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8th National Conference on IT Education (NCITE 2010)

2010-06-23T08:44:00.008+08:00

La Carmela de Boracay Convention Center
October 20, 2010 – October 23, 2010

The National Conference on Information Technology Education (NCITE) provides a venue to present innovative ideas, approaches, developments and results of research projects in the areas of Information Technology and Technology-based Education. The conference also promotes the exchange of information between researchers, faculty, administrators, and I.T. practitioners.
NCITE 2010 is organized by the Philippine Society of I.T. Educators Foundation, Inc. (PSITE) in coordination with Aklan Catholic College and PSITE Region VI Chapter.

Main groups of conference topics include but are not limited to:

Information Technologies in Education:
Collaborative Learning
Courseware Development
Instruction support tools
Distance Learning
E-Learning
Knowledge-Based Systems
Learning & Content Management Systems
Web-Based Learning

Information Systems:
Decision Support System
Expert Systems
Management Information Systems
Multimedia Systems

Special Topics:
Algorithms
Bioinformatics
Computer Graphics and Animation
Computer Security and Cryptography
Digital Divide
Grid Computing
Machine Learning and Computer Vision
Mobile Applications
Networked Systems
Pervasive Computing
Robotics
Software Engineering
Virtualization
Web Applications

SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished full research papers for presentation at NCITE 2010. The Conference Review Policy requires that each submitted paper will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers for inclusion in the conference program and CD-ROM proceedings. A review of all papers is undertaken by the members of the Paper Review Committee to determine the outstanding paper award. One author per paper is required to register and attend the conference to present the paper if accepted.

The full papers are due by August 27, 2010. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by September 13, 2010 via e-mail. Final version of the paper and presentation slides are due on October 4, 2010.

All manuscripts and slides must be submitted electronically, in PDF format and formatted using the ACM templates available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.

A maximum of fifteen pages, including an abstract of up to 200 words will be allowed for each accepted paper in the proceeding.

Submit your manuscripts and slides (in PDF) through the OCS hosted at http://ncite.psite.ph/

POSTERS

Researchers with limited research output are encouraged to submit a research poster. It is a large document meant to communicate your research in a short period of time. It is composed of a short title, list of authors (and their affiliations), an introduction, an overview of your methods, your results, an insightful discussion of results, and bibliography. The size of the poster shall be A0 (33.1 in × 46.8 in), landscape. The submission date for posters is the same as that of full papers.

IMPORTANT DATES
For authors, please note the following dates:
Paper/ Poster Submission: August 27, 2010
Authors Notification: September 13, 2010
Early Registration / Author Confirmation: September 27, 2010
Revised Paper/ Poster and Slides Submission: October 4, 2010
Conference Dates: October 20-23, 2010
Authors will be responsible for their travel and living expenses.
The conference CD-ROM will contain the full paper and slides of all research papers presented and will be distributed free-of-charge to all conference participants.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Please direct questions regarding research papers to ncite2k10@gmail.com.

CONFERENCE FEE
Regular Registrants (Live-Out) - PhP 4,800.00 PHP (Closes 2010-09-27) Meals:
October 20: Dinner
October 21: Breakfast, AM/PM Snacks, Lunch & Dinner
October 22: Breakfast, AM/PM Snacks, Lunch
Conference Proceedings, Kit, Materials, Souvenirs
Regular Registrants (Live-In) - PhP 5,500.00 PHP (Closes 2010-09-27) Meals:
Hotel Accommodations in Quadruple Sharing (4 Days and 3 Nights: October 21-23, 2010)
October 20: Dinner
October 21: Breakfast, AM/PM Snacks, Lunch & Dinner
October 22: Breakfast, AM/PM Snacks, Lunch
Conference Proceedings, Kit, Materials, Souvenirs

PAYMENTS
Payments can be deposited to any Allied Bank branch.
Accomplish the deposit slip in triplicate credited to PSITE using the following details:
Account Name: PSITE
Account Number: 3131-02238-4
Branch: Allied Bank, Recto Branch
Manila Check payments shall be addressed to PSITE.
Payments made after September 27, 2010 will have a surcharge, as follows:
Non-Members: surcharge of Php 1,000.00.
Institutional Members: surcharge of Php 500.00

ONLINE REGISTRATION
Please scan your validated deposit slip and register online for confirmation of your attendance to http://www.blogger.com/register. Please present your deposit slip to the convention secretariat during the onsite registration for verification and issuance of official receipts. For inquiries, you may contact Dave E. Marcial, Conference Chair, at demarcial@e-live.su.edu.ph or at 09228218854 / 09105236709

Joint PSITE National Board and Regional Presidents Planning Session

2010-04-29T06:50:00.010+08:00

rsgamboa, Dr. Jaime DL Caro of UP-DCS, Hon. Sec. Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua of CICT

(Delivered by Dr. Randy S. Gamboa, PSITE President, during the PSITE Planning, UP-Hotel, Diliman Quezon City, April 28, 2010)

Good afternoon once again.

First of all, let me say that I am deeply honored and humbled for having been reelected as President. It carries with it again huge responsibility, and a bigger one, if I may say. I hope that I will be able to meet your expectations.

Now that we’re PReParEd … Let’g go Peer-to- PEER.

