throughout the years. Agrawal et al.’s “Lung Cancer Outcome Calculator”

provides a framework for developing a predicted survival calculator for different cancers based on

a patient’s health condition. This research aims to develop the Breast Cancer Outcome - Survival

Online Measurement Calculator (BOSOM Calculator), an online application that takes a patient’s

clinical cancer data to give a predicted cancer survival based on a dataset from the Surveillance,

Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER).

Montejo, Jaye

Renzo L.

Image Navigation and

Manipulation in the

Operating Room Using

Hand Gesture

Recognition

Gregorio B.

Baes, Ph.D.

(candidate)

2014 In the operating room, computer-aided navigation systems are

used by the surgeon to view medical images during surgery. But since sterility must be maintained

at all times to prevent disease transmission and spread of infections, the surgeon cannot use the

mouse, keyboard or any other controller devices in cases where there are several images that need

to be viewed or if there is a need to manipulate images. In order to provide a sterile and natural

human-computer interaction, this paper presents a gesture-controlled image navigation and

manipulation application that uses hand gesture recognition and the computer vision capabilities

of the Kinect sensor to allow the surgeon to perform navigation and manipulation on medical

images.

Morella,

Maria

Fiona Q.

An Information

Management System for

Las Piñas Doctors

Hospital

Gregorio B.

Baes, Ph.D.

(candidate)

2014 This study presents the information system designed for Las Piñas

Doctors Hospital. The system was designed to provide medical, medical support, and administrative

functions not previously available to the hospital. The system allows physicians to view the medical

records of their patients, and using this information use the system to order medical tests and

procedures for their patients. The results of said procedures are added to the system by a medical

technician, at which point they may be viewed by the physicians and patients with whom the result

is associated.

Narvaza, Allen

Kenneth L.

Around Metro: A Mobile

Public Transport –

Geographical

Information System for

Metro Manila

Gregorio B.

Baes, Ph.D.

(candidate)

2014 Transportation is a non-separable part of any society. It has greatly

influenced people’s way of living and the way in which societies are organized. In Metro Manila,

thousands of people travel daily for social and economic activities by using public utility vehicles

(PUVs). It is a well-known fact that commuting is the most practical way to move from one location

to another. However, the efficiency of using PUVs depends on the person’s knowledge about the

streets. Around Metro is an Android application that generates directions and guides people on

how to get to their destinations by using PUVs. It takes into consideration the user’s preferences

and traffic information in generating trip suggestions. This application is helpful most especially for

first-time commuters in Metro Manila.

Salcedo,

Janella

Marey G.

NutriMAC: A Web-based

GIS for the Nutritional

Monitoring and

Assessment of Children 0-

71 Months

Avegail D.

Carpio,

M. Sc.

2014 Operation Timbang is a program organized by the Department of

Health that holds the annual mandatory weighing of children 0-71 months. Its primary objective is

to monitor and identify the malnourished children. The current paper-based system of Operation

Timbang makes data analysis hard and inaccurate. Using maps to visualize data makes

interpretation of complex phenomena easier. With the internet, web-based GIS applications can be

programmed as part of an interactive system in a website to expand access to public users.

NutriMAC is a tool that uses maps to easily interpret trends in malnutrition. It can store chilren’s

personal information and anthropometric data which is used to accurately calculate their

malnutrition statuses.

San Miguel,

Miguelino C.

College of Arts and

Sciences – Laboratory

Inventory Monitoring

System (CAS- LIMS)

Avegail D.

Carpio,

M.Sc.

2014 The College of Arts and Sciences needs a means to monitor

laboratory chemicals and laboratory equipments in its various units especially in laboratories. The

College of Arts and Science – Laboratory Inventory Monitoring System provides an efficient use of a

monitoring system to prevent human errors in recording the inventory of the chemicals and

laboratory equipments. Various Users have been designated to help in the processing of data and

accessing information. The significance attained are monitoring the accountability of students,

establishing an alert system for replenishment order of chemicals and laboratory equipments, and

establishing an alert system for orders of condemnation and repair of machine in laboratories.

Santos, Liezl D.R.Online Student

Evaluation

of Teachers (OSET) 4.0:

Data Collection and

Anonymization

Richard Bryann

L. Chua, M.Sc.

2014 With an OSET that allows for the exporting of the student answers,

it would be possible to use the system itself as a platform to test the effectiveness of a SET

instrument. Since the data set of responses will be de-identified, they cannot be associated or

linked to a particular respondent, protecting the privacy of the students. The used of module-based

questions would also be a new feature of the system which will offer greater flexibility in modifying

the SET instrument.

