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UPLB Data Science Guild

The pioneer data science organization of UPLB. Workshops, visual explainers, and events for students who learn by building.

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Workshops

Hands-on sessions run by the guild, from members-only training camps to free online workshops open to every UPLB student.

September 4, 2026
Breaking Down Room TBA: Visualizing Campus Realities with Python
A one-hour online session that untangles raw class schedule exports and turns them into campus insights with Python.
Open to all UPLB students, zero coding experience required
May 9, 2026
Decoding Life's Data: A Hands-On Intro to Bioinformatics Tools
The first session of the 2026 Workshop Series: where DNA sequences, computational tools, and real-world applications come together.
Fully online, open to all
October 11 and 18, 2025
Hour of Code and AI Literacy Training
A two-part AI literacy workshop with AI Ready ASEAN Master Trainer Keith Tidon, from Hour of Code to computer vision and RAG pipelines.
Open to all, in partnership with AI Ready ASEAN Philippines
February 28, 2025
ByteCamp: Data Science and Machine Learning
A face-to-face hands-on session on Python, pandas, regression, classification, and clustering with Aljon Gerard De Leon.
Internal workshop for guild members
March 4 and 5, 2024
No Code Beta 2024
The guild's first internal workshop: basic data preparation, dashboarding, data mining, and statistical analysis.
Internal workshop for resident members and applicants

Recent events

Symposia, orientations, quiz nights, and outreach, from the first Data Horizons to this year.

All 7 events

Data Digest

18 short visual explainers written by members, one data science idea at a time.

All digests

Bioinformatics Data Digest cover with DNA and computing imagery

2026

Bioinformatics: Decoding the Code of Life

How biology, computer science, and statistics work together to turn genomes into useful knowledge.

By Howard Mercado

Butterfly Effect Data Digest cover with nine butterfly forms

2026

The Butterfly Effect

How tiny changes in data can create dramatically different outcomes across complex systems.

By Zo Pelagio and Gab Kalugdan

Future of Data Science cover about empowering human knowledge

2026

The Future of Data Science

Emerging technologies are expanding data science while human judgment remains its essential guardrail.

By Uno Publico

2026

Sound, Visualized

Why spectrograms matter and how visual sound patterns support science, healthcare, and machine learning.

Members of Synthesis, the guild's newest batch, posing in a campus garden

About the guild

The UPLB Data Science Guild (DSG) is the pioneer data science organization of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. We are a socio-civic organization of students who learn and practice data science together through workshops, projects, and community events.

members: 100+
workshops on record: 5
events since 2024: 7
Data Digest explainers: 18

Past events were run with UPLB Graduate School, AI Ready ASEAN Philippines, Hiraya Network, UP Data Science Society, UP Rural High School, and the Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Association of the Philippines.

Mission

To foster a data-driven culture in the Nation and beyond.

Vision

To bring opportunities and growth by utilizing data science and its tools.
To connect students with companies, stakeholders, and/or end users to provide solutions and gain experience.

UPLB Data Science Guild members gathered outdoors for a shared meal

Integrity, interdependence, innovation

Integrity: All members are expected to uphold the highest standards of honesty and ethical conduct in all their endeavors.
Innovation: The organization should continuously adapt to the demands and issues of the rapidly changing world.
Interdependence: All members are expected to work with themselves and their stakeholders to reach their goals with mutual dependence.