• Immediate Past President, Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP)
• Editor-in-Chief, Philippine Information Technology Journal (PITJ)
• Managing Editor, Philippine Computing Journal (PCJ)
• Director, ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, Asia-Manila Site
• Project Director, Philippine Inter-Collegiate Programming Competition
• Project Director, Philippine Informatics Olympiad
• Project Director, Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad – Philippine Site
• Co-Principal Investigator, ONCO-MEDIA Project (an international research collaboration on content-based medical image retrieval using Grid computing technology, funded by the French Government)
• Co-Principal Investigator, EURO-ASIA GRID (an international research collaboration on Grid Infrastructure for e-Science, funded by the European Commission)
• Convenor, International Symposium on ICT for Health (ICT4Health 2008)
• Convenor, International Workshop on Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing
• Philippine Representative, East Asia Committee of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• Member, Information Technology Panel of the Philippine Council on Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD ) of the Department of Science and Technology
• Member, Technical Panel on Information Technology Committee on I.T. Curriculum Development, Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
• Member, Board of Judges and Scientific Advisory Committee, DepED-Intel Philippine Science Fair
• Coordinator, Ateneo Grid and High-Performance Computing Group, School of Science and Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University
• Program Adviser, Applied Mathematics/Computational Science, School of Science and Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University
• Corporate Secretary, Philippine Science High School National Alumni Association (PSHSNAA)
• Assistant Corporate Secretary, Philippine Science High School Alumni Association (PSHSAA)
• Former Director, Environmental Research Center, De La Salle University-Manila
• Former Professorial Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of the Philippines-Diliman
• Former Director (Principal), Philippine Science High School – Main Campus (Diliman, Quezon City)
• Former President, Rotary Club of Agham, Quezon City (International District 3780)
• Author of several publications on computing and applied mathematics

Title of Research/Project	Funding Agency
·         Development of a Module in AMC 21 (Introduction to Computing I)	CHED Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics
·         Development of a Module in AMC 22 (Introduction to Computing II)	CHED Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics
·         Development of a Module in Computer Modeling and Simulation (AMC)	CHED Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics
·         Mathematical Modeling of Vehicular Traffic Dynamics	CHED Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics
·         Mathematical Modeling of Air Pollution Dynamics	CHED Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics
·         Modeling Complex Systems Using Cellular Automata	Department of Science and Technology Global Technology Search Program
·         Development of Environmental Information Systems for the MAKBAN Geothermal Plant Science Information Center	National Power Corporation
·         Development of Environmental Information Systems for the Calaca Science Centrum	National Power Corporation

Fellowship	Granting Institution	Duration
United States-Asia Environmental Education Program	United States Government	1 month (1998)
Global Technology Search	Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)	3 months (1997)
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB) Fellowship	Australian Government	5 years (1987-1992)

Grants	Year/Place	Institution/Organization
University of New Mexico/Maui High Performance Computing Center Grant	1999 (Hawaii, USA)	University of New Mexico/Maui High Performance Computing Center/HPC-Asia
University of New Mexico/Maui High-Performance Computing Center Grant	1998 (Hawaii, USA)	University of New Mexico/Maui High Performance Computing Center/HPC-Asia
DOST Global Technology Search/ Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Grant	1997 (Madrid, Spain)	·         TAPI-Department of Science and Technology Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
International Ecological Engineering Conference ‘96 Grant/ Swedish Government	1996 (Beijing, China)	International Ecological Engineering Society
University of New Mexico/Maui High-Performance Computing Center Grant	1996 (Hawaii, USA)	University of New Mexico/Maui High Performance Computing Center/HPC-Asia
·         DOST Global Technology Search/ ·         High Performance Computing - Asia Grant	1995 (Taipei, Taiwan)	TAPI-Department of Science and Technology   HPC-Asia
·         Taiwan National High Performance Computing Center Grant	1994 (Taipei, Taiwan)	Taiwan National High Performance Computing Center/High Performance Computing - Asia

• I reviewed scientific and technical papers for the 6^th Philippine Computing Science Congress held in the Ateneo de Manila University in March 2006.

