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Featured event · September 19, 2025 – November 22, 2025 · Hybrid

Philippine Junior Data Science Challenge 2025

UP DSSoc’s flagship nationwide competition. In 2025, student teams built data science solutions for atmospheric resilience, and Team 2Ls of UP Cebu won the final round at UP Diliman on November 22, 2025.

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A UP-Wide Community of Data-Driven Individuals: 168 members as of Sep 2026. Members get DataCamp seats, internal data analytics workshops, and mentorship sessions. New to the field? Read Starting your data science journey. See our workshops

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The philosopher's place in an algorithmic world

A commentary on Vincent C. Müller’s chapter Philosophy of AI, and on why questions about meaning, thinking, and ethics belong next to the data scientist’s work.

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Which models forecast commodity prices best?

A 2024 study compared eight forecasting methods on ten years of prices for 14 commodities and found decision tree regressors and LSTMs the most dependable.

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Philippine Junior Data Science Challenge 2026

The 2026 edition turns to public health analytics. Forty teams from across the country build data science solutions for disease surveillance, health risk prediction, and healthcare delivery, with the finals in Quezon City on November 14, 2026.

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Mission

To provide an avenue for Data Science enthusiasts of the UP System to safely and actively share ideas and experiences, hone their skills, and collaborate to build socially relevant and impactful projects while promoting data science and its real-life applications.

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To develop a multidisciplinary organization whose fellows actively participate in and contribute to the development and advancement of the field of Data Science through innovative solutions to community problems, and promote responsible development of the field of Data Science in the country.

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