Criselda Libatique

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of the Philippines Baguio

Email address: cplibatique@up.edu.ph

Research Interest/Discipline: Statistics, Epidemiological Modelling, Data Analysis

ORCID: ORCID logo 0000-0002-5392-101X

Education

MS Mathematics
University of the Philippines Baguio
2023
BS Computer Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
2003
BS Mathematics
University of the Philippines Baguio
2000

Work Experience

Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
February 2024 - Present
Instructor
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
September 2021 - January 2024
Lecturer
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
August 2020 - June 2021
Graduate Assistant
Committee on Culture and Arts
University of the Philippines Baguio
January 2020 - May 2020
Administrative Assitant
Graduate Program Office
University of the Philippines Baguio
June 2018 - August 2019
Graduate Assitant
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
August 2016 - September 2016

Other Designations/Committees

Member, SINSM Committee
College of Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
February 2025- present
Information officer
College of Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
October 2022- January 2025
Member, CS Lecture Series Committee
College of Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
March 2022- present
Department Secretary
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
March 2022- present

Research Projects

Project Co-Proponent
Title: Seasonality of Influenza-like Illness and Respiratory Syncytial Viruses and the effects of Varying Atmospheric Conditions in Baguio City
Funding Agency: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio
April 2024 - March 2025
Project Co-Proponent
Title: Analysis of Mosquito-Related Cases in Baguio City Using Geographic Information System
Funding Agency: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio
December 2022 - November 2023
Project Co-Proponent
Title: Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) of Baguio City COVID-19 Cases Daily Updates
Funding Agency: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio
December 2021 - November 2022
Research Assistant
Title: Mathematical Analysis of Climate-based Malaria Transmission Model with Age-Structured Human Population
Funding Agency: Emerging Inter-Disciplinary Researc Program, University of the Philippines Baguio
September 2016 - August 2017

Publications

Articles
  1. Joseph L.D.C., Marigmen, Libatique, C.P. ,Viernes, J.P.T. , Lazaga, J.L.,Punzalan, J.M.S.,Tubera-Panes, D., Addawe, R.C.(2025, January). Identifying Dengue Hotspots in Baguio City, Philippines Through Spatiotemporal Analysis. In: Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms. NUMTA 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science.(vol 14477, pp 78-93). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81244-6_6
  2. Maza, G. G., Zante, K. J. G., Pagunsan, C. K. L., Doctolero, A. R. A., Alanas, R. P. B., Libatique, C. P., & Addawe, R. C. (2023, April). Spatial Analysis: Cases of Acute Bloody Diarrhea in Baguio City, Philippines from 2015 to 2018. In International Conference on Intelligent Computing & Optimization (pp. 125-133). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50158-6_13
  3. Viernes, J. P. T., Addawe, R. C., Domilies, S. G. S., Libatique, C. P., Dizon Jr, W. T., Gueco, R. E. N., & Tubera-Panes, D. L. (2021, November). Contact tracing and expanded testing of COVID-19 cases in Baguio city, Philippines. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2423, No. 1, p. 070021). AIP Publishing LLC. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0075439
  4. Addawe, R. C., Viernes, J. P. T., Dizon Jr, W. R., Domilies, S. G. S., Libatique, C. P., Gueco, R. E. N., & Panes, D. T. (2021, November). Exploratory data analysis of COVID-19 cases in Baguio city, Philippines. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2423, No. 1, p. 070018). AIP Publishing LLC. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0075437
  5. Libatique, C. P., Pajimola, A. K. J., & Addawe, J. M. (2017, November). Bifurcation anal- ysis of dengue transmission model in Baguio City, Philippines. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1905, No. 1, p. 030023). AIP Publishing LLC. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5012169
  6. Magsakay, C. B., De Vera, N. U., Libatique, C. P., Addawe, R. C., & Addawe, J. M. (2017, November). Treatment on outliers in UBJ-SARIMA models for forecasting dengue cases on age groups not eligible for vaccination in Baguio City, Philippines. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1905, No. 1, p. 050028). AIP Publishing LLC.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5012247

