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Giovanni Tapang

2014-06-25T06:29:56Z

Rgguillermo: /* Administrative Positions */

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== Administrative Positions ==
Associate Professor 
Associate Dean for Student & Public Affairs (College of Science) 

==Courses handled==
Applied Physics 181 (Physical Electronics I) 
Applied Physics 182 (Physical Electronics II) 
Physics 265 (Modern Optics I) 
Physics 221 (MS Classical Mechanics I) 
Physics 112 (Mathematical Physics II) 
== Publications ==
International 
 
R.M. Roxas-Villanueva, M. K. Nambatac and G.Tapang, "Characterizing English Poetic Style Using Complex Networks" International Journal of Modern Physics C (Feb 2012) 
R. M. Roxas and G. Tapang, "Prose and Poetry Disambiguation and Boundary Detection using Word Adjacency Network Analysis", Int. J. Mod. Phys. C (April 2010) 
Godofredo Bautista, Mary Jacquiline Romero, Giovanni Tapang, Vincent Ricardo Daria, Parallel two-photon photopolymerization of microgear patterns, Optics Communications 282 (2009) 3746–3750 
C Saloma, GJ Perez, G Tapang, M Lim, and C Palmes-Saloma, "Self-organized queuing and scale-free behavior in real escape panic," Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 100, pp. 11947- 11952 (2003) 
GJ Perez, G Tapang, M Lim and C Saloma, "Streaming, disruptive interference and powerlaw behavior in the exit dynamics of confined pedestrians," Physica A 312 pp 609-618 (2002) 
G. Tapang and C. Saloma, "Behavior of the point spread function in photon-limited confocal microscopy," Applied Optics, Vol 41, No. 8 pp. 1534-1540 (10 March 2002) 
G. Tapang and C. Saloma, "Dynamic range enhancement of an optimized 1-bit AD converter," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II 49, pp. 42-47 (2002) 
Local 
 
G. Tapang and C. Saloma, “Spatial Resolution in Photo-Limited Confocal Optical Microscopy”, Proceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference, APPC 2000, Y.D. Yao et..al., eds., 7-10 August 2000, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (World Scientific, Singapore) 
Conference Proceedings 
 
G. Tapang and C. Saloma, “Spatial Resolution in Photo-Limited Confocal Optical Microscopy”, Proceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference, APPC 2000, Y.D. Yao et..al., eds., 7-10 August 2000, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (World Scientific, Singapore) 

 
== Awards and Recognitions ==

==Lecture/s==
[http://www.dilc.upd.edu.ph/index.php/vod-sts/113-science-and-national-industrialization Science and National Industrialization]

==See Also==
National Institute of Physics [http://www.nip.upd.edu.ph/ipl/mem/pages/gtapang.php] 

[[Category:UP People]] [[Category:UPD Faculty]][[Category:CS Faculty]][[Category:NIP Faculty]]

Questions and Concerns About the eUP Project

2012-10-07T06:14:16Z

Rgguillermo:

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[[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Transparency|Transparency]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Accountability|Accountability]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Sustainability|Sustainability]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Technical_Details|Technical]]
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This community page is created and occasionally revised on "best effort basis" to help advance the University's interest and the goal of operational excellence via the eUP Project. UP constituents with UP Webmail accounts can directly modify this page. Special access can be requested (via [http://dilc.upd.edu.ph/helpdesk Helpdesk]) by UP constituents who don't have UP Webmail accounts. UP constituents may also post their concerns via [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Social_Media|social media]] (see [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Social_Media|instruction below]]). 

 
==What is eUP?==
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* audio: [http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/images/5/5a/ScienciaNaKayo21Sept2012.mp3 "eUP: Anong meron dito?"] from the [[Sciencia na Kayo|'''Sciencia na Kayo''']] [[DZUP 1602|DZUP]] radio Program, 21 Sept 2012
 
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==Transparency==
* Was it consultation or information drive?
* Who were those consulted?
* Benchmarking. Reportedly benchmarking exercises have been done? Is there any benchmarking report made available to all stakeholders? What metrics and relevant respects were used in such exercises?
* How did UP come up with the Terms of Reference? What was the process like? Any documentation?
* Any independent estimate of effective project cost? Most IT projects run over the budget and beyond duration estimates. Any independent assessments or studies? What's the cost of related spendings for software (e.g., Windows servers, desktops, antivirus, etc) necessary to run a proprietary systems like Oracle ? 
* Why was there no transparent and publicly accessible comparison made between the pros and cons of using open source solutions compared with commercial off-the-shelf options?
* Why was there no assessment or review undertaken of the current systems in operation in UP Diliman, UPLB, UPOU and other CUs?
* Was there any evaluation of the current capacity or capability of the UP's technical and software development resources?