Saringan, Sherwin Keith B.Vector-Borne Diseases

Monitoring System

(VBDMS)

Vincent Peter C.

Magboo,

M.D., M.Sc.

2014 Vector-borne diseases have been a major public health concern

in most tropical areas, and an emerging threat for more developed countries. This study proposes

a monitoring information system with the aid of geographic information system maps to help

health officials in the surveillance of these diseases and for the immediate response and

intervention.

Ignacio,

Marvin

John

ReD SAFE Security Tool

for Removable Drives

Aldrich Colin K.

Co, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2013 ReD SAFE security tool for removable drives is derived from the

acronym Removable Drive Security - Access Control, File Scanning, and Encryption. It is an

application designed for USB storage devices, such as flash drives and memory cards. This program

contains security features such as access control of processes, file encryption, and file scanning for

data integrity. It is designed to provide protection on the removable drive from malicious attacks.

Opinion,

Christine Judy

MedApSS (Single Portal

Medical Appointment

Scheduling System)

Geoffrey A.

Solano, M.Sc.

2013 The Philippines has little advancements in medical appointment scheduling

system, most of which are standalone systems intended for one institution only. In Metro Manila,

there are a few institutions offering online appointment scheduling through the use of emails and

such but there is no specific system to address the medical appointment scheduling needs of

several different institutions integrated in one portal which would also provide greater usability

and adoption for patients. This system provides a single web portal for patients and doctors from

different institutions, which mainly features appointment scheduling with SMS alerts for both

patients and doctors.

Tayson, John

Simon

Meditake: A Medical

Prescription Intake

Reminder Tool

Aldrich Colin K.

Co, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2013 “MediTake: A Medical Prescription Intake Reminder Tool, an Android

client based on EMR” is a system employing mobile technology in mitigating medical errors in the

field of medication intake. The system uses a Android as its platform with the addition of a web

component that can be used as both a knowledge-base and EMR. The system itself was developed

for the purpose of helping the patients follow medical schedules and limit the amount of adverse

drug effects contracted by the patient as a result of misuse of drugs.

Marasigan,

Zach

Andrei

Microarray Data

Clustering Using

Self-Organizing Maps

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2013 Microarray is one of the technologies used in the interdisciplinary

science of BioInformatics. Its primary objective is to discover biological knowledge among genes

through their expressions. Gene expressions usually come in large and multi-dimensional data

which makes computational and statistical analyses necessary. Clustering of micoarray data is one

of these. Grouping similar genes together unfolds relationships of the biological properties of the

genes under specific condition and, if supported by visualization, serves as good decision support

for researchers. MaSOM is a software that uses Self-Organizing Maps, an Artificial Neural Network

suitable both for culstering and for visualization, as its clustering method. This tool can be used to

analyse large data set by preprocessing, clustering, and visualizing two-color cDNA microarray data.

Sosa, Jeselle

Petrize *

THESIS

PRESENT

ED

ABROAD

Plant Leaf Recognition

Using Neural

Networks (LeafRApp)

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2013 Plant Leaf Recofnition using Neural Networks (LeafRApp) is a desktop

application which recognizes a plant from an input image file using the plant leaf's shape. A hybrid

of two modelling techniques is used to extract features from the leaf. The Moment-Invariant

method is used to extract the first four moments of the image while Centroid-Radii method is used

to extract 36 radii with respect to the image's centroid. An optional reduction feature is then used

to reduce the list of matches of the unidentified plant species inputted by the user.

Mendoza,

John

Althom

*THESIS

WON AN

AWARD

Prediction of Polyketide

product from

Module Organization of

Enzymes Using

Cumulative Tanimoto

Fragment Scores

Ma. Sheila A.

Magboo, M.Sc.

2013 Polyketide is a major class of natural products possessing several

pharmacological properties. Perfroming wet laboratory experiments to discover a functional

polyketide is costly and difficult because of its trial-and-error nature. However, the analogous

biosynthesis of theses metabolites to fatty acides makes the resulting compound predictable.

Through the use of information technology, a stand-alone computational tool -Predyketide - is

crated to observe the resulting structure per elongation, and to allow prediction and visualization

of the most possible natural product compuound. The list of all known building blocks (starter and

extender) used in the system is gathered from ASMPKS, another polyketide-related system. With

these functionalities, this application can help in the discovery of new drugs requiring lesser time

and effort.

Gamboa, Ma.

Blessilda

Disaster Management Communication SystemMa. Sheila A.

Magboo, M.Sc.