In my acceptance speech last year, my tagline was “Let’s PReParE.“ It indicates our thrust for last year. This means Professionalism, Research, Partnership and Education. In the President’s time during the PSITE National Convention in Bohol, I reported the encouraging accomplishments of all those assigned to the programs and projects that we planned and their status. And I am proud to say that almost all were successfully carried out. This is because of the leadership of the project leaders assigned and the active cooperation of its members and the PSITE membership as a whole.

For the Professionalism thrust, our plan to revisit and revise our Constitution and By Laws was completed. During our general assembly, one of the highlights was the ratification of our Constitution and By-Laws. Thank you most especially to Sir Farley Abrigo, who worked on this and provided documentation. Thank you to all who in their own way gave inputs, participated in the deliberation and those who were instrumental to the ratification.

Under this thrust also, we revived our website with a new url(www.psite.ph) and a new face. We also made our new logo, customized to depict our coverage. For this, I thank Sir Edwin Gonzales. I have not reported this during convention and I do not want to end this day without thanking him.

A very noble act by PSITE last year was the donation of more than sixty thousand pesos (P60,000.00) for the victims of Ondoy in regions 1, 2, 3, 4, CAR and NCR. This is the first time that PSITE extended this kind of help to its members.

For the Research agenda, our project of coming up with a framework for practicum was finally finished. We just need to manualize it and it is ready to be adopted. Thank you for the effort of mam Cherry Lyn Sta. Romana.

For the Parnership thrust, we partner with Sun Microsystems for the OpenJive Challenge and actively participated in the Y4IT. We also signed a MOA with Devcon, which I will discuss in more detail later.

Our intended focus when we had the Education agenda aside from educating and capacitating our members was participating in educating the voters. In other words, it was envisioned to be educating the voters. However, when we talked to those in authority, we were informed that we need to tie up with an accredited HR group. Considering its complexity and sensitivity, we opted to shelve the project.

Alongside with all these accomplishments, we successfully held the NCITE 2009 in Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City and 12th PSITE national convention in Bohol Plaza Hotel, Tagbilaran City. Thanks to Sir Edwin Marańon and Sir Gregg Gabsion, the conference and convention chairs respectively.

The teamwork and enthusiasm that we showed last year is an indication that we are prepared, that we can move forward.

Now that we’re PReParEd … Let’g go Peer-to- PEER.

Why am I saying Peer-to- PEER? The thrust for this year is anchored on a peer-to-peer principle. It is like a big brother – small brother concept. We will not only address the concerns raised by big or matured schools but most specially the small schools. The first Peer refers to us, colleagues, peers, not only individuals but also institutions, helping one another to achieve a common goal. As an organization, there are more schools needing our help and I know that the bigger and more matured schools are more than willing to extend a hand.

Like the PReParE agenda, the second PEER is a mnemonic. It stands for Partnership, Education, Extension and Research.

Partnership. As we all know, we can do more if we partner with organizations, individuals and other sectors. I am assigning this Partnership agenda to Sir Greg, being the VP for External. Let us target at least 5 memoranda of agreement for the year 2010-2011. Also, let us target that we will be able to ink an international agreement by the end of the year.

The first E is for Education. For this term, we will focus on curriculum. Curriculum is the core of education. One of the more important aspects of curriculum that we need to work on is to clearly clarify the difference between CS, IT and IS and other curriculum related matters. We can note every time we hold conventions, conferences even meetings the issue on the differentiation of these three computing curricula arises. And most often than not, the answer is that it is based on the ACM Computing Curricula. However, the ACM report adopts a different setting, different place, culture and approach. To further clarify and thresh out all issues and concerns, I was envisioning that we will come up with a similar report using Philippine setting and we will call it the Philippine Computing Curricula. I know that this is an ambitious project. It may not be finished in our term. But I am very confident that we can do it. And we can start with coming up with a computing curricula framework, just like what we did in the research framework.

Still on Education, it is not only in curriculum that we should have a project on but also in instruction. Curriculum and instruction should go hand in hand. We will continue the training of information course design and teaching strategies. Others might find it very trivial to have these kinds of trainings but a greater number of schools need these trainings. And this is the essence of peer-to-peer, taking cognizance of the concerns of our peers, may they be big or small, young or old.

And this education agenda is assigned to mam Cherry Lyn.

The second E stands for Extension and Linkages. There are already models made by TC-GAIL or the Technical Committee on Government-Academe-Industry Linkage. The initiatives of TC-GAIL are noble and definitely helpful. But it seems that this was not continued and activated for some reason. Hence, I was thinking of continuing the initiative done by TC-GAIL. During our convention in Dipolog, it was suggested that the schools can actually make their own linkage program. However, these schools prefer to have a guide or a model to start the program. PSITE could come up with a manual, patterned to the TC-GAIL model, for the schools to serve as a guide.

We need also to prepare a practicum handbook. In Region XI, during my time as president for the region, we have already prepared one and we could check if this can be applied nationwide or needs to be revised. This extension and linkages agenda is assigned to Sir Edwin M.

Both the Education and Extension agenda would be more productive if it will go hand in hand with Partnership. The Partnership group might want to focus more on assisting both the Education and Extension agenda group in terms of looking for partners for technical assistance and funding. Considering the big projects at hand, I am therefore urging them to work as partner in this respect.

R is for Research. We will continue our project of coming up with a research manual. We already completed the framework last year and this was presented during the convention in Bohol. The next step is to manualize it and present the draft during the NCITE 2010. The final form will be presented during the national convention next year. This will be assigned to sir Allan.

Now that we’re PReParEd … Let’g go Peer-to- PEER.