Research Presentations in Conferences

International
Title: Fitting Probability Distributions to COVID-19 Cases in Baguio City, Philippines Using Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Outlier Elimination
Conference: MathTech 2024: International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Technology 2024
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 2024
Title: Forecasting the Number of Graduates and Studying Student Monitoring Techniques: Towards Increasing the Number of Graduate Students Graduated in the University of the Philippines Baguio
Conference: International Conference on Education 2019
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
April 2019
Title: Modeling Times Series Data Using ARIMA and LM to Forecast the Honorably Dismissed Students of the University of the Philippines Baguio, Philippines
Conference: International Conference on Education 2019
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
April 2019
Title: Bifurcation Analysis of Dengue Trans- mission Model in Baguio City Philippines
Conference: 13th IMT-GT International Conference on Mathematics, Statistics, and its Applications 2017 Convention (ICMSA 2017)
Venue: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
December 2017
National
Title: Identifying Important Parameters in a Dengue Transmission Model
Conference: 2017 MSP Annual Convention
Venue: Legaspi City, Albay
May 2017
Local
Title: Age and Sex in COVID-19 Cases and Different Levels of CQs in Baguio City, Philippines
Conference: 9th Regional Health Research Conference: Research Towards Universal Health Care in the Era of Health Challenges, Cordillera Health Research and Development Consortium
Venue: Zoom Virtual Video Conferencing
July 2021
Title: Deriving SDE Systems from ODE Systems
Conference: DMCS Research Colloquium
Venue: Zoom Virtual Video Conferencing
February 2021
Title: Dengue Analysis of Dengue Cases in Baguio City: A Stochastic Approach
Conference: DMCS Research Colloquium
Venue: Zoom Virtual Video Conferencing
August 2020

Creative Works

MathTech 2024
Ti Similla article
December 2024
5th International Conference on Education: Educational innovations are the wave of the future
Ti Similla article
July 2019
International workshop weighs in on math and biology interdisciplines
Ti Similla article
May 2019
One-stop service for graduate studentsat the Graduate Program Office
Ti Similla article
February 2019
DMCS faculty conducts performance assesment for int’l quality assurance
Ti Similla article
April 2017

Public Service

Lecturer
SINSM 2024
Title of Talk: Introduction to R and RStudio
April 4-6, 2024
Resource Speaker
Data Applications in R and its Applications Workshop
Cordillera Regional Science High School through Pahinungod Baguio
KA 301, University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio City
February 26, 2024
Resource Speaker
Training: Workshop on Data Analytics for Research
Tarlac State University Lucinda Extension Campus, Tarlac City
September 19-22, 2023
Volunteer
Ugnayan ng Pahinungod
University of the Philippines Baguio
2022 to present
Volunteer Data Analyst
Exploratory Data Analysis of Baguio City COVID-19 Cases Daily Updates
April 2020 to present
Lecturer
SINSM 2022
Title of Talk: An Introduction to Learning Management Systems
April 2022

Awards

Gawad Pangulo Award for Public Service
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) of Baguio City COVID-19 Cases: Daily Updates
December 2021

Memberships

Member, Southeast Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS)
April 2016- present
Board Member, Mathematical Society of the Philippines
May 2022- present
Member, Mathematical Society of the Philippines
April 2016- present

Participation in Conferences/Trainings

4th International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Technology 2024 (MathTech 2024)
Venue: Amari Spice, Penang, Malaysia
December 3-5, 2024
2024 Regional Data Festival (North Luzon Cluster)
Venue: Travelers Hotel and Conference Center, Subic Bay Freeport Zone
October 3-4, 2024
7th DMCS Midyear School - Graduate Bootcamp
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio City
August 5-8, 2024
12th Regional Health Research Conference
Venue: Gevers Hall, Saint Louis University, Baguio City
July 18-19, 2024
International Conference on Mathematical Biology
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio City
July 2023
2022 Summer Institute in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Theme: Upgrading Senior High School Science and Mathematics Education: Content and Competency Part 2 Subtheme: Strengthening Senior High School and Tertiary Mathematics Instruction 3.0)
Venue: Zoom Virtual Video Conferencing
April 6-8, 2022
AMDABiDSS-Health’s Media Launch (Theme: Research to Impacts: Bridging Gaps between Science and Public Policy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic)
Venue: Zoom Virtual Video Conferencing
March 29, 2022
Sab-atan 2021: International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Applications
Venue: Zoom Virtual Video Conferencing
November 24-26, 2021
4th Colleges and Universities Public Service Conference (CUPSCon 4)
Venue: Zoom Virtual Video Conferencing
October 21-22, 2021
2019 Summer Institute in Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Theme: Upgrading High School and Science and Mathematics Education: Content and Competency
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio
April 25-27, 2019
International Conference on Mathematical Biology
Venue: Bohol Bee Farm Hotel, Bohol
January 6-10, 2019
Gender Sensitivity and Anti-Sexual Harassment Orientation, Office of Counselling and Guidance
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio
September 24, 2019
International Conference on Mathematical Biology
Venue: Costabella Hotel, Cebu
January 7-10, 2018
Workshop in Mathematical Typesetting
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio
September 23-25, 2016
Mathematical Coaches Training, Mathematical Society of the Philippines CAR, Regions 1 & 2 Chapter
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio
August 3,13, 20 and 27, 2016