==Accountability==
* Spending priorities of UP. Equivalent to x number of buildings or x number of full scholarship for students? Best use of public funds (equivalent to x number of underpasses or number of ___)?
* Best use of tax payers' money?
* It is arguable that better use of the money involved might have been towards institutional capacity building for local software development. Such an option would certainly cost only a fraction of the current projected expenses. This is aside from the immeasurable benefits incurred from encouraging and supporting software research and development initiatives from among UP's faculty, students and staff.

* Project design and planning
** Why Peoplesoft?

* Implementation

* Evaluation

* Failure, Late, Over-budget. A good deal of IT projects fail.<ref>Failure rates vary wildly. See, for instance, [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/projectfailures/cio-analysis-why-37-percent-of-projects-fail/12565 Michael Krigsman (2011) "CIO analysis: Why 37 percent of projects fail" (ZDNet, 15 March 2011)] and [http://www.ambysoft.com/surveys/success2011.html "2011 IT Project Success Rates Survey Results"]</ref> Others are "just late"<ref>[http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/pdf/why-over-90-percent-of-all-projects-finish-late.pdf Samuel Okoro, "Why Over 90 Percent of All Projects Finish Late"]</ref> or going over budget.<ref>[http://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280094503/Projects-go-over-time-and-over-budget-but-deliver-better-value "Projects go over time and over budget but deliver better value" (ComputerWeekly, 2 Dec 2010)]</ref> What measures are in place to mitigate or avoid these distinct possibilities?

* Vendor Lock-in. Using proprietary software makes the University dependent on Oracle and other companies. The University data are kept in formats and databases that are proprietary.
 

==Sustainability==
 
===Budget ===
* Continuity of project. From which unit will the MOOE come from after the project has concluded/closed? 
'''eUP Team's Response'''
 
 
===Software License===
* Will UP be entitled to future upgrades of the Oracle software? While reportedly license to such software is "in perpetuity," it is only limited to the version bought by the University. Such arrangement is vulnerable to obsolescence, not unlike a situation where you might have bought Windows 95 but can no longer upgrade it without buying new versions to keep up with needs and available hardware. This translates to additional tens of millions cost for the University down the line.
 

==Technical Details==
Headings: Network, Data Migration, Authentication, Customization, Maintenance
===Network===
* Latency. eUP servers will be hosted by PLDT's [http://www.vitro.com.ph Vitro Data Center]. UP networks are on [http://pregi.net PREGINET]. They are wide apart in terms of the routes they'd take to reach each other. The same holds with connections between PLDT and other providers. See traceroutes below. This is an issue when it comes to UP's access to its own data. It can mean slow connections for users. User authentication is also potentially problematic due to delays.
{| class="wikitable" border="0"
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| [[Image:Traceroute_PREGINET-Vitro.png|thumb|250px|traceroute from PREGINET to PLDT's Vitro Data Ctr. Notice the spikes on hops 6 and 7.]]
| [[Image:Bayantel-PLDT route.png|thumb|250px|traceroute from Bayantel to PLDT's Vitro Data Ctr. In this case, traffic 1st goes to Hong Kong then back to Phils]]
| [[Image:Smart Bro to Vitro PLDT.png|thumb|200px|traceroute from Smart Bro to Vitro Data Ctr. Note the number of hops.]]
|}
 
Of course, the eUP Team can opt to use PREGINET IP (Internet Protocol) addresses and treat Vitro Data Center as an extension of PREGINET network. This remains problematic for UP users outside of the physical UP infrastructure even if they use Smart Bro, a PLDT product, to access UP online services. The routing for these users still goes out of the country rather than directly (which is the case if there is true peering between internet service providers (ISP)). 