As you can see, the Peer-to- PEER agenda addresses our triad function of Research, Curriculum and Instruction, Extension and Linkages. During my time as convention chair in Dipolog City, the sessions were more on best practices on these areas. Last year, the focus was on research. This time it will be more focused on curriculum and extension. Therefore, what I am saying is that the agenda was planned in such a manner that we continue to be aligned to our triad function. We are hoping that our organization could contribute to the achievement of our triad function in whatever way it can.

At this point, let me bring you to a provision in our constitution and by-laws, there are standing committees that need to be created. Therefore, I am appointing the following as committee chairpersons:
1. Membership Committee – Mam Grace Tyler
2. Elections Committee – Sir Farley Abrigo
3. Publications – Sir Edwin Gonzales

We still have other projects before that are needed to be pursued and it is worth pursuing. These are the PhilJive Cup or Java Cup and the JEDI program assessment. Let’s include these in our activities.

Also, last December 3, 2009, we signed a memorandum of agreement with DEVCON. With the goal of increasing the quality and quantity of the supply of software development engineering talent for the Philippines, Developers Connect (DEVCON) and PSITE agreed to cooperate in conducting nationwide DEVCON activities within the constituents covered by PSITE and its local affiliations. DEVCON will provide a content kit, coordinate speakers for the events, provide training to local DEVCON, partner with PSITE and its local affiliates to market the events. PSITE, on the other hand, will provide venue for DEVCON activities, provide staffing and volunteers to man the activities, provide attendees to the DEVCON events and partner with DEVCON to market the events. Both will jointly solicit and provide appropriate funding sources based on mutually developed budgets.

I am therefore encouraging all regional chapters to put in your agenda and calendar of activities at least one DEVCON project and please coordinate with Ms. Diane Suico (diane@devcon.ph).

Lastly, for the Peer-to- PEER agenda to materialize, I am proposing that a budget of P50,000.00 be allotted for each agenda group. This will help them mobilize and move towards completing their activities.

I am very confident that we can be an organization not just for the sake of being an organization, but one that can contribute to furthering quality of IT education in the country.

Now that we’re PReParEd … Let’g go Peer-to-PEER.

Good afternoon.

ePahibalo

2010-04-10T15:35:00.002+08:00

The subsystem ePahibalo will equip the solution on the announcements be delivered to each member detailed, organized and of course, vandalized-free articles. It will be control, only, by the Head of each Organization. In this concept, there will be no more unnecessary things (writings and others) which is unpleasant to the eyes for the thought that it is exclusively manipulated by the conductors of the Organization. ePahibalo will cater all the updates and upcoming events that all the organization that the each department at USEP has, exclusively. This will give all the organization to have their announcements easily scattered to their members by just posting it in the site. Less effort in posting all updates in a sheet or more sheets of paper and in the end others will not be able to read it because students may tear it or put some vandals on it.

UNIISYS eSkedyul

2010-04-10T15:33:00.001+08:00

eSkedyul functions as schedule organizer system for the use of the college faculty professors and staff. It can also be viewed by the students and ask for an appointment by leaving notes and comments. Its interface will follow the scheme of the parent system but its database will be separate yet same kind.

UNIISYS eHATAG

2010-04-10T15:32:00.001+08:00

The subsystem ehatag is a combination of file sharing and a little bit of social networking. It will enable the students of the University of Southeastern Philippines to upload and download files and to also share these files with their friends and other users. eHatag will allow the users to upload important files such as lectures notes, resource materials, reference books, even videos with a limited file size and file format. This will help the students in their studies and through the file sharing capabilities of the system the students will have a better chance of securing better grades since the available resource materials in their subjects could be downloaded through this system. Past exams and solutions could also be posted for the convenience of the students.

eSkular

2010-04-10T15:31:00.002+08:00

eSkular is a web-based subsystem designed to benefit the Office of Student Services, scholar student in the University of Southeastern Philippines and their respective benefactors. eSkular is developed to be of use to the its target audiences as it allows them to communicate, store and exchange important data needed in the scholarship renewal process in a rather convenient way .

UNIISYS eTudlo

2010-04-10T15:29:00.001+08:00

eTudlo is a web-based subsystem specifically designed for students who would want to offer tutorials to anyone that is willing to learn on particular subjects that he/she finds difficult. These students are ought to be merely from University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP). eTudlo is mainly an online posting of subjects and schedules from service providers.

UNIISYS eDIKIT

2010-04-10T15:28:00.002+08:00

eDikit is a web based subsystem in which students in the university have the right to express their own reflection to any subject matter. Unfortunately, not all of these can be accommodated, entertained, published and be known to everyone. There is limitation for the expression of oneself. Only those who are on the frontline have the chance to speak and write up what is on their mind.

UNIISYS eBENTA

2010-04-10T15:26:00.002+08:00

eBenta is a web-based application that provides a bidding service to USeP family. This subsystem allows some appealing features like posting text document, adding photos, creating which makes it more attractive to the buyer. With such, the buy-and-sell service is truly defined.

UNIISYS Alumany

2010-04-10T15:23:00.002+08:00

Alumnay is created with the aim of helping the graduates of the university in communicating with their fellow alumni and also with the University itself. It is also a subsystem that caters the services of the office of the Alumni of the University of Southeastern Philippines. Alumnay will serve as social tool for the alumni to meet old friends and classmates. It aims to update alumni about the school activities to help job seekers in finding jobs, to trace alumni of the university around that globe and to have an online yearbook that can be browsed wherever they are.

