38th SPP Physics Conference | Online
The 38th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference and Annual Meeting resumed online from 19 to 23 October 2020. Contributed presentations were delivered on the following topics:
- Astrophysics, Atmospheric and Geo-Space Sciences
- Complex Systems
- Computational Physics and Applied Mathematics
- Condensed Matter and Materials Science
- Image and Signal Processing
- Instrumentation Physics
- Gravitational and High Energy Physics
- Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence
- Optics and Photonics
- Physics Education and Pedagogy
- Physics in Medicine and Biology
- Plasma Physics
- Quantum Computing and Information
- Ultrafast and Terahertz Physics
- Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Conference Days:
19-23 October
Cultural Performances:
20 October
Business Meeting and Election:
21 October
Oath Taking of New Members:
22 October
Regular Registration:
16 September to 9 October
Early Registration:
22 August to 15 September
Outreach Webinars:
21 & 28 July 2020
Post-ECQ Paper Deadline:
15 August 2020
Editorial Decisions:
September 2020
SPP2020 Participants
| Australia | 2 |
| Canada | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Japan | 22 |
| South Korea | 1 |
| Philippines | 301 |
| Singapore | 1 |
| Taiwan | 3 |
| United States | 5 |
Co-organizers and Partner Institutions
SPP2020 Sponsors
Keynote Speaker
- Jose B. Cruz Jr., National Academy of Science and Technology
Invited Speakers
- Alvie Asuncion-Astronomo, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute
- Glenn A. Atienza, Philippine Science High School – MIMAROPA Region Campus
- Christopher Bernido, University of San Carlos and Central Visayan Institute Foundation
- Mark Nolan Confesor, Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology
- Jayson Cosme, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Benjamin B. Dingel, Nasfine Photonics and Ateneo de Manila University
- Wilfred Espulgar, Osaka University, Japan
- Edward Aris Fajardo, Mindanao Mindanao State University–Main Campus
- Katsumasa Fujita, Osaka University, Japan
- Norihiko Hayazawa, RIKEN, Japan
- Nathaniel Hermosa, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Kornyanat Hozumi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
- Rafael Jaculbia, RIKEN, Japan
- Itaru Kamiya, Toyota Technological Institute, Japan
- Jer-Lai Kuo, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- Joel Marciano Jr., University of the Philippines Diliman and PhilSA
- Juvy Monserate, Central Luzon State University
- Sheryl Lyn Monterola, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Yoshitada Morikawa, Osaka University, Japan
- Cynthia Palmes-Saloma, Philippine Genome Center
- Suzette Pabit, Cornell University, USA
- Reinabelle Reyes, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Caesar Saloma, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Arnel Salvador, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Masahiko Tani, University of Fukui, Japan
- Magdaleno Vasquez Jr., University of the Philippines Diliman
- Jun’ichi Yokoyama, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Day 1
19 October 2020
1B-02 Benjamin B. Dingel Linearized microwave photonics devices for microwave fiber links-based 5G application[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1050-1155 Plenary Session 1C” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Complex Systems and Data Analytics
1C-01 Juvy J. Monserate, CLSU-DOST III initiative and collaborative response to COVID-19 mitigation[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1300-1550 Physics Academic Festival” list_icon=”Defaults-bank institution university”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1600-1705 Plenary Session 1D” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Optics and Photonics
1D-01 Wilfred Espulgar Rapid on-chip ELISA aided by centrifugation-assisted thermal convection reflow[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1715-1825 Plenary Session 1E” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
1E-01 Jun’ichi Yokoyama Gravitational waves as a new probe of the universe[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1835-1900 Short Presentations 1F” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
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Day 2
20 October 2020
2B-02 Katsumasa Fujita Raman microscopy for interrogating live cells[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1030-1135 Plenary Session 2C” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Condensed Matter and Materials Science
2C-01 Noriko Hayazawa Tip-enhanced Raman and THz nanospectroscopy[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1145-1215 Short Presentations 2D” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Environmental Physics
Optics and Photonics[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1400-1540 Sponsor Presentations” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1600-1630 Short Presentations 2E” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Condensed Matter and Materials Science[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1640-1805 Plenary Session 2F” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]2F-01 Arnel A. Salvador Graphene field effect transistors as gas sensors: Lessons learned in new collaborations
2F-02 Masahiko Tani Studies for enhancing THz emissions from optically excited spintronic metallic films[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1820-1850 Short Presentations 2G” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Theoretical and Mathematical Physics[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1900-1930 Cultural Performances” list_icon=”Defaults-music”][/info_list_item][/info_list]
Day 3
21 October 2020
3B-02 Magdaleno R. Vasquez Jr. Plasma science in the Philippines: Progress and future perspectives[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1030-1150 Plenary Session 3C” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Complex Systems and Data Analytics
3C-01 Reinabelle Reyes How to make Physics less intimidating?