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
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| [[Image:Traceroute_SmartBro_to_UP.png|thumb|250px|traceroute from PLDT's SmartBro to UP. Notice routing goes out to LA, USA before it goes back to the Phils.]]
|}

 
'''eUP Team's Response''' 

===Use of Non-UP Cloud Computing Infrastructure===
* [[Issues in cloud computing and storage]]
 

===Data Migration===

'''eUP Team's Response:'''

===Authentication===
* Authentication Authorities. Authenticating centrally or by CU? 

'''eUP Team's Response:'''

===Customization===
*
*

===Maintenance===
*
*
===Student Academic Information System (SAIS)===
*
*
===Human Resource Information System (HRIS)===
*
*
===Financial Management Information System (FMIS)===
*
*
===Supplies, Procurement and Campus Management Information System (SPCMIS)===
*
*

==Miscellaneous Concerns==
*
==="Best Practice"===
* Oracle as best practice in top universities. The claim that Oracle software is "best practice" in most top universities worldwide remains largely unverified by 3rd parties or such practice doesn't appear to have been subjected to scholarly peer-reviewed evaluation. Exactly which Oracle systems are used in these universities? What are the relevant respects in such reported deployment elsewhere to UP? How did they contend with issues of migration, with challenges in dealing with legacy systems earlier developed by such institutions? What makes a university "world class"? Is it the Oracle software?

 

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==Social Media==
Other discussions may be posted via Facebook and Twitter.
* Twitter: please post with hashtag '''#eUPWatch'''
* [https://www.facebook.com/QuestionsAndConcernsAboutTheEupProject Facebook]: visit and like!
 

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==Further Readings==
* [http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/images/a/a7/EUP_Implementation_in_UPD-Concerns-rsb20120924.pdf Ronald S Banzon, 2012. "EUP Implementation in UPD: Concerns"] (presentation)
* Isabella Patricia H. Borlaza, 2012. [http://www.philippinecollegian.org/system-reboot-decoding-the-issues-behind-the-techy-facade-of-eup/ "System reboot: Decoding the issues behind the techy façade of eUP."] Philippine Collegian
* Vincent Cabreza, [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/277496/with-e-project-up-sees-bigger-investments "With e-project, UP sees bigger investments"] (PDI, 25 Sept 2012)
* [http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/images/d/d5/Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project.pdf "Questions and Concerns About the eUP Project"] (a compilation of questions and concerns from the different UPD units; publicly distributed at the eUP Kickoff in UPD, 6 Aug 2012)
 
'''SAIS-Related'''
* [http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/images/a/a1/OUR_Operation_-_EUP_Forum_092412.pdf OUR, "How does the OUR Operate at Present?"] (presentation)

 

==See Also==
* [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3AWDmOx_9fbWjVUNEZkU2U0QW8/edit Terms of Reference for the Procurement of Products and Services for Key Components of the eUP Project of the University of the Philippines]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y7ACbUpNkot8VwQaglzbXBvh3sRmtYx2qlaw0czNyXM/edit#heading=h.kma8gvj8wi3j Procurement of Products and Services for key Components of the eUP Project]
* [[Issues in cloud computing and storage]]
* [http://www.up.edu.ph/index.php/about-up/projects UP's Strategic Plan 2011-2017]
* [https://www.facebook.com/eUPproject eUP's Facebook Page]

 
==Notes==
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Questions and Concerns About the eUP Project

2012-10-07T06:06:47Z

Rgguillermo:

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----
[[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Transparency|Transparency]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Accountability|Accountability]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Sustainability|Sustainability]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Technical_Details|Technical]]
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[[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Student_Academic_Information_System_.28SAIS.29|SAIS]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Human_Resource_Information_System_.28HRIS.29| HRIS]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Financial_Management_Information_System_.28FMIS.29|FMIS]] || [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Supplies.2C_Procurement_and_Campus_Management_Information_System_.28SPCMIS.29|SPCMIS]]
</div>
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<html><a href="http://goo.gl/UK2Cy"><img src="http://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=150x150&choe=UTF-8&chld=H&chl=http://goo.gl/UK2Cy" alt="this page's QR Code" align="right" /></a></html>

This community page is created and occasionally revised on "best effort basis" to help advance the University's interest and the goal of operational excellence via the eUP Project. UP constituents with UP Webmail accounts can directly modify this page. Special access can be requested (via [http://dilc.upd.edu.ph/helpdesk Helpdesk]) by UP constituents who don't have UP Webmail accounts. UP constituents may also post their concerns via [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Social_Media|social media]] (see [[Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project#Social_Media|instruction below]]). 