2013 The Disaster Management Communication System is a system that

allows the different key players within the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

council to effectively receive, process, store, and disseminate disaster management related

information. It allows the NDRRMC officers and other users to communicate with other key

personnel using SMS messaging features and user to user messaging features within the system.

Tacadena,

Jhesed

Lung Nodule Detection and Classifier ToolGeoffrey A.

Solano, M.Sc.

2013 Lung cancer is the number one cause of death in the Philippines and

in the world. Multi-detector CT scanners provide opportunity to examine thin-section CT images,

which imporves reader detection of focal findings and characterization of nodules. However, the

sensitivity of manual detection of cancerous and non-cancerous lung nodules is reported to be 70-

75% only. Lung Nodule Detector and Classifier Tool is decision support software that aims to aid the

health professionals in detecting and classifying lung nodules. LNDCT uses algorithms which include

diffusion, binarization, wavelet edge detection, and morphological operations to automatically

segment the nodules. The tool uses LibSVM, an open source support vector machine software in

classifying malignant from benign nodules. Three testing sets were used to test the accuracy of

detection and classification using LNDCT. Set A contains llung images where most of the sizes of

the cancerous nodules are greater than 200 pixels. Set B contains a combination of different sizes

of cancerous nodules. St C contains 400 training and 200 testing random data which came from pre-

extracted features computed using LNDCT. The accuracy of the system is reported to be 93.87%,

81.33%, and 88.57% for sets A, B, and C respectively. LNDCT is a tool which can help health

professional in detection, classification, and feature computation of lung nodules.

Jarabelo,

Angela

Bernadette

Fine Grained Access

Security Module

for DentISt: Dental

Information System

(DentIST) 3.0

Richard Bryann

L. Chua, M.Sc.

2013 DentISt 3.0 is the third version of the electronic patient record

in UPCD. Compare to the earlier version, the new one no longer uses OpenMRS as its EMR engine

thus fixing the compatibility issues that was seen in the earlier version and give a more student-

teacher approach. As security in a system is one of the main concerns in converting from paper-

based to electronic-based; DentISt has one module concerning the fine-grainerd access control of

the system. To strengthen the access control, the usual placement of the access control in the

application layer is change to the database layer and also using some HIPAA policies for sensitive

data. Having the access control in the database layer helps us to have a multi-user database login

and the use of stored procedure to avoid SQL injection. Some policies also provide us and provide

three important security features - data integrity, confidentitality, and availability and audit trail of

the system.

Gerona, Jamie Workflow management

Module for

Dental Information

System (DentISt) 3.0

Richard Bryann

L. Chua, M.Sc.

2013 Previous dental information systems of UPCD, namely Open DentiSt

and DentIst 2.0, allow the clinicians to store and access patient dental records electronically. Both

systems however only implemented the Oral Diagnosis section of UPCD. It is inconvenient and

impractical to reporgram the entire system to add the 3 other sections or if there are changes in

UPCD in the future. DentISt 3.0 integrated a workflow management system to manage the flow of

tasks of clinicians during patient treatment and to allow the system to adapat to changes in UPCD

without the need to reporgram the entire system. In DentIST 3.0, the system workflow can be

modified and the changes made are automatically adapated by the system. Forms can also be

added dynamically using the web-based form editor. The system allows clinicians to perform tasks

based on their roles. All clinicians can add and edit section-specific patient records, set

appointment with patients and refer patients to other UPCD sections. Faculty clinicians can also

approve patient record updates.

Concepcion,

Auradee

VirHoLez 2.0 (Virus-Host Interaction Lexicon)Ma. Sheila A.

Magboo, M.Sc.

2013 Elepaño et al. has successfully accomplished all features and functional

requirements necessary for the development of VirHoLex. However, the system was not thoroughly

tested after each module was integrated, generating a number of system bugs as a result. Through

Morals has partially refactored VirHoLex, specifically the Virho References and Virho Hospotes

modules, the modifications done were not sufficed to make thecodes maintainable. In order to

preserve the credibility of the system, Struts framework was incorporated into the program

structure of VirHoLex after the system was debugged. Strutts is built on MVC design pattern that

promotes separation of concerns, that is, separating business logic from the user's view. The whole

VirHoLex was refactored a) to removed jumbled and redundant codes; b) to make the codes

reusable and modular; and c) to promote programming style uniformity for all modules. this will

allow the future developers to easily understand and modify the system. In addition, the use of

Subversion and Mantis Bug Tracking tool is pertinent to the study since it permits the developers to

easily track down the history of file changes, and to have a proper documentation of system bugs

and new features respecitively. More importantly, the second version of VirHoLex was deployed on

MaxPlanck server so that virologists can fully utilize the system.

