Program (February 27, 2026)

Registration; 8:30 - 9:30

Opening Program; from 9:30(Philippine Standard Time, PHT)

Moderator:
Dr. Lucky Galvez (University of the Philippines Diliman)
9:30 - 9:45 (Philippine Standard Time, PHT)
Welcome Message
Prof. Clement Camposano (Chancellor of University of the Philippines Visayas)
9:45 - 9:55 (Philippine Standard Time, PHT)
Message from IAR
Dr. Taku Jiromaru (Kurume University)

Keynote Address

Session Chair:
Prof. Fidel Nemenzo (University of the Philippines Diliman)
10:00 - 10:40 (Philippine Standard Time, PHT)
Strengthening the Space Value Chain in the Philippines through Small Satellite Development
Prof. Joel Joseph S. Marciano, Jr.

Short Break

11:00 - 12:00 (PHT)

Session 1:
Social Science and ICT

Session Chair:
Dr. Lucky Galvez (University of the Philippines Diliman)
11:00 - 11:20 (PHT)
AI Chatbots for Counseling Support - Benefits, Boundaries, and Ethical Implications -
Tomoko Aoki
11:20 - 11:40 (PHT)
Culturally-Aware Tourism Recommendation System Architecture Based on Gaze Tracking and Multilingual Web Access Pattern Analysis
Yuko HOSHINO, Eriko ISHII, Mitsuho YAMADA
11:40 - 12:00 (PHT)
Decision-Making Structures in Everyday Life Among Older Adults: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach Across Age Groups
Eriko Musashi
12:00 - 14:00 (PHT)

Lunch and Poster Session

Ocean Variability to Community Reliability: Battery-Life?Aware Control for Wave Energy Electrification in Small Island Settings
Perry Neil J. Fernandez, Elaine Grace B. Fernandez
Application for Microplastic Tracking using Microprocessor-Based System
Reilly Bautista, Sheila Mae Santander-De Leon, Perry Neil Fernandez
Mapping Cultural Ecosystem Services in Philippine Coastal Tourism through Network Analysis
JB B. Lusegro, Ma. Theresa B. Autida, Filame Joy U. Catinan, M.Sc., and Kent Christian A. Castor, M.Sc.
14:00 - 15:00 (PHT)

Session 2:
Formal Science, Computer Science and ICT

Session Chair:
Dr. Rowena Betty (University of the Philippines Diliman)
14:00 - 14:20 (PHT)
Exercises to Learn The Importance of Prompt Engineering in Generative AI - Include your point of view in the prompt-
Makio Fukuda
14:20 - 14:40 (PHT)
Self-dual Code based PQCC and Critical Issues for Implementation
Kiyoshi Nagata
14:40 - 15:00 (PHT)
Two-Stage Conversational Japanese Simplification: SFT Followed by PPO
Shunya SHIMOURA, Shun OKUHARA
15:00 - 15:20 (PHT)
UVLeBot: A Retrieval-Augmented Generation Chatbot for Enhanced Course Delivery in UP Diliman's Learning Management System
Jon Marco G. Francisco, Miguel Francisco M. Remolona

Coffee break

15:40 - 16:40 (PHT)

Session 3:
Applied Science and ICT

Session Chair:
Prof. Kiyoshi Nagata (Daito Bunka University)
15:40 - 16:00 (PHT)
Reconsidering AI-driven Accounting Information Systems
Akihiko KIGAWA
16:00 - 16:20 (PHT)
Usefulness, Anticipated Difficulties, or Return Modality? Factors Associated with Students' Perceived Motivational Benefits of Rubrics in Computing-Related Courses
Tomoko NISHIKAWA
16:20 - 16:40 (PHT)
Measurement Of Burn Area Using Image Processing And Its Evaluation
Toshiyuki Tanaka

Short break

16:40 - 17:00 (PHT)

Session 4:
Hardware, local community and ICT

Session Chair:
Dr. Jumar Cadondon (University of the Philippines Diliman)
17:00 - 17:20 (PHT)
Assessment of accounting for non-planar signal wavefronts in step-frequency radar for cardiac applications via modification to the discrete Fourier transform
Alfonso Vicente L. Jadie, Romeric F. Pobre
17:20 - 17:40 (PHT)
Numerical Simulation of Clustered Optical Frequency Combs in Kerr Microresonators
Michelle Mae C. Carpentero, Noel Lito B. Sayson
17:40 - 18:00 (PHT)
ICT Expenditures among Fishers and Farmers in the Philippines: What our National Surveys Tell Us
Defiesta G, Gange G., Mediodia H., Casquero E.

Banquet (Onsite only)

Night (PHT)