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I am a graduate student at the University of the Philippines Diliman. I am doing research under the Algorithms and Complexity Laboratory of the Department of Computer Science. My field is Theoretical Computer Science and my areas of interest are Bioinformatics and Quantum Computing. My blog features posts on Computer Science in general, some of my results in Bioinformatics and Quantum Computing and some random posts on my views in life and faith.
Category Archives: Software Development
Proof-of-Concept Requiring Service Bus Programming
Currently, our team is working on a prospect project which requires service bus programming. I am new to the concept of using a service bus for interoperability but I think it is a good way of decoupling heterogenous systems which … Continue reading
MeshStream: Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming
It has been a while and a lot has happened the past semester, especially in our Advanced Computer Networks course. Peer-to-peer (P2P) overlay networks became our topic for our term mini project. I and my partner looked into the possibility … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Networks, Software Development
Tagged BitBucket, Java, Network, open-source, P2P, Peer-to-Peer, streaming, video
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Hacking Call Me Maybe :]
Ryan Challinor (I think he is from MIT) hacked his wrist watch with heart rate monitor to control the tempo of artist Carly Rae’s hit song Call Me Maybe played on an music player. The higher his heart beat rate … Continue reading
Advanced Computer Networks. . .Achilles’ Heel
Oooh yeah! Tonight will be my first class on Advanced Computer Networks (C. Festin). Honestly, network is a subject of which I am not really very fond of and not really good at. I hope though that this semester my … Continue reading
Posted in God, Quantum Computing, Software Development
Tagged Computer, Computer Science, God, Network, Science
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Butterfly In My Stomach . . . Always A New Experience
Though I have always done facilitating a large group, it has always been a new experience to me every time I talked to a crowd. I never got used to it. I always had this butterfly in my stomach when … Continue reading
New SQA Test Bed. . .Ready to Roll, Sir!
I am happy that our requested software test bed arrived into our office last week. I and Farvey, our system administrator, set all the units up and did some cabling. Also, I tagged each unit for inventory purposes. Unfortunately 2 … Continue reading
National Competency Standard for Webmaster and Enterprise Architect
National Competency Standard for Webmaster and Enterprise Architect. We hope to have more competent IT specialists here in our country. Continue reading
Posted in Software Development
Tagged academe, discussion, national, Philippines, planning, private sector, problems, programming, public sector, software, Software Development, standard, Technology, workshop
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The Difficulty of Estimating Work With So Little Information About Requirements
Oh it is sooo difficult to come up with work estimates without prior knowledge of the client really wants. Continue reading
Posted in Software Development
Tagged data gathering, difficulties, Java, lessons, planning, problems, programming, requirements, software, Software Development, SRS, work estimates
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Beware of Uninitialized Primitive boolean Instance Variables
In Java, uninitialized primitive boolean instance variables, or member variables, have the value of false by default. This would seem harmless until we fall into the trap of always-resulting-to-false-condition-and-i-dont-know-goddam-why bug..whew! that was long T_T Imagine you have this quite big … Continue reading
Posted in Software Development
Tagged bug, default, defect, Java, programming, software, Software Development, trouble-shoot
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int as Default Data Type for Literal Integers
Every literal integer in Java is implicitly of type int by default Continue reading
Posted in Software Development
Tagged byte, casting, default, int, Java, loss of precision, programming, software
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Musings of an Ever-Thinking Man 