Pantano, Dan A Reversible

Watermarking Java

Application

for Medical Images

Vincent Peter C.

Magboo,

M.D., M.Sc.

2013 Medical Images are wiedly used around the world today. Especially with

new technology being developed, they are being used for more and more applications in the

medical field. As duch, the security of the transfer of medical images is a necessity. Possible

situations might be unauthorized access, tampering of the images and even confusion of a medical

image for a different patient. Usually, image watermarking is used to achieve this. However,

inserting a watermark causes permanent distortions to the image used. for different applications,

these are acceptable for as long as the image is visually comparable to the origial. But for medical

images, it is necesary that the image must exactly be the same as the original, even as small

changes could cause a wrong diagnosis and possibly even loss of human life. The Reversible

Watermarking Application has been built to address these problems. Reversible watermarking has

the added capability of perfectly restoring the carrier image used. It allows the user to embed a

watermark file to a single or multiple grayscale medical images. Furthermore, the user can add

security by providing a passwork which is then used to generate a key for the encryption of the

watermarked image using the Advanced Encryption Standard. The Reversible Watermarking

algorithm used, which relies on Congruence Computations, allows for a high embedding capacity

with a relatively small complexity when compared with other reversible watermarking algorithms.

Being the standard used by the USA, the Advanced Encryption Standard assures that the encrypted

image is secure against possible attacks to gain access to the image.

Rom, Vienna

Blessilda

CsCoRe: Computer

Science Collaborative

Research Environment

2.0

Richard Bryann

L. Chua, M.Sc.

2013 Collaboration is the cooperation of individuals in order to attain a common goal.

In line with this concept, workflows may be employed to systematize certain procedures necessary

to conduct a research or a project. Using workflows releative to collaboration yields increased

efficiency, better process control, flexibility and process optimization. Meanwhile to adapat with

the distributed model of organization of most software development teams, distributed version

control systems (DVCSs) are rapidly gaining ground as the preferred architecture of projects over

the traditional centralized systems. Offline operations, experimental branches and easy peer-to-

peer collaboration are but some of the reasons why developers are making the switch. Although

CSCoRE integrates effective project management and availability of tools in one collaborative

environment, it fairly lacks two substatntial features relevant to research and development in

Computer Science. First, it has no support for workflow management and second, it does not offer

Git DVCS. With the Computer Science Collaborative Research Environment (CSCoRE) 2.0, the

collaboratory gains a step up on its purpose of being a beneficial tool for collaboration specifically

for projects in the field of Computer Science through the addition of the modules ProcessMaker

and Git repository. ProcessMaker provides CSCoRE with an embedded workflow management

system in which pertinent workflows tailored to the needs of a project can be utilized to streamline

the flow of information among members of the team. The Git repository on the other hand, offers

users the ability to conveniently browse and obtain version controlled files of a project. Through

this, the distributed nature of Git gives enough flexibility to fit well with the structure on how most

software development teams collaborate and contribute.

Villarta, Bona

Rae

Filipino Language

Learning System (FILLES)

for Desktop

Computers/Tablets

Geoffrey A.

Solano, M.Sc.

2013 The Filipino Language Learning System (FILLES) is a fully-customizable system

oriented towards self-instructed and self-directed language learning. The main objective of this

system is to make the Filipino language more accessible to people around the world, particularly

those with little to no background in the Filipino language and would like to learn the language for

different purposes. A variety of both traditional and modern language learning methods are

exhibited in this interactive system which utilizes the use of modern web technologies (HTML 5).

The system allows the integration of these two kinds of methods. While the system is simple in

design, it is comprehensive enough to let the users gain proficiency in the language.

Ong, Daryl JohnPregSS: Pregnancy

Surveilance System

Using Ontology for

Interoperability

Ma. Sheila A.

Magboo, M.Sc.

2013 PregSS: Pregnancy Surveillance System is an information system catering

to the maternal care of women in barangay health centers in the Philippines. Since the maternal

mortality rate of the country just increased prior the execution of this study, this aims to increase

health care coverage by: being web-based, providing alerts on the patient's health risks while

recommending the level of care, also, generating monthly reports on maternal health indicators,

and finally, incorporating an ontology for interoperability with other possible health services. This is

achieved by mapping an existing medical oncology, named OpenGALEN, to the local database

through the use of an RDF (Resource Description Framework)-to-RDB (Relational Database)

mapping tool called D2RQ.

Marquez,

Joanna Marie

A Social Bookmarking

and

Annotation Tool

Aldrich Colin K.