• I presented research papers during the 6^th Philippine Computing Science Congress held in the Ateneo de Manila University in March 2006.

• I reviewed scientific papers for the Informing Science and Information Technology Joint Conference (InSITE 2006), an international I.T. conference held in Greater Manchester, England in June 2006.

Position, name of committee, technical service, and other activities	Contribution	No. of units, if any
Coordinator, Ad-Hoc Committee on Ethics (SOSE)	I coordinated the meetings of the SOSE Ad-Hoc Committee on Ethics in Research, compiled materials, and created a website/e-group for the committee.
Coordinator, CHED COE for the Math Department	I facilitated the call for proposals for the Math CHED Center of Excellence funds, prepared reports, and convened meetings.
Coordinator, BS-AMC group (for Applied Mathematics Major in Computational Science)	I initiated and coordinated the meetings of the group and contributed ideas on how to strengthen the BS-AMC program of the Math Department.
Director, 2006 ACM ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) hosted by the ADMU	Being the director of a prestigious international event hosted by the Ateneo de Manila University, I made efforts to ensure that preparations for the ACM ICPC in Manila are done well. We have successfully organized the second international programming contest held at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Ortigas, Pasig City.

Nature of Involvement	Nature of Organization	Contribution
Director, 2006 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest Asia-Manila Site	Professional Society	I chaired the organizing committee for 2006 ACM ICPC Asia Manila Regional Contest and coordinated with top officials of ACM ICPC.
President, Computing Society of the Philippines	Professional Society	I chaired the meetings of the national board of officers and I made efforts to ensure that the objectives of the society are met.
Chair, Program Committee, Philippine Computing Science Congress	Professional Society	As chair of the program committee, I coordinated the submission of scientific and technical papers presented during the 5th Philippine Computing Science Congress held in the University of Cebu, Cebu City in March 2005.
Managing Editor, Philippine Computing Journal	Professional Society	As the managing editor of the official publication of the Computing Society of the Philippines, I made sure that the objectives of the journal are met and the journal issues are published regularly
Judge, INTEL Philippine Science and Engineering Fair 2006, organized by DOST Science and Education Institute	Government Science Education Agency	I was a judge in the selection of winners in the 2006 Intel Philippine Science and Engineering Fair held in February 2006.
Grand Awards Judge, INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair 2006, May 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	International Science and Engineering Professional Society	I was a judge in the selection of winners in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in May 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Member, Senate Working Group on the Computerization of Philippine Elections	Senate Committee (Government Body)	I contributed ideas to the computerization of Philippine elections
Technical Consultant, Malayan High School of Science	Science High School	I contributed to the development of academic curriculum and other science education projects.
President, Rotary Club of Agham, Quezon City (International District 3780)	International non-government voluntary organization	I contributed to the development of the organization and ensuring that community projects of the club are carried out

