The University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) proudly recognizes its faculty members who presented their research papers at the 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗜𝗦𝗡𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲), held on 16 July 2026 at the 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼 (𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗣), 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮. Conducted in a hybrid format, this year’s conference carried the theme, “𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚.”

The conference serves as an international platform for researchers, academicians, and practitioners to exchange innovative ideas, share advances in science and mathematics, and strengthen collaborations that promote sustainable development.

The following USeP faculty members presented their scholarly works:

𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐨𝐞𝐥 𝐅. 𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐬

• Impact of the Rice Tariffication Law on Rice Prices in Top Producing Provinces of the Philippines: An Intervention Analysis

• Integrating Multi-Criteria Statistical Approaches in Developing a Disaster Preparedness Index for Philippine Communities

𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐭. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐉. 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳

• Barangay-level Spatiotemporal Analysis of Fire Incidence Hotspots in Davao City, Philippines

𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐅. 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐢

• A Survey on Students’ Political Opinion Using the Stratified Unrelated Question Model Randomized Response Technique (UQM-RRT)

• On Geopolitical Risk, Global Oil Prices, Inflation Rate: A Bayesian SVAR–Stochastic Volatility Approach

𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐭. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏. 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨

• Nanoparticle EC50 Toxicity Classification Using a QSAR-Perturbation-Based Approach

• Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Particulate Matter Concentrations in Davao City Using Meteorological and Temporal Features

𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐅𝐞 𝐅. 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨

• Mapping HIV Incidence in Region XI, Philippines: A Spatiotemporal Approach with Hotspot Detection and Time Series Decomposition

𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐄. 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐨

• A Debiased Machine Learning (DML) Approach to Analyzing Household Savings in the Pre- and Post-Pandemic Era in the Philippines

• Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO)-Based Estimation of Insurance Expenditure Behavior in the Philippines

• Application of Copula Modeling in Analyzing the Co-movement of Monetary Policy Rate and Stock Markets in the Philippines Through these research presentations, USeP faculty demonstrated the University’s commitment to advancing knowledge in statistics, data science, machine learning, environmental analytics, public health, economics, and disaster resilience. Their participation further strengthens USeP’s international research collaborations and reinforces its vision of producing globally engaged scholars whose research contributes to sustainable development and evidence-informed policymaking.

The University extends its warmest congratulations to all presenters for representing USeP with distinction and for upholding the University’s enduring tradition of excellence in research, innovation, and public service.

𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧, 𝐔𝐒𝐞𝐏!