Co, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2013 People nowadays use the Internet more frequently than they did

before .One of the main reasons of web-use is for information gathering or researching. Since the

web offers their users access to an array of information in different subject matters and with web-

use varying from one person to another, an extensive range of web-based tools are strongly

needed. Today, there are many aplications that help in managing this problem in organization.

Such tools facilitate Information Assimilation (IA) process thus grouping them into three categories

namely: Web annotation, bookmarking and notetaking tools. Unfortunately, available applications

do not offer all these actions or services. Most applications offer only two out of these three and

some only offer them to its "premium members." A Social Bookmarking and Annotation Tool caters

to these limitations that other similar applications have. It provides all three of the mentioned

Information Assimilation (IA) services. This tool has an online library wherein a user could view his

saved objects, share it with otehrs and even participate in discussions to find out related

information more efficiently. Aside from that, the tool has an extension proved for Google Chrome

users. here one can annotate the current webpage and change the layout of the page into

something easier to read.

Palomo,

Mikyle

Laurence

GNAT: Genetic Neural

Network Analytic Tool

Application of Genetic

Algorithm Optimized

Artificial Neural Network

for the Medical

Diagnosis of Dengue

Fever

Bernie B.

Terrado, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2013 Dengue fever is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral

disease in the world. An estimated 50 million dengue infections occur annually and approximately

2.5 billion people live in dengue endemic countries, one of which is the Philippines. Dengue is often

characterized with influenza-like symptoms which include fever, rash, and body pain. Carried by the

Aedes Egypti mosquito, the disease spreads as mosquitoes feed on an infected host and is passed

on and transmitted by feeding on another host. Reported cases significantly increase during the

rainy season wherein stagnant water becomes home to the mosquitoes and their offspring. Often,

failure to properly diagnose the disease leads to further infection and in worse cases, fatality. Ergo,

early detection and proper diagnosis can be critical and life-saving. Clinical decision support

systems (CDSS) help achieve and attain that. CDSSs combine knowledge and data to generate and

present helpful information to health care providers as care is being delivered. The Genetic Neural

Network Analytic Tool for Dengue Fever (GNAT) is devised and created to be a CDSS that provides a

novel, efficient, adn robust way to detect and diagnose dengue fever. GNAT utilizes artificial neural

networks (ANN) and genetic algorithm (GA) to classify whether patients are infected with dengue

fever . Inspired by the biological brain, ANNs emulate the signal integration and threshold firing of

biological neurons with the use of mathematical models and statistical weights. Hampered by the

lack of an efficient training method, GA is used to optimize the weights between artifical neurons.

GAs, as it mimics evolutionary processes, proveds the best if not the correct solution to a wide

range of problems.

Año, Jose

Louie Mark

WaDoTS: A Workflow

Aware Document

Tracking System for FDA

Geoffrey A.

Solano, M.Sc.

2013 FDA processes hundreds of documents per day. The movements of

these documents are only recorded as they arrive to a particular department. Since these records

are not cetralized, there is no way of monitoring the movements of the documents efficiently. A

centralized information system would seem to provide a solution, but FDA processes its documents

with constantly changing workflows. Such changes would require heavy maintenance on

information systems. WADoTS is a workflow aware document tracking information system that is

capable of facilitating the dynamic changes in documenting processing requirements and

workflows of the FDA. Workflows and requirements are customized by the users without changing

the sytem's code. It provides user friendly inter face in setting detailed routing and processing

requirements of workflows. Authorized users are also able to see graphical representations of each

document's status.

Villarico, Gem CORDIE: A Web0based

Collaborative

Real-time Diagram

Editor

Aldrich Colin K.

Co, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2013 Distributed software engineering has become the trend in accomplishing

software projects. One of the difficulties with this is that it requires team members to participate

in the software design, which is an important stage in a software development process, even if they

are geographically separated. Instead of the traditional way of gathering around and taking turns

sketching on a whiteboard, software engineers adopt various tools to participate in the software

design. However, many of the software modeling tools today are insufficient to support the fluidity

of interaction among collaborators in the design process. In order to adress the problem CORDIE

was developed. CORDIE enables its users to create UML diagrams through the web browser. It also

allows simultaneous editing of a single diagram by multiple users. It was concluded the CORDIE can

act as a tool in collaborative software design. This also means that users of CORDIE can participate

in the software modeling process even if they are in differenct locations.

Arceo, Ahmad University of the

Philippines Manila

Instiutional Repository

Aldrich Colin K.