Title:	Content-based medical image retrieval and biomedical applications of Grid Computing (ONCO-MEDIA project)   Bibliographical Entry:   Rafael Saldaña, “Content-based image retrieval and the ONCO-MEDIA project,” in Proceedings of the 7th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2008), Computing Society of the Philippines, 2008.
	(If published, provide bibliographical entry above)
Nature of research/creative work		Contribution / participation	Status / Output
Type:      X Research       Creative Work  Individual X Group  Own thesis/dissertation   Other: ________________ If funded, funding agency and amount___ICT Asia Regional Program of the French Governent   If research, specify nature:       Basic        X Applied		X Project leader  Sole author  Collaborator/co-author  Assistant  Laboratory supervisor /    manager  Consultant  Other: ________________	 On-going (total years: ___2__)  Completed If published, indicate type:      book              chapter in book      article in peer-reviewed journal      article in non-peer-reviewed journal      article in magazine / newspaper      monograph  X Presented at local conference (PCSC 2007, Boracay, Philippines) X Presented at international conference (Singapore)  Technical report/Final project report  Patent/license  Other: __________________
Please discuss the nature and significance of this work:
Online Reference: http://www.onco-media.com                                  http://mathsci.math.admu.edu.ph/~raf/oncomedia/       The ONCO-MEDIA Project refers to “Ontology and Context related Medical image Distributed Intelligent Access.” It is an international collaboration among several institutions in Asia and Europe with approved funding from the ICT-Asia-France Program.   Its objectives are as follows:   1. To develop a novel grid-distributed, contextual and semantic based, intelligent information access framework for medical images and associated medical reports focusing on :   a. Robust visual indexing and retrieval (set of) algorithms for medical images;   b. Robust fusion indexing (set of) intelligent techniques for medical images and associated medical reports;   c. Developing a grid-distributed medical image retrieval application that links the medical concepts of the images and text documents based on medical ontology using intelligent methods;   d. Methods for context-sensitive navigation and query;   e. Security and privacy imperatives concerning the communication, indexing, retrieval, navigation and query management.   2. To explore new medical image diagnosis assistance, teaching and research access applications using semantic, visual and context-sensitive medical information with the grid computing facilities;   3. To crystallize a network of research excellence in the field of distributed medical images access among Asia, French and French Switzerland partners, leveraging on their complementary scientific values and experience.     I am a Co-Principal Investigator in this international collaboration, with the following organizations as project partners:     1.      Image Processing Applications Laboratory (IPAL), Singapore 2.      National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 3.      Institute of Automation (CASIA), The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 4.      Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines 5.     National Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Gerontechnology, Functional Brain Imaging Laboratory, Japan 6.      Research and Applications Center in Image and Signal Processing—Medical Image (CREATIS), France 7.      University Hospitals of Geneva Medical Informatics Service (UNIGE), Switzerland 8.      Lyon Research Center for Images and Intelligent Information Systems (LIRIS), France 9.      Laboratory of Computer Sciences (LIP6), France

Title:	Image segmentation of digital mammograms using the watershed algorithm for breast cancer detection   Bibliographical entry:   Patricia Gonzales, Ma. Celine Jacinto, and Rafael Saldaña, “Image Segmentation of Digital Mammograms Using the Watershed Algorithm for Breast Cancer Detection,” in Proceedings of the 7th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2007), Computing Society of the Philippines, 2007.
	(If published, provide bibliographical entry above)
Nature of research/creative work		Contribution / participation	Status / Output
Type:      X Research       Creative Work  Individual X Group  Own thesis/dissertation   Other: ________________ If funded, funding agency and amount If research, specify nature:       Basic        X Applied		X Project leader  Sole author X Collaborator/co-author  Assistant  Laboratory supervisor /    manager  Consultant  Other: ________________	 On-going (total years: _____) X Completed If published, indicate type:      book              chapter in book      article in peer-reviewed journal      article in non-peer-reviewed journal      article in magazine / newspaper      monograph  X Presented at local conference (PCSC 2007, Boracay, Philippines) X Presented at international conference (Japan)  Technical report/Final project report  Patent/license  Other: __________________
Please discuss the nature and significance of this work:
Significance:   Most people are not aware of the seriousness of breast cancer in the Philippines. With a world-standardized rate of approximately 0.0004777, the Philippines is the leading country in Asia in the number of occurrences of breast cancer.   Breast cancer screening using mammography can enhance early detection of breast cancer, but will produce a lot of mammograms for the doctor to evaluate. This study was aimed at implementing an image segmentation program to identify suspect areas in a mammogram; thus, helping the medical doctor to efficiently and accurately determine the presence of a tumor.

