Jose Ernie C. Lope, PhD, professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Institute of Mathematics (IM), is the new president of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS). A former SEAMS vice president, Lope will serve from 1 Jan. 2026 to 31 Dec. 2027. According to the SEAMS website, the organization was established in 1972 and aims […]

Early this year, three scientists from the Institute of Mathematics (IM) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS) made national headlines with their study, Block-level Optical Character Recognition [OCR] System for Automatic Transliterations of Baybayin Texts and Using Support Vector Machine (Block-level OCR System). Rodney Pino, Renier Mendoza, PhD, and Rachelle Sambayan, PhD, […]

UP Diliman (UPD) once again said goodbye to a colleague. Rica G. Panganiban, beloved retired faculty member of the Institute of Mathematics (IM) of the ³Ô¹ÏÂÛ̳College of Science (CS), passed away on Aug. 26, the institute reported. The institute described Panganiban as a teacher who “had skill and flair for the craft and knew […]