Talks and Presentations

Artificial Intelligence for Mapping Chemical Spaces Towards Materials Discovery

Date: 15 July 2025

• Annual PAASE Meeting and Symposium (APAMS) 2025
• Organizer: Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE)
• Venue: Online + University of South Carolina - Columbia, USA
• Type: Parallel Session Speaker

Machine Learning in Process Systems Engineering

Date: 14 March 2025

• 4th International Conference on Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (iCEAT)
• Venue: University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
• Content: An overview of ML applications in PSE and examples from my own research
• Type: Plenary Talk
• Slides

Metal-organic Frameworks and How to Find Them

Date: 2 December 2024

• Asia Symposium on Net-Zero Engineering and Technologies
• Organizer: Project RENetZero (Renewable Energy powered Production of Net Zero Energy Carriers: From Emerging Catalysis to Process Engineering)
• Content: A survey of various machine learning-based search methods for finding good MOFs for carbon capture
• Venue: National Engineering Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman
• Type: Resource Speaker

Teaching Machine Learning at UP Diliman

Date: 21 April 2024

• Venue: Online
• Type: Podcast Interview by Dominic Ligot
• Youtube Link

Machine Learning for Energy Storage Applications

Date: 27-29 November 2023

• EnergyX Workshop 2023 organized by Project CIPHER, NanoHubs, and Advanced Batteries Center
• Content: A survey of ML applications in batteries, with emphasis on the uses of Bayesian Optimization
• Venue: Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay, Philippines
• Type: Invited Speaker

Challenges in Remote Teaching: ChE 182 Process Dynamics and Control

Date: 20 March 2021

• Online Seminar by PIChE (Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers) - Metro Manila Academe Chapter
• Venue: Online
• Type: Invited Speaker
• Slides