Title:	An application of the Latent Semantic Indexing method to computer aided retrieval of knee meniscus magnetic resonance images.   Bibliographical entry:   Rafael Saldaña, Garret Gan, John Micael Mandapat, Frank Fernadez, John Andrew Michael Bengzon, and Samuel Bernal, “An Application of the Latent semantic Indexing Method to Computer Aided Retrieval of Knee Meniscus Magnetic Resonance Images,” in Proceedings of the 7th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2007), Computing Society of the Philippines, 2007.
	(If published, provide bibliographical entry above)
Nature of research/creative work		Contribution / participation	Status / Output
Type:      X Research       Creative Work  Individual X Group  Own thesis/dissertation   Other: ________________ If funded, funding agency and amount If research, specify nature:       Basic        X Applied		X Project leader  Sole author X Collaborator/co-author  Assistant  Laboratory supervisor /    manager  Consultant  Other: ________________	 On-going (total years: _____) X Completed If published, indicate type:      book              chapter in book      article in peer-reviewed journal      article in non-peer-reviewed journal      article in magazine / newspaper      monograph  X Presented at local conference (PCSC 2007, Boracay, Philippines) X Presented at international conference (Japan)  Technical report/Final project report  Patent/license  Other: __________________
Please discuss the nature and significance of this work:
Significance:   This paper reports on our investigation of content based image retrieval of magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the knee menisci, one of the vital parts of the body (for human mobility). Using the methods of Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) we have shown that computer-aided retrieval of knee meniscus MRI is doable.   This study is a collaboration between faculty and students of the Mathematics Department (Loyola Schools) and medical experts from The Medical City (Hospital).

Title:	Modeling mutations in cancer-susceptibility genes   Bibliographical entry:   Mary Martin, Christopher Ladao, and Rafael Saldaña, “Modeling Mutations in Cancer-Susceptibility Genes,” in Proceedings of the 7th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2007), Computing Society of the Philippines, 2007.
	(If published, provide bibliographical entry above)
Nature of research/creative work		Contribution / participation	Status / Output
Type:      X Research       Creative Work  Individual X Group  Own thesis/dissertation   Other: ________________ If funded, funding agency and amount If research, specify nature:       Basic        X Applied		X Project leader  Sole author X Collaborator/co-author  Assistant  Laboratory supervisor /    manager  Consultant  Other: ________________	X On-going (total years: 2 years_) X Completed If published, indicate type:      book              chapter in book     article in peer-reviewed journal      article in non-peer-reviewed journal      article in magazine / newspaper      monograph  X Presented at local conference (PCSC 2007, Boracay, Philippines) XPresented at international conference (Japan)  Technical report/Final project report  Patent/license  Other: __________________
Please discuss the nature and significance of this work:
Significance:       Mutation is one of the determining factors in the dynamics of cancer progression . The other factors include the selection and architecture of the tissues involved. Cancer is the outcome of an evolutionary process that alters the cell phenotype due to mutation.   This study was aimed at simulating the progression of mutation in a compartment of cells belonging to a human organ. Results taken from a one-dimensional array of cells based on the linear process and a two-dimensional array of cells based on the Moran process were compared with the classical Gompertz model.   The models presented serve to quantify the effects of mutation, selection, and tissue architecture in the dynamics of cancer progression.

Nature of involvement (e.g., president, technical adviser, lecturer, etc.)	Nature of organization (e.g., university, professional society, etc.)	Contribution
President/Outgoing President	Computing Society of the Philippines	Acts as chief executive officer of the organization; conceives and implements several programs for the promotion of the computing discipline in the Philippines
Member, Board of Judges	DEpED Intel Philippine Science Fair	Member of the Board of Judges of this prestigious national competition for research in the high school level
Member, Technical Panel on ICT	Philippine Council on Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD)-Department of Science and Technology (DOST)	Evaluates proposals and programs related to advanced science and technology, particularly in Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
Director and Head Judge	First Philippine Inter-Collegiate Programming Competition (Philippine ICPC 2007)	Main organizer and head judge
Director for Philippines	Asia Pacific Informatics Opympiad (APIO ’07)	Organized the Philippine participation in the 1st Asia Pacific Informatics Olympiad held in May 2007
Philippine Representative, East Asia Committee	East Asia Committee of the Society for Industrial Applications of Mathematics (ESIAM)	Member of the steering committee that organized the holding of the 3rd EASIAM Conference in Xiamen, China in November 2007
Workshop Director	International Workshop on Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing (MODEL 2007)	Main organizer of this international workshop held in Boracay Regency Reseort and convention Center in February 2007
Chair, Program Committee	7th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2007)	Organized the call for papers and peer review of research papers presented in PCSC 2007; organized the production of the Proceedings of the PCSC 2007
Managing Editor	Philippine Computing Journal	Organized the production of two issues of the Philippine Computing Journal – the only national journal in the Philippines focusing on computing and information technology.