DLSU Dr. Andrew L. Tan Data Science Institute

🌀 LLM Hallucinations: Causes, Mitigation, Detection, and Implications 🌀
Uncover the core concepts behind hallucinations in large language models! Why they happen, how they affect outputs, and what current research reveals about preventing them. 🤖📚

📚 In this session, we’ll explore:
✅ The basic concept and types of hallucinations in LLMs
✅ Methods for detecting hallucinated outputs
✅ Strategies to mitigate hallucinations based on recent studies
✅ How hallucinations influence model internals and behavior
✅ Insights from current literature and ongoing research

Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/NeSyXLD_Q76admKaIf21Mg

📅 Date: October 9, 2025
🕒 Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

🔹 Qubit 101: Computing Perspective and Fundamentals of Quantum Computing 🔹
🤔 Heard the buzz about quantum computing? From research labs to industry headlines, it’s the talk of the tech world, and now is your chance to discover what makes it so revolutionary.

📚 In this session, we’ll cover:
✅ Computing Perspective to Quantum Computation
✅ Qubit as a Coin Flip
✅ Qubit as a Bloch Sphere
✅ Qubit Manipulation using Quantum Gates
✅ Speaker’s Current Work
✅ Coding a Quantum Computer

This will be a hybrid session:
💻 Online via Zoom (Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/aeDmpkCrRZ-UFLHypzTctw)

📍Face-to-face at Room G211 (for DLSU affiliates only, limited to a maximum of 30 participants)
(Register here using your DLSU email: https://forms.gle/vuxbmfWmeVvX2eoA7)

📅 RESCHEDULED TO: October 3, 2025

🔹 Graph Neural Networks (GNNs): Foundations and Applications 🔹
Learn the basics of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) — a powerful class of machine learning models designed to analyze data structured as graphs. 🌐🤖

📚 In this session, we’ll cover:
✅ The foundations of GNNs
✅ How GNNs capture relationships in graph data
✅ A hands-on code walkthrough to demonstrate implementation

Register here: https://forms.gle/WPKpvTPeNwsvxFyTA

Perfect for students and enthusiasts in machine learning, data science, and AI who want to explore the power of graph-based learning!

📅 Date: September 12, 2025
🕒 Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
📍 Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/95864625635?pwd=Pm25KMvMk9ytTtT6flvARJgaMauh7T.1&jst=2

Learn the basics of SUMO (Simulation of Urban MObility) — a powerful open-source traffic simulator used worldwide for modeling transport systems.

📚 In this session, we’ll cover:
✅ Creating simple road networks
✅ Building basic simulations
✅ Importing real-world maps
✅ Interfacing SUMO with Python

Register here: https://forms.gle/rCBg39a8MiyxUf916

Perfect for beginners and curious minds in traffic engineering, urban planning, or simulation!
📅 Date: August 1, 2025
🕒 Time: 02:00pm - 03:00pm
📍 Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/99129985053?pwd=7HARaVZsPMCb4r5h74UpCOBTiUrDiR.1&jst=2

Planning to enroll in De La Salle University's MS Data Science program? 👀

We will have an Information Session this Wednesday from 7-8PM via Zoom. Please register thru this link: https://bit.ly/DLSUMSDSAY2526InfoSesh

Later at 5PM, we will host Google Developer Groups Cloud Manila for their International Women's Month celebration meetup!

In case you missed it:

The BS Data Science program in DLSU is in the works! If you are a Junior or Senior HS student, or the parent/guardian of one, please help us get a better sense of your interest in taking such programs in the near future.

Express your interest here - https://bit.ly/BSDataSciDLSU_survey

❗ The Dr. Andrew L. Tan Data Science Institute together with the DLSU Software Technology of the DLSU College of Computer Studies is planning to offer a BS Data Science program!

🙏🏻 Kindly help us with our market research by filling out this interest survey ➡ https://bit.ly/BSDataSciDLSU_survey

If you know prospective students or their parents/guardians who might also be interested, please share this link.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]

De La Salle University

❗ The Dr. Andrew L. Tan Data Science Institute together with the DLSU Software Technology of the DLSU College of Computer Studies is planning to offer a BS Data Science program!

🙏🏻 Kindly help us with our market research by filling out this interest survey ➡ https://bit.ly/BSDataSciDLSU_survey

If you know prospective students or their parents/guardians who might also be interested, please share this link.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]

De La Salle University

The Summit returns to De La Salle University!

Get ready for a whole day packed with conversations and ideas about how we can use technology to solve our most pressing problems.

The summit, Rappler's biggest annual event, will be held on October 19, 2024 at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium. Speakers include Education Secretary Sonny Angara, Signal Foundation president Meredith Whittaker, and more.

Here are more details on the program and how to register: https://www.rappler.com/moveph/social-good-summit/be-the-change-2024-speakers-sessions/

Together, let's for the Philippines we want.

[THIS WEEK] Prof. Jennifer Widom, the Dean of Stanford University’s School of Engineering, kicks off the first day of CCS’s Data Science Workshop at the Manila Campus.

Interest Check!

Passionate about data? We're envisioning an organization for data science students and enthusiasts at DLSU and would want you to be part of this journey! The organization's goals are:

Community Building: Connect students, experts, professors, and researchers.

Skills Development: Workshops, hackathons, and talks to enhance data skills.

Societal Impact: Data-driven projects on national and global issues.

Opportunity Hub: Link members to careers and research.
Excited to build something incredible?

Join us on this journey by filling out the form!

https://forms.gle/hbEZ1EpD2vrpYbDaA