UNIISYS Agila

2010-03-31T07:53:00.005+08:00

Agila is a simple Graphical Information System (GIS) that involves data collection, data process, graphic generation, data storage, and data integration. This subsystem is divided into another two subsystems. The first part is the manual subsystem that involves data collection and data process. The second part is the automated subsystem that involves graphic generation, data storage, data integration and also a part of data process. Agila offers an interactive and detailed representation of the city. Agila offers features such as a database for important institutions such as hospitals, schools, police stations, fire departments, and government agencies. It offers an automated data processing.

UNIISYS eGAYD

2010-03-31T07:45:00.005+08:00

The eGayd is an automated Directory Map that is designed to accommodate guests and visitors who come in the university premises. It is an interactive map directory, that is easy to understand and most of all more visual which is advantageous on the part of the user. It gives you more accurate location of the person and office you are looking for to transact with. On the other hand, it caters some common transactions happening inside the university like searching for faculty, staff, buildings, and offices. The eGayd include the log-in and log-out of students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The Daily Time Record is linked in this subsystem that makes the searching for faculty and staff more accurate.

UNIISYS

2010-03-12T14:36:00.004+08:00

http://uniisys.usep.edu.ph/ http://202.137.113.150/

University Integrated Systems (UNIISYS) is a web-based system composed of varying subsystems developed primarily, to render service to every constituent, chiefly the official students, faculty, staff and visitor of the University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP), situated at Bo. Obrero, Davao City.

UNIISYS is developed by the students from the Institute of Computing (IC) and is an application of Content Management System (CMS) that provides services to its users. Wherein the client will create an account to prove that he/she is a legitimate member of the USeP community and then is allowed to customize their profile page, upload and download different files from word documents to music, photos and videos. UNIISYS is a product of system integration,of which is the process of linking together different computing systems and software applications physically or functionally, thus UNIISYS is a combination of various subsystems rolled into one.. Aside from these basic features that is available in all UNIISYS subsystems, these subsystems has additional functionalities that aims to cater to various services for different service recipients.

12th PSITE National Convention

2010-03-06T06:31:00.014+08:00

PRESIDENT’s REPORT
(Delivered by Dr. Randy S. Gamboa, PSITE President, during the PSITE National Convention, Panglao Island, Dayo Hill, Mayacabac, Dauis, Bohol, February 26, 2010)

Maajong hapon sa tanan, magandang hapon sa inyong lahat, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Before I start my report, I would like to personally thank the members of the PSITE National Board for their unwavering support for the attainment of our thrust, dubbed as PReParE. When I took over the presidency of PSITE, my first order of the day for the board was to inform them that I wanted to see a “working board in ACTION”, and indeed they are really working hard even up to the extent of spending their own money and extra time.

My term was full of firsts and new things. It all started during last year’s convention held at Dipolog City. It was the first convention that we had a panel discussion during our technical sessions and fireworks at night. The Jedi night was held outside the convention area, and that was in Dakak. And more significantly, it was the first time that a member outside of Luzon got to be elected as President of PSITE National.

We had our strategic planning and induction of officers last March 30-31, 2009. The outdoor induction was held at the garden of UP-Hotel in Diliman, Quezon City. It was again a first. It was that time that my PReParE agenda, was presented and eventually adopted by the Board. The PReParE agenda gave clear directions not only to the National Board but also to the regional presidents. We assigned project leaders for every undertaking that we had.

The manner that this convention came about, from organizing to the actual execution, exhibits a great improvement in terms of professionalism among PSITE members. For the agenda on Professionalism, we emphasized on proper documentation. And with documentation, we started of course with taking a second look at our Constitution and By-Laws or our CBL. The chair of this project is Sir Farley Abrigo. Series of meetings were held and even invited mam Peach Tinio, one of the original framers of the CBL. The revision of the CBL is already up for approval and ratification in this general assembly. Thank you Sir Farley for the effort and diligence.

We improved the transparency among the national board. Communications were usually through emails and mobile phones. Official transactions, even on fund disbursements, were being communicated to all board members for comments and approval. The regional presidents were also updated on the activities of PSITE national. And as a show of support to the regional chapters, I also attended the induction of officers of NCR and Zamboanga.

PSITE was again recognized as a professional organization and was invited by CHED to endorse IT educators as TPITE members in the pursuit of strengthening the role in assisting them to formulate policies and standards last February 12, 2010. It is with great pride that our members will be part of TPITE .

In line with the Research agenda, it was our first time to hold a pre-NCITE conference. Presented were model research frameworks, advising and manuscript templates for BSCS, BSIT and BSIS, coupled with best practices in those fields. The NCR research capability building framework was also presented.

Due to its complexity and time constraints, we were not able to have a clear delineation of research among BSCS, BSIT and BSIS. The chair of this project, mam Cherry Lyn Sta. Romana and her committee members, did a follow-up workshop held last January 29-30, 2010 at the Computer Science Department conference room of the University of the Philippines, Diliman and invited Dr. Vlade Mariano of UP-LB, Sir Oliver Malabanan of DLSU and Dr. Allan Sioson of ADNU as consultants to finalize on the research framework. The result of the workshop will be presented by mam Cherry Lyn tomorrow.