Co, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2012 With the creation of numerous digital materials every day, there lies an

inherent problem on where and how to store them in the context of long-term arc hiving. This

institutional problem for the University of the Philippines Manila isfuthre aggravated with the

utilization of multiple repositories - creating information islands of digital instiutional assets in the

process. This greatly hinders data gathering and dissemination of digital materials within the

institution. As a solution to the said problem, an online centralized repository system for the

University of the Philippines Manila is proposed. The reporisotry system allows users to be able to

view, store, and share digital materials while providing functionalities such as material commenting

and annotation. The development of the University of the Philippines Manila Institutional

Repository made it possible for users to be able to easily search and contribute digital materials

with the use of the internet. On the administrative side, system Administrators are fully capable of

moderating content and can even assign moderators to each community to help in the moderation

process.

Alcoba, Franz

Carelle

Patient and OR

Scheduling System for

Sentro Oftalmologico

Jose Rizal

Geoffrey A.

Solano, M.Sc.

2012 Sentro Oftalmologico Jose Rizal (SOJR) is an institution constructed under the Department of

Ophthalmology of the Philippine General Hospital, dedicated to decrease the incidence of

reversible blindness, particularly in the poor areas and the underserved regions in the Philippines.

With this, a formal residency training program in Ophthalmology was introduced and ten (10)

subspecialty services were established [22].

Scheduling of appointments is a crucial part of their regulation which sets some difficulty for the

consultants working in outside clinics and for the chief resident in the dispersing of the finalized

schedule of surgeries. Consultants and residents are not informed of any changes made in the

schedules they’ve set.

The development of the Patient and OR Scheduling System (ORPSS) made it possible to set the

schedule of eye surgeries online, allowing the consultants and residents to conveniently set their

preferred schedules for their patients. The chief resident can have the Schedule of Operations

prepared and finalized for the next day without having trouble going to SOJR and will not hinder

the dispersion of the form. More to that, the monitoring of the other residents is made effortless as

ORPSS automatically generates statistical reports on each residents performed tasks.

Balista, Maria

Cristina

DentISt: Dental

Information

System 2.0

Richard Bryann

L. Chua, M.Sc.

2012 One of the first attempts in the conversion of patient dental records

of UPCD to electronic records is Open DentIS. However, the system lacks some functionalities and

problems were encountered when it comes to patient records access. Dental Information System

2.0 (DentISt), the second version of Open DentIS, gives UPCD clinicians free access and storage of

electronic patient dental records. The system stores patient dental records containing different

forms derived from the UPCD admitting section form. DentISt also provides a graphical

representation of the teeth in which observations are easily added with just a few clicks. Moreover,

the second version is able to address the problem with the running time of a patient dental chart.

New and improved functionalities such as querying for patients and statistics are available in

DentISt. The system allows clinicians to easily search for patients according to specified criteria.

Generating yearly reports is made easier too by Statistics feature of the system. The appointment

scheduling feature allows clinicians to keep track of their upcoming appointments with patients.

Addition of faculty clinician role also gives faculty clincians of UPCD access to patient records and

added privileges such as printing of patient record and approval of updates on patient dental chart.

Dalmacion,

Miguel

National Kidney

Matching and Registry

System (KMARS)

Vincent Peter

C. Magboo,

M.D., M.Sc.

2012 The traditional source of organ donations is typically deceased

organ donors. However, the scarcity of donors has created the need to consider living donors as

well. But the act of organ donation from living donors has been marred by numerous ethical issues

and has been subjected to abuse, which has earned the Philippines a reputation of being a hub for

organ trafficking. An internet-based technology that would support the policies described in

Administrative Order (AO) 2010-0019 and would allow efficient and fast allocation of organs

procured from the deceased donor pool in the country is provided by the National Kidney Matching

and Registry System (KMARS).KMARS enables transplant centers to enlist kidney transplantation

candidates into the system and organ procurement organization to enlist deceased kidney donors.

The system can then match donors that are ready for allocation to potential recipients.

De Mesa,

Dionaros

Program Deployment

Management System

for Ugnayan ng

Pahinungod

Aldrich Colin K.

Co, M.Sc.

(candidate)

2012 The Program Deployment Management System for Ugnayan ng

Pahinungod is a web-based application for . The purpose of this system is to allow maximization of

the time and manpower available in the Office of the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod. This system

provides a brief summary of all the aspects that office personnel will have to check to ensure

successful deployment such as funding, volunteer availability, director’s recommendation and

ocular evaluation. This system also allows outside organizations to create an account and grants

them privilege to request an event. This system records all the events that will be deployed by the

office and generates annual and monthly report based on the accomplishment input for every

event for ease of accomplishment tracking. The system gives updates to the public because of its

ability to display past accomplishments to the public thus updating previous volunteers. These

accomplishments also serve as testimonials of how the office has helped the community, and

hopefully will inspire more people to join in the goal of the office.