3C-02 Nathaniel Hermosa Kung saan hinugot ang ideya [/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1200-1235 Short Presentations 3D” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Instrumentation, Imaging, and Signal Processing[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1400-1445 Government S&T” list_icon=”Defaults-globe”]Cristine Villagonzalo (National Research Council of the Philippines)
Fred Liza (DOST Metals Industry Research and Development Center)
Carlos Arcilla (Philippine Nuclear Research Institute)[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1600-1640 Short Presentations 3E” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Complex Systems and Simulations[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1640-1800 Plenary Session 3F” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
3F-01 Christopher C. Bernido Dirichlet boundary conditions for a class of non-Markovian Gaussian stochastic processes
3F-02 Edward Aris D. Fajardo Effective dynamics of 2D Bloch electrons in external fields derived from symmetry[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1810-1840 Short Presentations 3G” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Optics and Photonics[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1840-2030 Business Meeting and Election of SPP Officers” list_icon=”Defaults-comments-o”][/info_list_item][/info_list]
Day 4
22 October 2020
4B-02 Sheryl Lyn C. Monterola Developing durable physics competencies for the future of work[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1030-1135 Plenary Session 4C” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Instrumentation, Imaging, and Signal Processing
4C-01 Joel Marciano Jr. Need connectivity? Need spectrum! Measuring radio frequency spectrum utilization in the Philippines
4C-02 Suzette A. Pabit Visualizing bending of RNA structures by a bound protein using Small-Angle X-ray Scattering and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1145-1215 Short Presentations 4D” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Earth Physics and Instrumentation Physics[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1600-1630 Short Presentations 4E” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Condensed Matter and Materials Science[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1640-1810 Plenary Session 4F” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Condensed Matter and Materials Science
4F-01 Mark Nolan P. Confesor Directed migration of physarum polycephalum: Excitability and force traction measurement
4F-02 Yoshitada Morikawa First-principles theoretical study of CO₂ hydrogenation on Cu surfaces
4F-03 Rafael Jaculbia Tip-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy and imaging of a single molecule[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1820-1850 Short Presentations 4G” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Condensed Matter and Materials Science
Computational Physics and Simulations[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1900-1910 Oath Taking of New SPP Members” list_icon=”Defaults-certificate”][/info_list_item][/info_list]
Day 5
23 October 2020
5B-01 Itaru Kamiya InAs nanostructures on GaAs[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1030-1135 Plenary Session 5C” list_icon=”Defaults-user”]Condensed Matter and Materials Science
5C-01 Jayson Cosme Dynamical control of phases and time crystals in an atom-cavity system[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1145-1225 Short Presentations 5D” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Physics Education
5D-01 Glenn Atienza Metacognitive photograph analysis in physics: Enhancing students’ visual literacy[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1600-1630 Short Presentations 5E” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Condensed Matter and Materials Science[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1840-1710 Short Presentations 5G” list_icon=”Defaults-group users”]Condensed Matter and Materials Science[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Break” list_icon=”Defaults-coffee”][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”1710 Awarding of Special Prizes and Closing Ceremony” list_icon=”Defaults-briefcase”][/info_list_item][/info_list]
Important Reminders:
- You must upload your Short Presentation before 01 October 2020.
- The upload must be a recorded slide video or animation with a maximum length of two minutes. The filename should be in the form 2A-05.mp4. Please use the mp4 format to reduce file sizes.
- SPP will record and distribute the short talks, so it is important that your talk does not contain any copyrighted material (referencing media or images taken from a publication or online source is not sufficient). Your recording must contain only material that the authors have sufficient rights to permit SPP to distribute it freely (e.g. your own generated images).
- Each frame must display the manuscript number prominently so that viewers can refer to your paper in the Conference Program. It would also be helpful if the authors’ contact information or a QR code is provided.
Authors of Contributed Talks are encouraged to upload a copy of their presentation to ensure smooth transitions between speakers. Also, they may submit a recording of their eight (8) minute talk if they expect disruptions in their internet connectivity.
| Conference Fees (Php) | Regular | Early |
| Undergraduate and High School Students | 1000 | 500 |
| Graduate Students | 1500 | 1000 |
| High School Teachers | 1500 | 1000 |
| Associate SPP Members | 1500 | 1000 |
| Regular SPP and Partner Society Members | 2000 | 1500 |
| Non-members (Local: Industry, Tertiary Education, Others) | 2500 | 2000 |
| Non-members (International participants) | USD 60 (PHP 3000) |
USD 50 (PHP 2500) |