What were the Partnership efforts we did during our term? First of all, with Sun Microsystems, we had an OpenJive Challenge last July, 2009. The objective of the challenge is to drive students’ passion and enthusiasm for innovation through the use of Open Source technologies such as Java Technology, JavaFX, NetBeans IDE, OpenSolaris, MySQL, GlassFish, Project Wonderland, Zembly and many others to develop cutting-edge applications for desktop, web or mobile, that will address key issues that organizations face today, while fostering interactivity between communities on the Internet.

In partnership with UP-ITTC, we actively participated in the Y4IT, held last September 8-11, at three(3) different venues, University Theater, UP Film Institute, and Ang Bahay ng Alumni at the University of the Philippines–Diliman, Quezon City . We set up an exhibit booth and provided speakers from PSITE. There was also one session during the conference wherein we promoted PSITE to the IT faculty who are not yet PSITE members.

Last December 3, 2009, we signed a memorandum of agreement with deVcon. This is a cooperation to conduct nationwide deVcon activities within the constituents covered by PSITE and its local affiliations. The details of this deVcon was already discussed by Ms. Diane Suico yesterday afternoon. This may be included as part of the monthly seminar/workshop of the regional chapters.

How about the Education agenda? Our intended focus when we had education in mind aside from educating and capacitating our members was participating in educating the voters. As early as June and July, we coordinated with Bonnie Belen of Smartmatic-TIM. The National ICT confederation of the Philippines (NICP) in partnership with Smartmatic-TIM invited me to attend the 2nd National ICT Summit, held last November 5-7, 2009, at the Fontana Convention Centre, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga.It was then that I came to know that they cannot deal with us directly as far as educating the voters is concerned. They deal with human resource agencies like Manred. So we just endorsed it to the regional chapters to be part of the manpower pool of the automated election.

Still on education, we held a Faculty Development workshop at the Crowne Regency Hotel last October 2009, where Sir Bart Tanguilig was the project leader. This is a training workshop on IT course design and teaching strategies. This is part of the TPITE and PSITE faculty development activities for ITE faculty members. Sir Oliver Malabanan of DLSU was the speaker of the workshop. The same workshop was held in Region 4 where Sir Farley Abrigo was the project leader last December 2009. Hopefully, there will also be workshop like this in Visayas and Mindanao regions.

A very noble act by PSITE last year was the donation of more than sixty thousand pesos (P60,000.00) for the victims of Ondoy in regions 1, 2, 3, 4, CAR and NCR. This is the first time that PSITE extended this kind of help to its members.

While we have those accomplishments, there are still some that are in the pipeline. One of these is the conduct of the Philippine Java Cup or PhilJive. This is a prelude to the OpenJive I mentioned a while ago. Second is the assessment of the Java Education and Development initiative (JEDI) program. Third is the possible partnership with the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). The MOA is being reviewed by them. Lastly, a proposed MOA for a partnership with PLDT is underway.

We still have a lot of things to do. And we now have a lot of things to share. It’s time to intensify peer-to-peer. This means communicating to your peers, sharing the resources, and most especially develop linkages to further our PSITE agenda.

Ladies and gentlemen, now that we’re PReParEd, let’s go peer-to-PEER.

Thank you and good afternoon.

12th PSITE National Convention

2010-03-06T06:19:00.003+08:00

OPENING REMARKS
(Delivered by Dr. Randy S. Gamboa, PSITE President, during the PSITE National Convention, Panglao Island, Dayo Hill, Mayacabac, Dauis, Bohol, February 25, 2010)

Governor Erico Aumentado represented by Atty. Handel T. Lagunay, our keynote speaker who will be properly introduced later, Sir Gregg Gabison, the convention chair, my colleagues in the national board, regional presidents, my fellow IT educators and members of PSITE, our dear sponsors, my peers, ladies and gentlemen, maajong buntag sa tanan, magandang umaga sa inyong lahat, good morning.

Time to PReParE.

This was the first phrase I spoke when I assumed the presidency last year. PReParE is the acronym of our thrust, meaning Professionalism, Research, Partnership and Education. And this convention is PReParE in action, with the theme “IT Academia in the Next Decade”.

To search, to find, to learn, to teach, to develop and to apply are the goals of the IT educators present here today. This is in preparation for this decade and the next decades. It is fitting therefore that the each of us will lend our ears to the speakers and presenters. We invited resource speakers who are experts in their field, those who are in authority, and new and innovative product presenters.

So we have a full packed convention. Plenary sessions include tracks on “Flattening the IT Education Sphere”, “Addressing ICT Education Gap Through Partnership” and “Service Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME)”. We will also hear a presentation on Educating Voters as an ICT Challenge.

As in the past, we will have a Jedi Party Night tomorrow at the flushing meadows hotel. We hope that you will enjoy what we have prepared for you.

During our General Assembly, you will not only listen to the president and treasurer’s report but also cast your vote for the new set of officers.

Towards the end of the last day, the ITE Undergraduate Thesis and Project Framework will be presented. This was a result of the initial meeting during our NCITE last year and a workshop last month.

This 12th PSITE national convention could not have been pushed through if not for the hardwork of the organizers, headed by Sir Gregg Gabison, the convention chair, Sir Dave Marcial, chapter president of PSITE region 7 and local organizing chair, and the support of the PSITE Board, and most especially our sponsors. The presence of our governor here, ably represented by Atty. Lagunay, indicates the all out support of the local government to gatherings like this.

