ENERO 15, 2021-TUNAY nga na napapanahon at akmang-akma sa kasalukuyang sitwasyong ginagalawan ng lipunan natin ang naging topic ng webinar na pinangunahan nitong Enero 11, 2021 ng National Academy of Science and Technology.
May pamagat na “Digital Transformation and Digital Ecosystems”, layon na i-educate ang pinoy sa pandaigdigang pagbabago sa teknolohiya, kaugnay pa rin ng “FIRe” o ang Fourth Indstrial Revolution kung saan miikot na nag lipnan sa digitalization o digitization, kaakibat ang mga bukambibig na teknolohiya gaya ng AI o Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Nanotechnology at fast internet speed.
Sa kasagsagan ng pananalasa ng COVID-19 sa buong mundo na siyang nagdulot nga ng pagtigil ng maraming tao sa kani-kanilang mga bahay napakaraming naging pagbabago sa ekonomiya gaya ng negosyogamit ang internet.
Ayon sa isang United Nations Resoltion, ang “Access” mano sa Internet ay isang “basic Human Right”, maaring sa kanluran o sa mga mayayamang bansa ay tama ito pero sa Pilipinas ay tila malayo pa nating maipaglaban ang ganitong karapatan.
Sapagkat sa apat na lalawigan nga lang na nakapalibot sa Kamaynilaan (16 Lungsod at 1 Bayan) na kung tawagin ngayon ay Mega Manila (Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna at Rizal) marami pang lgar ang “walang suplay ng kryente” at pag tinanong natin sa MERALCO kung bakit? Ang isasagot sa atin ay “mas malaki pa ang gagastusin nila sa pag lay ng cables kesa sa ibabayad ng mga tao sa lugar”.
Nakakalungkot pero isang katotohanang tila hindi alam ng ating mga pinuno at eksperto na kadalasan ay umiikot lang ang mundo sa Kamaynilaan at sa ilang malalaking lungsod sa bansa.
Napakakupad ng internet speed, isa sa may pinakamahal na singil sa kuryente sa Asya. Natatandaan ko tuloy ang kwento ng isang estudyante na nakatira sa bundok at hindi magkanda gaga maghanap ng signal para sa blended learning ng Dep Ed. Maakyat pa sa pnongkahoy para makakha ng signal.
Nakakahanga lang pagmasdan na sa kabila ng kakulangan ng bansa sa digital infrastructures, mabilis na speed ng internet connectivity o maging ang kawalan ng kuryente sa maraming lugar nakatutuwa pa ring Makita na kahit mga basurero at sidewalk vendor at mga nakatira sa ilalim ng tulay ay naka smart Phone.
Kabilang sa mga dumalo sa nasabing webinar ng NAST- ay sina NAST President Acd. Rhodora V. Azanza na nagbigay ng kanyang pangunang pagbati kasunod ang pagtalakay ni Acd. William T. Torres ng Engineering Sciences ang Technology Division tngkol sa Digital Ecosystems. Si Acd. Torres ang itinturing na “Ama ng Internet” sa Pilipinas.
Samantalang tinalakay nina Acd. Benito M. Pacheco ang may kaugnayan sa Shelter and Transportation, Acd.Guillermo Q. Tabios III ang tungkol sa Water, Acd. Alvin B. Culaba naman sa Energy, Acd. Aura M. Matias sa bahagi ng Manfacturing and industry, ang kaisa-isang babae sa mga ekspertong nakibahagi sa nasabing webinar at si Acd. Raymond Girard R. Tan sa Edcation.///Michael Balaguer, +639262261791, konekted@diaryongtagalog.net
UPOU to offer master’s program in R&D Management
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is offering the newly approved Master of Research and Development & Management (MR&DM) program in the First Semester of AY 2021-2022. Applications for admission are now being accepted. For inquiries or questions about the online program, visit https://fmds.upou.edu.ph/academics/post-bac/master-of-research-and-development-management/ or message us at http://facebook.com/UPOUDRDM/.
The MR&DM is a 36-unit fully online graduate program designed to develop knowledge and skills in effective leadership of government and private R&D organizations and research funding institutions.
The UP Board of Regents (BOR) approved the MR&DM program proposal at its 1356th BOR Meeting held on 26 November 2020.
LSPU conducts relief operations in Laguna; provides support to mushroom growers through DOST-PCAARRD ATBI
The Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU) conducted relief operations in six towns of Laguna: Mabitac, Siniloan, Pangil, Sta. Cruz, Lumban, and Los Baňos on April 29. This was accomplished through the Agri-Aqua Technology Business Incubation (ATBI) program of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).
Led by LSPU-ATBI project leader Engr. Isabelita T. Domingo, the team provided 50 bags of relief goods to families, frontliners, and a student in lockdown. The team also supported the farmer-incubatees in the six towns, by providing them with a total of 2,120 mushroom fruiting bags. According to the LSPU-ATBI’s report, the fruiting bags for the six farmer beneficiaries serve as assistance in starting their mushroom business. It will also serve as an ongoing relief effort of the ATBI to help COVID-19-affected communities. Based on the partnership guidelines, half of the harvest of the incubatees in this said mushroom project will be donated to their identified barangays. This would mean distribution of fresh oyster mushrooms as relief until July 2020.
The LSPU-ATBI team was supported by LSPU’s Vice President for Research Development and Extension, Dr. Corazon N. San Agustin, the AATBI Project Staff, the LSPU relief task force, representatives from two farm partners, and some members of the local government units (LGUs) in the six towns. The LSPU-ATBI is one of the groups that have been organizing its relief assistance activities to alleviate the situation in nearby communities amidst the COVID-19 crisis. The ATBIs of the Benguet State University (BSU), Central Luzon State University (CLSU), Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU), Capiz State University (CapSU), and the Central Mindanao University (CMU) have also organized their relief operations in their own provinces and other localities.
This initiative is part of the Lingkod Alalay sa Pamayanan (LINGAP) component of the “GALING-PCAARRD Kontra COVID-19” program under the DOST PCAARRD pursuant to the Republic Act No. 11469, which is also known as the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.”
Projects under the DOST-PCAARRD Intellectual Property and Technology Business Management (IP-TBM) and the Science for the Convergence of Agriculture and Tourism (SciCAT) programs of the Council are also currently responding to the call for relief assistance. (Kariza M. Geminiano, Engr. Isabelita T. Domingo, Ms. Mary Ann L. Barile, DOST-PCAARRD S&T Media Services).
