About

Hi! I'm currently a visualization scientist in the Visualization Core Lab at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) based in Saudi Arabia.

Check out my projects and publications or find out more about me below.

Academic Background

Jan 2022 - present: Visualization Scientist @ Visualization Core Lab, KAUST, KSA
Feb 2019 - Dec 2021: Research Scientist @ Visual Computing Center, KAUST, KSA with Prof. Markus Hadwiger
Sep 2016 - Aug 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Teaching Fellow @ Visual Computing Group, Harvard University, USA with Prof. Hanspeter Pfister
Jan 2016 - Aug 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher @ Visual Computing Center, KAUST, KSA with Prof. Markus Hadwiger
Jan 2011 - Dec 2015: PhD in Computer Science, Teaching Assistant @ KAUST, KSA under Prof. Markus Hadwiger [dissertation]
Sep 2009 - Dec 2010: MSc in Electrical Engineering @ KAUST, KSA
Jun 2009 - Aug 2009: Summer Student @ Stanford University, USA
Apr 2008 - May 2009: Lecturer, Research Assistant, MSc Student @ ECCE Department, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Jun 2003 - Mar 2008: BSc in Electronics and Communications Engineering @ Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines [cum laude]
Jun 1999 - Mar 2003: High School @ Holy Angel University, Philippines [valedictorian]
Jun 1993 - Mar 1999: Grade School @ Sindalan Elementary School, Philippines [valedictorian]

Awards and Media

University Level Winner of Hult Prize

The Hult Prize Competition is an annual start-up competition focusing on social entrepreneurship. CookHub won in the university level and participated in the regional competition in Dubai. My teammates were Ge Gao and Andrew Yip. [more]

KAUST Alumni Focus

My research on immersive analytics during my two-year postdoctoral research at Harvard University was featured in this KAUST Alumni Focus article. [more]

Student Research Featured

My PhD student research on the sparse PDF map representation for images was featured in the Beacon, KAUST's university newspaper. [more]

UCSD Internship Featured

My summer intenship in University of California San Diego's CALIT2 department was featured in their internal website. [more]

SMART SWEEP Champions

PasaGoods wins top spot in SMART Wireless Engineering and Education Program (SWEEP) competition in 2009. I mentored the winning group and also contributed to the development of the technology that allows anyone with a mobile phone to easily donate goods to disaster victims via short messaging system (SMS).