Bohol is such a wonderful place to live, to have a vacation and also hold conventions. Let us make the most of our stay in this beautiful province of Bohol, with the beautiful sceneries, wonderful, tempting beaches and peace-loving and friendly Boholanons.

I am sure that you came here PReParEd and you will not only search, find, learn, teach, develop and apply, but also meet your peers, make new friends and enjoy.

Good morning.

PSITE Research Committee

2010-02-09T09:19:00.012+08:00

CS/IT/IS Undegraduate Thesis/Project Workshop
Computer Science Department Conference Room
University of the Philippines,Diliman, Quezon City
January 29-30, 2009

Main objective of the workshop:
· Produce a document containing details on the following:
· Expectations/Definition of a BSCS thesis, BSIT project and BSIS project
· Differences among BSCS thesis, BSIT project and BSIS project
· Required output document with description for BSCS thesis, BSIT project and BSIS project

KIDZ on vacation

2010-02-09T09:13:00.007+08:00

somewhere .. out there ....

12th PSITE National Convention

2009-12-23T10:52:00.009+08:00

The Board of Trustees of the Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators Foundation, Inc. (PSITE) cordially invites you and your IT Faculty to the 12th PSITE National Convention. This will be held on February 24-27, 2010 at the Bohol Plaza Hotel, Dauis, Bohol. The theme of the convention is ‘IT Academia in the Next DeCADE”

Below are the convention fees:

Live-in Participants P 4,500.00 (includes convention materials and
accommodation at Bohol Plaza Hotel, three (3) Breakfast/ two (2) Lunch/ two (2)
Dinner/ (two (2) AM & two (2) PM Snacks)

Live-out Participants P 3,500.00 (includes convention materials and three (3) Breakfast/ two (2) Lunch/ two (2) Dinner/ (two (2) AM & two (2) PM Snacks)

Discount:
P300.00 for payments made on or before January 16, 2010.

You may deposit early payments to any Allied Bank branch. Accomplish the deposit slip in triplicate credited to PSITE using the following details:

Account Name : PSITE
Account Number : 3131-02238-4
Branch: Allied bank,
Recto Branch, Manila

Please email a scanned copy of the validated deposit slip and/or confirm you attendance and early reservations to Dave E. Marcial (demarcial02@yahoo.com), or visit http:psite.usjr.edu.ph. Alternatively, you may present the deposit slip to the convention secretariat on February 24, 2009. Official receipts will be issued during the convention. For more details, you may contact with his mobile numbers - +639105236709 or +639228218854.

MCITE 2009

2009-12-23T10:46:00.002+08:00

INSPIRATIONAL TALK
Delivered by Randy S. Gamboa, Ph.D. during the MCITE 2009 held on December 3, 2009 at the Holy Cross of Davao College.

CHED OIC-Director Edward S. Aquino, Dr. Iris M. Melliza, President, Holy Cross of Davao College, Sir Edwin Maranon, PSITE VP-Mindanao, Sir. Vic Calag, PSITE Regional President, Deans, fellow IT Educators, guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning.

I’m indeed very happy as I speak before you today. And as I am looking at this venue, I can’t help but remember the first time that we conducted MCITE in 2002. Let’s relate a little about it.

It was in October 2002 when the PSITE National conducted the first National Conference on Information Technology Education or NCITE 2002 at the Lyceum University of the Philippines in Manila. It was then the baby project of the PSITE National President Dr. Jimmy Caro of the University of the Philippines. I was the PSITE Regional president that time. I was very fortunate to have attended the conference not only because I learned a lot but because I gained new acquaintances, friends and connections. Several informative papers were presented from the educators themselves, from IT experts and consultants. Among the participants were not only educators but those in the administration side, legislators and executives from all sectors. I made use of the time attending the sessions and going around, talking to people and learning from them. Indeed it was full-packed menu of knowledge and network. However, it was sad to note that from Mindanao, there were only three of us. Much as I wanted to share what I gained from the conference, I can’t do it. How I wish I can but I cannot. I learned when I came back that the main reasons for the low turnout of participants from Mindanao were the expensive transportation cost and high registration fees. And these are also among the reasons why we in Mindanao are most often than not left out or left behind in terms of new technology and knowledge. Then I asked myself, “How can I make a little difference in the professional lives of the IT Educators in Mindanao.”

Inspired by the success of the NCITE, I came up with the idea of holding a similar event in Mindanao. This is to enable members from this island to be able to gain the knowledge that the people in the north has gained. As they say, if we can’t go to the mountains, let the mountains come to us. Hence, three months after that, the first MCITE was conducted. It was held at the University of Immaculate Conception. We made it very simple but full packed with inputs from known and distinguished speakers from all over the country. Some speakers were also the ones who presented during the NCITE. We were able to invite several sponsors and supporters. With this, the registration fee is more affordable and because of proximity of the venue, the transportation cost was low.

Considered as the biggest IT event in Mindanao, it was attended by about 200 IT educators and 1,500 students. It was supported by CHED, UPITTC and PSITE National. Also, with the help, or I should say, influence of Mr. Edwin Maranon, who was then the PSITE VP-Mindanao, the city government passed a resolution declaring the first week of December as the Information Technology Week.

And because of its success and from the clamor of the members, the MCITE has become an annual event. And this is now the 7th MCITE under the leadership of Mr. Vic Calag.

