Evaluating Readability Standard Alignment of Instruction-Tuned Language Models. Invited research talk at the Open Innovation AI Research Community Workshop hosted by Meta AI in London. November 29-30, 2023.
Back to Square One: Exploring Linguistically-Motivated Techniques for Low-Resource Text Complexity Assessment. Invited research talk at the following NLP groups: NRC Canada (November 3), University of Toronto (November 6), University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University (November 8).
Mitigating Risks of ChatGPT and Other Similar Tools in Education: A Guide for Teacher. Educational Technology Office, National University Philippines. March 29, 2023.
Panel Discussion: Unlocking the Technology Behind ChatGPT. Andrew L. Tan Data Science Institute, College of Computer Studies, De La Salle University Philippines. February 15, 2023.
Fighting Disinformation with Language Technologies. UP CURSOR - Alternative Learning Classroom (ACLE). University of the Philippines. December 12, 2022.
The World of Machine Learning: An Introduction. National University and Nazareth School Community Extension Program. March 30, 2022.
‘Yorme, Yorme’: Modeling themes from public COVID-19 reports aired through Manila City government Twitter accounts. 5th Annual Conference on Data for Public Good. Organized by the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) and the University of Michigan. March 25, 2022.
A Primer to Natural Language Processing Research. Organized by Computer Society of the Philippines - Special Interest Group in Natural Language Processing (SIG-NLP). December 4, 2021.
Special Talk on NLP: Text Complexity Beyond Formulas. National University, Philippines. September 5, 2021.
Introduction to Natural Language Processing. Bicol University - Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Bicol, Philippines. May 5, 2021.
‘Yorme, Yorme’: Modeling themes from COVID-19 concerns and public reports aired through Manila City government Twitter accounts. Webinar Series by the Computer Society of the Philippines (CSP) and UP Diliman Department of Computer Science. May 20, 2020.
Introduction to Python, Numpy, Pandas. TechFactors Inc., V. Luna St., Quezon City. February 21, 2020.
DOST FNRI Workshop Series on Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (Towards Industry 4.0). DOST Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig. September 14, 21, and 28, 2019.
Talks conducted (Day 1):
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Mining
Introduction to Regression Analysis in Machine Learning
Applications of Linear Regression, Decision Trees, and K-Nearest Neighbors in Nutrigenomics
Talks conducted (Day 2 and 3):
Introduction to Classification Techniques
Evaluating Classification Models
Applications of Classification in Nutrigenomics
NLP for Philippine languages: Existing tools, research areas, and open problems. Nokia Technology Center Philippines, UP AyalaLand TechnoHub, Quezon City. September 26, 2019.
Dissecting Text Data with NLP. University of Cordilleras, Baguio City. May 31, 2019.
Recent Trends in Artificial Intelligence. University-Wide Innovation Week, National University, Manila. March 12, 2019
Artificial Intelligence System Training and Workshop Series. Information and Communications Technology Center - Caraga State University, Butuan. July 15-18, 2018.
Talks Conducted:
Introduction to Python
Introduction to Text Classification using SVM
Topic Modelling
Introduction to Neural Networks
Wonders of Natural Language Processing. School of Computing and Information Technologies (SoCIT) - Asia Pacific College, Magallanes. July 25, 2018.
Exploring Classification of Various Texts Workshop. 14th National Natural Language Processing Research Symposium, University of the Cordilleras, Baguio City. May 11-12, 2018.
Research Talks in Bicol University: Natural Language Processing (Part 2). Bicol University, Legazpi City.
Talks Conducted (through PolyCom Node):
Introduction to Machine Learning
Introduction to Deep Learning