Research

Below are some of my academic publications and seminars/talks I’ve given.

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Journal Publications/Conference Contributions

(Dates are arranged in the order the pre-print/publication/conference proceedings first became available.)

2025

• “TransDFM: A Bayesian transformer-dynamic factor model for stock market analysis” Co-authored with T Kubo and I Ikeda
  • CFE-CMStatistics. Birkbeck, University of London. 13-15 December, 2025. [Abstract]

2023-2024

• “You Only Accept Samples Once: Fast, Self-Correcting Stochastic Variational Inference” Co-authored with T Kubo and I Ikeda
  • SSRN Preprint: 17 December, 2024
  • arXiv Preprint: 5 June, 2024
• “Variance Control for Black Box Variational Inference Using the James-Stein Estimator” Co-authored with T. Kubo and I. Ikeda.
  • Journal: Artificial Life and Robotics. 12 May, 2025.
  • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (ISAROB). 22-24 January, 2025.
  • arXiv Preprint: 9 May, 2024.
• “Cashless Payments and Economic Growth in the ASEAN-5 Countries: An Empirical Study.” Co-authored with MA Adraincem, ZR Jacobe, KM Jamera, A Meandahawi.
  • Proceedings of the 11th National Business and Management Conference (NBMC 11). 25 November, 2023.
  • [Conference Proceedings]

2021-2022

• “A Semiparametric Approach to Empirical Bayes Estimation of Discrete False Discovery Rates Using Kernels.” Co-authored with S.M. Escalante.
  • IASC-ARS Interim Conference. December, 2022.
  • [Presentation Slides][Abstracts]
• “Introducing Computer-Age Statistical Methodologies Through Interactive Web Apps: Experimental Evidence From A Filipino Classroom.” Co-authored with DD Dayta.
  • Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Teaching of Statistics (ICOTS 11). September, 2022.
  • [Conference Proceedings][Presentation Slides] [Github]
• “Semiparametric Topic Modelling on Consumer-Generated Corpora.” Co-authored with: EB Barrios.
  • Journal: Annals of Data Science. 28 January, 2025.
  • 24th International Conference on Computational Statistics (COMPSTAT 2022). August 2022.

2018

• “Data Visualization For The New Age: An Experimental Study Exploring The Merits of Human Perception On Visualization Techniques For Improved Statistical Communication.” Co-authored with: I Benabaye, P Donato, S Escalante.
  • Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Teaching Of Statistics (ICOTS 10). July, 2018

Speeches/Seminars

2022-2024

• “Looking Forward: The Future of Educational Planning and Management.” As resource speaker for Empowering Educational Institutions: Vision, Quality, and Future Readiness. University of Caloocan City. 6 April, 2025.
• “Digital Transformations In Educational Management.” As resource speaker for Seminar On Management Of Educational Institutions. University of Caloocan City. October 27, 2024.
• “Short Course on Data Storytelling and Visualization.” As workshop facilitator for Burger King Philippines. January 10, 2024.
• “Data Literacy in Contemporary Society: Engaging the Data Economy.” As resource speaker for LIRMD It! One House, One Voice, One Mind: A Webinar on Data Literacy, Information Literacy, and Knowledge Management. Philippine House of Representatives. October 24, 2022.

2018-2019

• “Topic Modeling on Consumer Generated Corpora.” 14th National Convention on Statistics. Philippine Statistical Association (PSA). October 1-3, 2019.
  • [Presentation Slides]
• “Data Storytelling and Visualization.” 29th National Quality Forum. Philippine Society for Quality (PSQ). October 17-19, 2018. As workshop facilitator.