 
==What is eUP?==
{| align="right"
| __TOC__
|}
* audio: [http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/images/5/5a/ScienciaNaKayo21Sept2012.mp3 "eUP: Anong meron dito?"] from the [[Sciencia na Kayo|'''Sciencia na Kayo''']] [[DZUP 1602|DZUP]] radio Program, 21 Sept 2012
 
{| align="right"
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|}
==Transparency==
* Was it consultation or information drive?
* Who were those consulted?
* Benchmarking. Reportedly benchmarking exercises have been done? Is there any benchmarking report made available to all stakeholders? What metrics and relevant respects were used in such exercises?
* How did UP come up with the Terms of Reference? What was the process like? Any documentation?
* Any independent estimate of effective project cost? Most IT projects run over the budget and beyond duration estimates. Any independent assessments or studies? What's the cost of related spendings for software (e.g., Windows servers, desktops, antivirus, etc) necessary to run a proprietary systems like Oracle ? 
* Why was there no transparent and publicly accessible comparison made between the pros and cons of using open source solutions compared with commercial off-the-shelf options?
* Why was there no assessment or review undertaken of the current systems in operation in UP Diliman, UPLB, UPOU and other CUs?
* Was there any evaluation of the current capacity or capability of the UP's technical and software development resources?

==Accountability==
* Spending priorities of UP. Equivalent to x number of buildings or x number of full scholarship for students? Best use of public funds (equivalent to x number of underpasses or number of ___)?
* Best use of tax payers' money?
* Project design and planning
** Why Peoplesoft?

* Implementation

* Evaluation

* Failure, Late, Over-budget. A good deal of IT projects fail.<ref>Failure rates vary wildly. See, for instance, [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/projectfailures/cio-analysis-why-37-percent-of-projects-fail/12565 Michael Krigsman (2011) "CIO analysis: Why 37 percent of projects fail" (ZDNet, 15 March 2011)] and [http://www.ambysoft.com/surveys/success2011.html "2011 IT Project Success Rates Survey Results"]</ref> Others are "just late"<ref>[http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/pdf/why-over-90-percent-of-all-projects-finish-late.pdf Samuel Okoro, "Why Over 90 Percent of All Projects Finish Late"]</ref> or going over budget.<ref>[http://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280094503/Projects-go-over-time-and-over-budget-but-deliver-better-value "Projects go over time and over budget but deliver better value" (ComputerWeekly, 2 Dec 2010)]</ref> What measures are in place to mitigate or avoid these distinct possibilities?

* Vendor Lock-in. Using proprietary software makes the University dependent on Oracle and other companies. The University data are kept in formats and databases that are proprietary.
 

==Sustainability==
 
===Budget ===
* Continuity of project. From which unit will the MOOE come from after the project has concluded/closed? 
'''eUP Team's Response'''
 
 
===Software License===
* Will UP be entitled to future upgrades of the Oracle software? While reportedly license to such software is "in perpetuity," it is only limited to the version bought by the University. Such arrangement is vulnerable to obsolescence, not unlike a situation where you might have bought Windows 95 but can no longer upgrade it without buying new versions to keep up with needs and available hardware. This translates to additional tens of millions cost for the University down the line.
 

==Technical Details==
Headings: Network, Data Migration, Authentication, Customization, Maintenance
===Network===
* Latency. eUP servers will be hosted by PLDT's [http://www.vitro.com.ph Vitro Data Center]. UP networks are on [http://pregi.net PREGINET]. They are wide apart in terms of the routes they'd take to reach each other. The same holds with connections between PLDT and other providers. See traceroutes below. This is an issue when it comes to UP's access to its own data. It can mean slow connections for users. User authentication is also potentially problematic due to delays.
{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
| [[Image:Traceroute_PREGINET-Vitro.png|thumb|250px|traceroute from PREGINET to PLDT's Vitro Data Ctr. Notice the spikes on hops 6 and 7.]]
| [[Image:Bayantel-PLDT route.png|thumb|250px|traceroute from Bayantel to PLDT's Vitro Data Ctr. In this case, traffic 1st goes to Hong Kong then back to Phils]]
| [[Image:Smart Bro to Vitro PLDT.png|thumb|200px|traceroute from Smart Bro to Vitro Data Ctr. Note the number of hops.]]
|}
 