Ghany, Mark

Lester *

BEST

THESIS

Visualization of

Multivariate Health Data

Using Self-Organizing

Maps

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2012 Data that are multivariate in nature is a type of data that may contain

subtle patterns. However, it is considered to be an obstacle in research most of the time since

classical statistics may find it encumbering to analyze. However, computational statistics, a collab

oration between computer science and statistics, offers a suite of algorithms that may be used to

surpass obstacles such as this. The Self-Organizing Map and Data Visualization are examples of

these. The Self-Organizing Map is an artificial neural network that employs a process to reduce

multidimensional data into a low-dimensional representation while Data Visualization is a process

that aims to give the human brain a visual representation of knowledge about certain data. SOM

Visualize is a software that makes use of both processes. The tool enables users to input data and

visualize several patterns such as clusters, associations, as well as a geographical representation

that exist in the data. It may give several hypotheses that may be confirmed through other

statistical tests and SOM Visualize has therefore enabled the possibility of analysis of multivariate

data.

Gomez, Jolly

Pearl

UPM GUI LaTeX Thesis

Editor

Geoffrey A.

Solano,

M.Sc.

2012 A thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for an

academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings. The

structure of a thesis explains the purpose, the methods used an the findings of the project by

including a series of chapters. They vary in their structure in line with the many different areas of

study, and the great differences between them. LaTeX is a document markup language and

document preparation system capable of producing high-quality documents using a reasonable

amount of effort. It is based on the idea that authors should be able to focus on the meaning of

what they are writing without being distracted by the visual presentation of the information. It

there fore encourages the separation of layout from content. The UPM GUI LaTeX Editor is a stand-

alone application intended to streamline the thesis document preparation process and provide

standard style and structure thereto, through the user of LaTeX. It is designed to allow users who

aren't knowledgeable on LaTeX programming to still be able to take advantage of its features and

produce quality thesis documents.

Gutierrez,

Minabelle

Philippine Nursing

Research

Archive

Gregorio B.

Baes, Ph.D.

(candidate)

2012 Philippine Nursing Research Archive is a web-based system designed to

provide a centralized and advanced collection of nursing-related articles essential as references for

information gathering in studies and in practice of the profession. This system is a breakthrough

project of the Philippine Nursing Research Society that showcases various researches from different

institutions around the Philippines that provide evidence to guide and improve nursing practice.

Aside from the basic information on every article in this system such as authors and publication

date, the research type, category and specification are also indicated for a more comprehensive

search and understanding of what the article is about. This advancement in information

dissemination makes it easier for researches to gather relevant data that can contribute to the

improvement of health care in the country.

Jimenez, JoannaMarielleCsCoRE: Computer

Science Collaborative

Research Environment

Richard Bryann

L. Chua, M.Sc.

2012 Generally, collaboration is the act of working together to achieve a

common goal. Its scope does not only include the idea of working together but also how the

participants can work together. With the increasing availability of the Internet, companies are

enabled to develop cost-effective collaborative solutions called collaboratories. A collaboratory is a

virtual research environment that enables researchers based in different locations to work together

and share their knowledge and facilities, thus enriching and speeding up both national and

international research. Today, numerous collaboratories are created for different disciplines.

However in the field of Computer Science, the only closest idea we have to collaboratories is the

distributed software development. Though the existing technical infrastructure seems to provide

adequate support for distributed software development, projects are most often undermined by

poor software development environments and tools. Not only the diverse set of tools is reported to

cause problems but also the different versions of a single tool potentially caused problems as well.

The Computer Science Collaborative Research Environment (CSCoRE) has been built to address

these problems. CSCoRE is a tool for collaborative software development and software project

management that is specifically designed for Computer Science research. It provides a common

interface where participants can create and join projects and have a single storage for data and

information. Furthermore, CSCoRE enables the members of each project to manage and share

data, references, tools and other relevant materials among themselves. Also, the system helps in

maintaining current and historical versions of the files of the project with the use of subversion.

La-anan, John

Patrick

STRIDE Protein Topology

Cartoon Generator

and Database

Ma. Sheila A.

Magboo, M.Sc.

