Driving Research and Innovation to
address Regional Challenges in
Central Visayas
CVSC catalyzes research and innovation through the CREATES Agenda—supporting
interdisciplinary projects, generating actionable knowledge, and fostering partnerships that
respond to the needs of communities across the region.
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Our Latest Endeavors
Community-Driven Development (CDD) within and beyond the KALAHI-CIDSS
Regletto Aldrich Imbong Associate Professor of PhilosophyUniversity of the Philippines Cebu...
CVSC hosted the UP Cebu Research Forum themed “Strengthening Research and Teaching through Institutional Support, Collaboration, and Innovation”
Five dynamic speakers inspired the UP Cebu community to reflect, innovate, and strengthen their...
SCALING FOREST HABITAT SUITABILITY USING AN ENDANGEREDSPECIES AS BIOINDICATOR
Isabella Pauline L. Quijano (1), Chito L. Patino (1), Mary Joyce L. Flores (1)(2) ABSTRACT Despite...
A Digital Approach in Promoting and Preserving Information on Cebu’s Tangible Cultural Heritage Sites (TCHS) by Demelo Lao and Pauline Louie A. Saraña
Paper presented during the Asian Universities Digital Resource Network (AUDRN) – International...
CREATES: UP Cebu’s Integrated Research and Extension Agenda
Rationale: In an age characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA),...
Our Recent Publications
Thermal history affects heat tolerance in coral Acropora digitifera from subtropical Okinawa reefs
Lead Researcher(s): Haruko Kurihara, Sherry Lyn G. Sayco, Haruki Isa, and Hiroki SuzukiStatus: Published Abstract/summary: Given the ongoing rapid degradation of coral reefs by climate change, our need to understand and evaluate local reef sites...
Enhanced Grading of ‘Carabao’ Mango forExportation Using Three-Way Rule-BasedEnsemble Method
Lead Researcher(s): Ladlennon C. Banuag, Ritchie B. Malinao, Jojimar S. Rosales, Jonnifer R. SinogayaStatus: Published, Chito L. Patiño, and Drandreb Earl Juanico Abstract/summary: The 'Carabao' mango, a significant agricultural export from the...
Digital Lifelines: A Phenomenological study of social support in alter communities of Filipino MSMLHIVs on X (Twitter)
Lead Researcher(s): Maurice Jitty M. VillaesterStatus: Published Abstract/summary: The Philippines faces a rapidly growing HIV epidemic, and Filipino men who have sex with men living with HIV (MSMLHIVs) encounter stigma that limits access to...
ChavacanoMT: a corpus and evaluation of neural machine translation for Philippine Creole Spanish
Lead Researcher(s): Aileen Joan Vicente, Theresse Faith Amamampang, Dunn Dexter Lahaylahay, and Charibeth ChengStatus: Published Abstract/summary: Chavacano, formally known as Philippine Creole Spanish, is the only Creole language spoken in the...