Archive for the 'Academics' Category

CS 31 Pre-Final Grades SY 2006-2007

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Hello class. Congratulations for finishing another semester. It appears that most of you did well in the class and I am pleased to present to you your pre-final grades. Again, these grades are not yet final. Hope you guys had a good semester. Good luck!

 
ID
Q
LT
PD
PF
F
L

AG

40067

38

21

13

13

85

B+

AR

0

31

24

13

13

81

B

AS

0

34

23

9

14

80

B

BA

0

23

23

10

13

69

C

BA

40406

40

24

11

13

88

B+

DA

0

28

22

12

13

75

C+

DE

41041

40

22

12

12

86

B+

DE

41054

35

25

13

13

86

B+

HU

41626

45

23

13

12

93

A

JI

0

32

21

13

12

78

B

LI

41910

41

21

13

13

88

B+

LI

41890

42

25

12

14

93

A

LO

0

30

21

12

12

75

C+

ME

0

32

23

12

14

81

B

NG

53935

40

20

12

13

85

B

PA

0

26

20

10

12

68

C

RU

42776

41

25

13

12

91

B+

SA

42802

38

24

12

14

88

B+

SA

42898

31

18

12

12

73

C+

SA

0

24

24

13

12

73

C+

SO

0

34

20

13

12

79

B

TE

43197

24

25

10

12

71

C+

The Information Technology Profession: Loosing Its Appeal?

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

I previously blogged about the decline in available computer science skills and enrollments in computer science programs. As a member of the faculty, I find it sad that people are moving away from computer science. There are definitely signs that information technology is loosing its appeal. However, in the blog, I find it ironic because […]

Ateneo de Manila DISCS is a COE!

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Congratulations to the Ateneo de Manila University’s Department of Information Systems and Computer Science for recently being granted Center of Excellence (COE) for Information Technology Status by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Here are some of the details from our department chair’s blog.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) named the Ateneo a Center of […]

Congratulations to PAASE Presentors!

Monday, March 5th, 2007

I would like to congratulate four (4) of my students for their participation in the last Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) Annual PAASE Meeting and Symposium (APAMS) held last February 15 to 17 at Century Park Hotel in Manila. This is definitely a good move for all young researchers.

Cha Gascon and Clifford […]

Learning Software Development Management with Open Source

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Here is an interesting feature from the Linux Insider about Carnegie Mellon West’s new Software Management Program. This program allows students to learn software life cycle management that is focused on managers that will lead global distributed development teams. Sounds like an open source project to me.
Carnegie Mellon West’s Software Management program is built on […]

CS 197 Student Project’s for SY 2006-2007

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Congratulations to all CS 197 students who have completed their capstone projects for this school year. I am particularly pleased by the performance of my advisees this school year. I believe this is the year in which most of the projects where completed either on-time or ahead of time.

Prototype Web Services and Instant Messaging […]

Furr Web Referrer Analytics Engine in Need of Testers

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

A group of my students (Gretch Santos & Steph Ng) are in need of bloggers willing to test their new Web Referrer Analytics tool called Furr.
We are a hosted Web analytics service. FURR. stems from a thesis entitled “Integrated Web 2.0 style HTTP Referer Analytics”. Our philosophy is to enhance your web analytics experience. We […]

In Search of Relevant OJT Work

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

I just bumped into this Ask Slashdot post about a kid inquiring about good technology OJT opportunities. His major worry is about getting a job that involves clerical, sales or non-technical related work. This is definitely a relevant worry. We have to admit that sometimes companies do not have the time and resources to invest […]

iMac Education Edition

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

I just read this article from Macsimum News about Apple’s recently release of a $899 iMac specifically catered to educational institutions (eMac). I am pretty excited with this release since this allows us to procure low cost Apple Computers.
Apple has introduced a US$899 configuration of the 17-inch iMac designed specifically for education customers featuring a […]

Industry-Academe Partnership

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

I caught this article in NetworkWorld last night. It is an interview with premier venture capitalist, Rich Redelfs of Foundation Capital. This article is about how Silicon Valley venture capitalists are now moving to the University system to find new business opportunities. It also discusses their lessons learned when dealing with Industry-Academe ventures.

… a key […]