Curriculum Vitae

Education

2019

2021

Master of Science in Computer Science

De La Salle University, Philippines

Investigating the Interaction Between Crowd Dynamics and Train Operations Through Agent-Based Modeling

Advised by Unisse Chua and Dr. Briane Samson

Included in the Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT) scholarship program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

Gold Medal for Oustanding Thesis

2015

2019

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Specialization in Software Technology

De La Salle University, Philippines

Using Visualizations to Augment the Musical Experience of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Advised by Jordan Deja

Joined the MSCS ladderized program which provides a streamlined track towards a Master's degree in Computer Science while still taking undergraduate subjects.

Cum Laude (GPA: 3.524 out of 4.000)

Experience

Jan 2025

Present

Professional Lecturer

De La Salle University

Teaches introductory programming and logic formulation through the C programming language to students of the College of Computer Studies.

May 2024

Present

Senior Software Development Engineer

Navitaire Philippines Inc.

Designs and reviews plans for new features to be added to the Shared Platform team's products. Investigates and resolves technical issues that affect the development workflow of the team, too.

Feb 2022

May 2024

Software Development Engineer

Navitaire Philippines Inc.

Part of the Shared Platform team of the Platform Domain, the company's research and development arm. Designs, implements, and maintains software solutions and frameworks for Navitaire teams in their products.

Jul 2021

Dec 2023

Research Assistant

De La Salle University, Philippines

Developer for the System for Optimized Routing for Transport (SORT) project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Conceptualized, developed, and maintained tools that assist in public transportation planning in order to better inform transport policies of local government units of urbanized areas in the Philippines.

Apr 2017

Nov 2021

Cohort Member

Center for Complexity and Emerging Technologies (COMET), De La Salle University, Philippines

Part of a pool of student-researchers in the Center for Complexity and Emerging Technologies (COMET) laboratory under the Advanced Institute for Informatics, Computing, and Networking (AdRIC) research unit of the College of Computer Studies (CCS) in De La Salle University. Worked in socially relevant projects in the fields of seamless user interaction design and complex systems research.

Jan 2018

Mar 2018

Student Intern

Navitaire Philippines Inc.

Assisted in the migration of databases as well as the generation of automated reports regarding internal operations.

Research

Dec 2021

Investigating the Interaction Between Crowd Dynamics and Train Operations Through Agent-Based Modeling

17th Engineering Research and Development for Technology Conference

Alexczar Dela Torre, Unisse Chua, and Briane Paul Samson. 2021. Investigating the Interaction Between Crowd Dynamics and Train Operations Through Agent-Based Modeling. In 17th Engineering Research and Development for Technology Conference. Department of Science and Technology, Philippines. 116–121.

PDF: 17th ERDT Conference Souvenir Program (pp. 116-121)

Best Paper - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) track

Apr 2020

ViTune: A Visualizer Tool to Allow the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to See Music With Their Eyes

CHI EA '20: Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Jordan Aiko Deja, Alexczar Dela Torre, Hans Joshua Lee, Jose Florencio Ciriaco, and Carlo Miguel Eroles. 2020. ViTune: A Visualizer Tool to Allow the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to See Music With Their Eyes. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–8.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3383046

Certifications

Jan 2023

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft

A certification course on the fundamentals of the Azure cloud computing platform.

Certificate: AZ-900 Certificate
Credly: Credly Verification

Apr 2020

Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling (Spring 2020)

Santa Fe Institute

An online course on the fundamentals of Agent-Based Modeling.

Certificate: Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling (Spring 2020) Certificate of Completion

Skills

Languages

Java

Java

Python

Python

C

C

C#

C#

HTML5

HTML5

CSS3

CSS3

JavaScript

JavaScript

SQL

SQL

Frameworks

Docker

Docker

Kubernetes

Kubernetes

Azure

Azure

JavaFX

JavaFX

Hibernate

Hibernate

Django

Django

NetLogo

NetLogo

Paradigms

Object-oriented design

Object-oriented design

Agent-based modeling

Agent-based modeling

References

Unisse C. Chua

Assistant Professor, De La Salle University

Email: unisse.chua.@dlsu.edu.ph

Website: unissechua.github.io

Briane Paul V. Samson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, De La Salle University

Email: briane.samson@dlsu.edu.ph

Website: brianesamson.com