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
2018 Year-end CVSC Narrative Report About its CIDS-Funded Research Project on Sustainable Tourism in Central Visayas
Last December 2018, the UP Cebu Central Visayas Studies Center was able to produce and submit to...
Workshop on Drafting Research Proposals on Sustainable Tourism in Central Visayas Held Successfully
A workshop on sustainable tourism in Central Visayas towards proposing studies on three areas of...
Round Table Discussion on Sustainable Tourism in Central Visayas Held last October 10, 2018
A whole-day round table discussion on sustainable tourism in Central Visayas with UP Cebu faculty...
Centennial Faculty Research Symposium was Successfully Held as Part of UP Cebu’s Centennial Celebration
The Central Visayas Studies Center together with a team of administrators and faculty members of...
Our Recent Publications
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...
Evaluation of antibacterial activity ofblack soldier fly (Hermetia illucensL.) larval gut extracts
Lead Researcher(s): Jaymark Orapa, Nephriteri Generale, Avvy Sheen Uy, Danielle Dalman, Mariel Rose Villarubia and Fleurdeliz MaglangitStatus: Published Abstract/summary: The larvae of the black soldier fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens L., feed on...