I was the Regional President until early 2008. After that, I was elected in the PSITE National as Vice President for Mindanao. And because it was Mindanao’s turn to host the PSITE National this year, I was appointed as the convention chair. Having been hosting and organizing several MCITEs, I noted some areas for improvement not only in the MCITE but also in the National Convention. I instituted some changes particularly in the program for the convention. This was implemented in the PSITE National Convention at the Zanorte Convention Center in Dipolog City. The members and officers maybe were so impressed by the positive feedback of the conduct of the convention and the effect of the changes made that they nominated and elected me as National President. I will be part of the history of PSITE having been elected as National President outside of Luzon.

As President, I improved on the direction of PSITE and continued some of its good programs. We set the direction which I coined as PReParE. P is for Professionalism, Re for research, Par for Partnership and E for Education. So it’s Professionalism, Research, Partnership and Education. At this point, activities of all regions are geared towards the attainment of the PReParE direction. This convention attempts to attain all the four directions of PSITE National, most specially the research part. The quality of research papers improved because it passes rigid screening. Those who have good research papers now have a venue to present. Those who do not have research papers then were encouraged to make one. Besides, it has now become a requirement of the CHED that for one to earn their master’s degree, he or she should be able to present a research paper. I am encouraging you to make and present your research papers.

Why am I relating this to you? Information technology is a fast changing technology. The IT educators in the country need to be updated. They need to prepare studies not only enhancing their capabilities but also meeting requirements of their respective institutions and the CHED. The IT educators in the country need to relate with other IT educators. They need to be within a network where there is sharing of experience and knowledge. There are still a lot more things to do with so little time and very few people working on it. We would be happier if each of us will do our own share for the development of the IT educators. A well developed, updated and well-trained IT educator is in a better position to mold our IT students into a better professionals in the future. And this is my challenge to you. In my own little way, I am trying to make a difference in IT Education in the country. You can do it too.

I wish you a fruitful, enlightening, and enjoyable convention. The organizers lined up interesting topics. Learn from it. During breaks, don’t just sit there and talk among your co-teachers or your co-employees. I encourage you to go around and connect with others. Learn from their experiences. Be happy and enjoy the moments with them. This is a good start to make a difference. As Dalai Lama said, “I believe that individuals can make a difference in society. Since periods of change such as the present one come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.” And US President Barrack Obama said, “Make a difference in your life by making a difference in the lives of others”. Hand in hand, I am confident that we can make a difference. Good morning.

NICP-Smartmatic-TIM

2009-11-10T07:12:00.017+08:00

PSITE Region 3 Board ICT Davao Inc. Board
The National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), in partnership with Smartmatic-TIM Corporation, organized the 2nd National ICT Summit last November 5-7, 2009 at the Fontana Convention Centre, Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino, Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga.

On November 6, I attended the Special Kick-Off Workshop that aimed to put together potential stakeholders to plan on how to carry out the efficient hiring, training, certification, and active involvement of the more than 50,000 on-site technical support for the 2010 election. I was with sir Edwin Maranon, Mam Grace Tyler and the PSITE Region 3 officers.

SMARTMATIC-TIM Coordinators

2009-11-08T07:40:00.000+08:00

With Smartmatic-TIM Regional Coordinators during the special kick-off workshop last November 06, 2009 at Clark Pampanga. Pix taken at Stotsenberg Resort, Casino Hotel where i stayed.

NCITE'09 Opening Remarks

2009-10-26T08:47:00.002+08:00

Delivered by Dr. Randy S. Gamboa, PSITE President, during the NCITE 2009 October 21, 2009 in Cagayan de Oro City

Ladies and gentlemen, before anything else, I would like to enjoin everybody for a minute of silent prayer for our members and all those who were affected by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. May those who have lost homes and properties find shelter, enough food and clean water. May the Lord comfort those who are traumatized and those who are grieving for the loss of their families, neighbors and friends. May our great Healer bless those who are sick and injured that their health may be restored.

Thank you.

To our Keynote Speaker who will be properly introduced later, Capitol University President Atty, Casimiro B. Juarez, Jr., my fellow PSITE national board members, paper presenters, invited speakers, our dear IT educators and students from different schools and universities, guests, ladies and gentlemen, maayong buntag sa tanan….magandang umaga sa inyong lahat …. good morning to all.

First of all, I’d like to thank you for coming and being able to attend this conference. We were expecting more participants, but then again, because of the recent calamity that hit the country, we got a number of cancellations. And, as they say, the show must go on, because you deserve the best at PSITE.

As you may have already known, the thrust of PSITE for this term is coined as PReParE. P for Professionalism, Re for research, Par for Partnership and E for education. The manner that this conference came about, from the organizing to the actual execution, exhibits a great improvement in terms of professionalism among PSITE members. Through this conference, we are educating our members and even non-members. And this NCITE would not have been possible without our partnership with CHED, IT services providers, suppliers, schools and universities and even individuals. But most importantly, this conference aims to achieve our Research agenda. This means providing a venue for members to prepare and present their researches.

To those who have been members before, you know that we hold NCITE only once a year. And it is the only time that the research papers are presented. In line with our PSITE thrusts, this is the first time that we conducted a pre-NCITE Conference. In the sessions yesterday, a model research frameworks, advising and manuscript templates for BSCS, BSIT and BSIS were presented. And this is coupled with the best practices in BSCS, BSIT, BSIS student researches. These presentations were an offshoot of the training needs of the faculty members in the IT academic community. We are expecting that many will be encouraged to submit more research papers in the coming years.

