PCSC 2008: Day 1. Morning Session

8th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2008)
23 -24 February 2008
University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Organized by the Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP)
Website: http://www.csp.org.ph

PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

Day 1. February 23, 2008.

Venue: Morning Sessions to be held at the U.P. NISMED Auditorium

Time / Activity

0800 - 0900 Registration

0900 - 0930 Opening Session: Moderator/Emcee: Mr. Robert Roxas

National Anthem

Welcome Remarks

• Dr. Jaime Caro, President, Computing Society of the Philippines
  
• Dr. Prospero Naval, Jr., Acting Chair, Department of Computer Science, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Conference Orientation and Introduction of Participating Schools/Organizations

• Dr. Caslon Chua, Over-All Chair, PCSC 2008
  
• Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rafael Saldaña, Chair, PCSC 2008 Program Committee

0930 - 1030 Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Eliezer Albacea
Professor/ Director
Institute of Computer Science
University of the Philippines - Los Baños

Title: “An Almost Optimal Sorting Algorithm”

1030 - 1050 Coffee Break

1050 - 1125 Invited Speaker1:

Dr. Eduardo Mendoza
Research Scientist, Ludwig-Maxillians University (Munich, Germany) /
Adjunct Professor, University of the Philippines - Diliman

Title: "Systems Biology of Viral Infection"

1125 – 1200 Invited Speaker 2

Dr. Prospero Naval, Jr.
Associate Professor/Acting Chair
Department of Computer Science
University of the Philippines- Diliman

Title: "Training Neural Networks with Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization"

1200 - 1230 Lunch Break