2012 STRIDE Protein Topology Cartoon Generator and Database (SPTCGaD)

is a system which converts 3D representation of protein domains to its 2D form based on the

knowledge-algorithm STRuctural IDEntification (STRIDE). 2D representations are used since it gives

better visualization of the structures that builds up the protein unlike its 3D form which may pose

complexity especially when dealing with multiple and architecturally complex protein domains. The

classification of protein domains used in the system is Class, Architecture, Topology and

Homologous Structures (CATH) which describes a more defined domain definition focusing only on

the two main secondary structure: alpha helix and beta strand.

Lim, Chelcy Jill Health Application for

Natural Products

Information System for

Plants (HANAPIN-SP)

2.0:Using Ontologies for

Knowledge

Representation and Data

Storage

Richard Bryann

L. Chua, M.Sc.

2012 Health Application for Natural Products Information System for

Plants (HANAPINSP) 1.0 provides a central repository for storing, sharing and searching projects on

natural products, but the limitations of relational databases, which is the storage schema of

HANAPIN-SP 1.0, are lack of flexibility and lack of adaptability. An ontology-driven information

system is an information system that uses an ontology to store both the data structure and the

data itself, and addresses the limitations of relational databases. Thus, HANAPIN-SP 2.0 changed its

storage from relational database-based to ontology-based. Plant natural products were also added

to the existing Natural Products Ontology by Batista-Navarro, Manansala, Mendoza, and

Ananiadou.

Lopez, John

Christopher

Payroll System of

University of the

Philippines Manila

2012 Payroll System of the University of the Philippines-Manila

One of the administrative departments in the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) System is

the Information Management Systems Office (CAD-IMS). This department handles the

management of information within the premises of the campus as well as in the Philippine General

Hospital. One of its tasks is the implementation of the payroll system of the University of the

Philippines Manila. The current system lacks data consistency, security and reliability. The Proposed

payroll system provides these and improves the system by providing a more user friendly interface,

notifications, and faster output generation.

Lugtu, Jessica Mobile-based Pregnancy

Support and

Healthcare (MPreSH)

Information System

Avegail D.

Carpio, M.Sc.

2012 For the past years, the development of internet and communication

technologies have greatly influenced human lifestyles and opened paths for innovation in both

business and medical processes. Linking patients, physicians and hospitals in the health sector has

been a current trend to provide optimized care which led to innovations such as the mobile

healthcare where information is easily accessed due to availability of existing handhelds, phones

and embedded systems. Being pregnant is very challenging for mothers especially if they are

expecting a child for the first time. Monitoring the whole process is a must to have a successful

delivery at the end. Consultations with their respective physicians should be done continuously in

scheduled basis for better monitoring of the whole process. Mobile-based Pregnancy Support and

Healthcare Information System (MPreSH) is intended to provide an application to supply proper

support and healthcare for women undergoing pregnancy. With the use of this system, pregnant

women, by means of self- management, can receive proper monitoring and support while the baby

is in the womb. Consultations are a big factor during pregnancy and MPreSH provided a solution by

sending text messages to patients a day before their respective consultation that will serve as a

reminder. Important modules from the web based system are also applied into a mobile

application so that patients can still have access to the healthcare module even without the access

of internet at all times.

Quizon,

Bernard

Alpine

MeetUP: An Agent-

based Business Meeting

Scheduling Support

Using Mobile Clients

2012 MeetUP, an agent-based business meeting and task scheduling support,

which is fully implemented on Android-powered mobile devices, is created. It supports

businessmen and people on the move to find a common free time to meet with each other. It also

supports managers to assign tasks to their field personnel. It negotiates the best suitable times to

meet by integrating timetables from participant’s phone calendar, their basic availability data, and

time preferences from the participants. The negotiation of the meeting time is fully executed on

Android-powered mobile devices, which is unlike any of the current implementation. The algorithm

used in the negotiation of the meeting is a basic transparency timeslot algorithm. It is effective and

yet not computation extensive. Smack API, an open source XMPP client library designed for insant

messaging, is used to exchange messages between users’ agents.

Viñas, Ishmael Online Student

Evaluation of Teachers

3.0:

Integrating Dynamic

Questions

Richard Bryann

L. Chua, M.Sc.

2012 Online Student Evaluation of Teachers 3.0 (OSET 3.0) brings new advantage

over the previous versions by making the questionnaires of Student Evaluation of Teachers (SET)

dynamic. This allows for each subject to have its own type of SET questionnaire since different

colleges in UP Manila use its own type of evaluation tool. OSET 3.0 allows the colleges to conduct

their own evaluation process independent of other colleges within their own evaluation period. It

also allows changes within classes like changing or assigning of instructors. Management of

students who have dropped subjects or have applied for LOA is a new feature of the system.