This is also the first time that there is a student presenter during the NCITE conference. There was debate among the PSITE board on whether to allow students to present or not. But in the end, we came up with a decision to allow students to present their research paper. This is advantageous to the PSITE members, students and the whole IT community as well.

So this NCITE conference is full-packed with research presentations, panel discussions with some product presentations and updates from the Commission on Higher Education or the CHED. We are just starting. I am already excited of the highlight of this opening ceremony. And this is the message from our keynote speaker who is an educator himself, a young and energetic leader.

And I am very pleased that this conference is held in this beautiful city of Cagayan de Oro. A city known by many nicknames such as “Gateway to Northern Mindanao”, “A City in Bloom, Blossom and in BOOM!”, “City of Golden Friendship”, “ICT Goldmine of the Philippines” and now “City of Whitewater Rafting and River Trekking.”

Before I end, let me thank the organizing committee led by Sir Edwin Maranon, VP- Mindanao and the local organizing committee – PSITE-10 led by Ms. Christine Redondo-Sevilla for organizing this conference. Your effort is commendable. My deepest gratitude also to the management and staff of the Capitol University ably led by their president, Atty. Juarez for your hospitality and for giving us this beautiful venue. And to the officers and members, thank you for your professionalism and all-out support.

We hope that in this conference, we will produce leaders and be able to empower others. So, let us be one in achieving our goal to further IT education and empowering others. As Bill Gates said, “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others”. So let’s all start PREPARE-ing ourselves, educate and empower others. Let us give our best in everything we do.

With all of us working together for the good of the members and the IT community as a whole, no Ondoy or Pepeng can sweep us down and dampen our spirits.

May you all have a fruitful day ahead. Good morning.

PSITE 9 and CODICT-9

2009-10-10T11:07:00.004+08:00

I was invited as the inducting officer of the newly elected PSITE-IX and CODICT-IX officers for SY 2009-2010 and to award the certificate of recognition to the 2008-2009 CODICT – IX and PSITE-IX Officers. The PSITE thrust was also presented to help them in aligning their plans for the current school year.

RQAT Updates

2009-10-10T11:02:00.002+08:00

I was again invited as one of the members of the Regional Quality Assessment Team (RQAT) for Information Technology Education Program, to evaluate the physical resources of the Higher Education Institutions in Region XI, in connection with their applications to offer information technology-related programs effective AY 2010-2011. So far, we have visited and inspected four schools.

NCITE 2009 Papers

2009-09-28T09:08:00.004+08:00

Accepted papers for NCITE 2009 ... CONGRATULATIONS ...

Capturing the Dynamics of Pedestrian Trafﬁc Using a Machine Vision System
Louie Vincent A. Ngoho and Jaderick P. Pabico
Institute of Computer Science
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College 4031, Laguna

ICS-OS: A Kernel Programming Approach to Teaching Operating System Concepts
Joseph Anthony C. Hermocilla
Institute of Computer Science
College of Arts and Sciences
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College 4031, Laguna, Philippines

The Role of NLP Resource Formation for Benguet Languages to Education
Dalos D. Miguel
College of Information and Computing Sciences
Saint Louis University
Baguio City

The Reduction-Buildup Algorithm (RBA) for Efﬁcient Support Set Construction
Jasmine A. Malinao, Richelle Ann B. Juayong,
Unaiza M. Garnica and Henry N. Adorna
Department of Computer Science

Applying AI Technique to Automate Partially the Software Analysis and Design Phases
Demelo M. Lao and Pam Claudine C. Artiaga
Department of Computer Science
University of the Philippines Visayas Cebu College
Gordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City 600

Genetic Algorithm: An Implementation to Class Scheduler System
Albert Geroncio Rivera, Elia - Grace V. Limbaga , Justin Fred M. Opeña, Honeylet B. Laput, Dave E. Marcial
College of Computer Studies, Silliman University
Dumaguete City

Enriching Programming Instruction using Visualization
Marianne Ang, Allan A. Sioson
Computer Science Department
Ateneo de Naga University
Ateneo Avenue, 4400 Naga City

A Stochastic Modeling of the Optimum Cycle Time of Selected Intersections in Cagayan de Oro CityMaridee Bitalac Adiong
Capitol University
Corrales – Osmena Extension
Cagayan de Oro City

VISION-BASED BALL-ON-BEAM BALANCER WITH FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLER
Engr. Elyred D. Baclaan†, MTE, MIT and Prof. Elmer A. Maravillas‡, PhD.

License Plate Classiﬁcation and Binarization
Ralph E. Selga, Vladimir Y. Mariano
Institute of Computer Science
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Laguna, Philippines 4031

DATA SIGNATURES FOR TRAFFIC DATA ANALYSIS
Jasmine A. MALINAO, Richelle Ann B. JUAYONG, Francis James O. CORPUZ, Jan Michael C. YAP, Henry N. ADORNA
Department of Computer Science, Algorithms and Complexity Laboratory,
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines

Realtime Monitoring of Water Turbidity using Image Sequence Analysis
Cedric Kim A. Sarmenta and Dr. Vladimir Y. Mariano
Institute of Computer Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Probabilistic Speech Recognition for Tagalog Lecture Video (PSRTLV)
Chuchi S. Montenegro
Faculty, College of Computer Studies , Silliman University, Dumaguete City,Philippines

Prof. Elmer Maravillas
Faculty, College of Computer Studies, Cebu Institute of Technology, Cebu City, Philippines