Of course, the eUP Team can opt to use PREGINET IP (Internet Protocol) addresses and treat Vitro Data Center as an extension of PREGINET network. This remains problematic for UP users outside of the physical UP infrastructure even if they use Smart Bro, a PLDT product, to access UP online services. The routing for these users still goes out of the country rather than directly (which is the case if there is true peering between internet service providers (ISP)). 

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
| [[Image:Traceroute_SmartBro_to_UP.png|thumb|250px|traceroute from PLDT's SmartBro to UP. Notice routing goes out to LA, USA before it goes back to the Phils.]]
|}

 
'''eUP Team's Response''' 

===Use of Non-UP Cloud Computing Infrastructure===
* [[Issues in cloud computing and storage]]
 

===Data Migration===

'''eUP Team's Response:'''

===Authentication===
* Authentication Authorities. Authenticating centrally or by CU? 

'''eUP Team's Response:'''

===Customization===
*
*

===Maintenance===
*
*
===Student Academic Information System (SAIS)===
*
*
===Human Resource Information System (HRIS)===
*
*
===Financial Management Information System (FMIS)===
*
*
===Supplies, Procurement and Campus Management Information System (SPCMIS)===
*
*

==Miscellaneous Concerns==
*
==="Best Practice"===
* Oracle as best practice in top universities. The claim that Oracle software is "best practice" in most top universities worldwide remains largely unverified by 3rd parties or such practice doesn't appear to have been subjected to scholarly peer-reviewed evaluation. Exactly which Oracle systems are used in these universities? What are the relevant respects in such reported deployment elsewhere to UP? How did they contend with issues of migration, with challenges in dealing with legacy systems earlier developed by such institutions? What makes a university "world class"? Is it the Oracle software?

 

----

==Social Media==
Other discussions may be posted via Facebook and Twitter.
* Twitter: please post with hashtag '''#eUPWatch'''
* [https://www.facebook.com/QuestionsAndConcernsAboutTheEupProject Facebook]: visit and like!
 

----

==Further Readings==
* [http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/images/a/a7/EUP_Implementation_in_UPD-Concerns-rsb20120924.pdf Ronald S Banzon, 2012. "EUP Implementation in UPD: Concerns"] (presentation)
* Isabella Patricia H. Borlaza, 2012. [http://www.philippinecollegian.org/system-reboot-decoding-the-issues-behind-the-techy-facade-of-eup/ "System reboot: Decoding the issues behind the techy façade of eUP."] Philippine Collegian
* Vincent Cabreza, [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/277496/with-e-project-up-sees-bigger-investments "With e-project, UP sees bigger investments"] (PDI, 25 Sept 2012)
* [http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/images/d/d5/Questions_and_Concerns_About_the_eUP_Project.pdf "Questions and Concerns About the eUP Project"] (a compilation of questions and concerns from the different UPD units; publicly distributed at the eUP Kickoff in UPD, 6 Aug 2012)
 
'''SAIS-Related'''
* [http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/images/a/a1/OUR_Operation_-_EUP_Forum_092412.pdf OUR, "How does the OUR Operate at Present?"] (presentation)

 

==See Also==
* [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3AWDmOx_9fbWjVUNEZkU2U0QW8/edit Terms of Reference for the Procurement of Products and Services for Key Components of the eUP Project of the University of the Philippines]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y7ACbUpNkot8VwQaglzbXBvh3sRmtYx2qlaw0czNyXM/edit#heading=h.kma8gvj8wi3j Procurement of Products and Services for key Components of the eUP Project]
* [[Issues in cloud computing and storage]]
* [http://www.up.edu.ph/index.php/about-up/projects UP's Strategic Plan 2011-2017]
* [https://www.facebook.com/eUPproject eUP's Facebook Page]

 
==Notes==
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<references/>