AI in the Philippines: Building the Ecosystem from the Ground Up
A reflection on what it has taken to build the artificial intelligence and data science ecosystem in the Philippines — from research and education to governance and national …
The unglamorous work that makes AI possible
AI fails when the data underneath it fails. Fragmented systems, no common identifiers, no clear ownership, and no accountability when things break are enough to undermine even the …
I've Moved to Substack
I’ve started a newsletter called Signal & Noise where I write about data, innovation, human systems, and complex systems. Sometimes technical, sometimes observational, always …
Eisenhower Fellowships | First Week.
Wrapping up our first week has been surreal. I still remember the planning sessions with our lovely program officer, Seya Fadullon, and all the preparations that went into this. …
CERN and Science Diplomacy
It was Day 4. Our “CERN Day” :) Even though it was my second time, I was still quite giddy. It’s CERN!! The second time hit differently, though. I went with our GESDA Science …
The Randomness of Days
Missed the randomness of my days… This morning at some random coffee shop in Geneva, I sat with my journal and my first cup of coffee, wondering how to kill time. I wanted to do …
The Monty Hall Problem in Digital Transformation: Overcoming Cognitive Biases
Despite aiming for rational decisions in digital initiatives, we often fall prey to cognitive biases like the sunk cost fallacy and the tendency to stick with initial choices, as …
Uncertainty, Behavior, and the Limits of Rationality
Better decisions often rely on data, but real-world scenarios involve uncertainty and reactions to others, where behavioral science and bounded rationality become crucial. A recent …
AI Governance and Compliance—Who’s Accountable?
At the ABCOMP 2025 Annual Conference, I addressed compliance officers on AI governance in banking. Through interactive scenarios exploring credit scoring biases and alert system …
Rethinking Assessments in the Age of Generative AI
In education, particularly in B-schools that use the case-method approach, assessments have traditionally moved beyond rote memorization, pushing students to think critically, …