CCS student bagged 2nd prize in 2023 MFET Award

De La Salle University’s BS/MS Computer Science (Honors) student Mark Edward Gonzales was awarded the 2nd Prize of the 2023 Magsaysay Future Engineers/Technologists (MFET) Award at the Century Park Hotel, Manila on December 1, 2023.

The 2023 Magsaysay Future Engineers/Technologists (MFET) Award is organized by the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL). It aims to recognize outstanding research outputs on engineering and technology at the collegiate level and to encourage young Filipino students to pursue a career in science.

Mark presented his research paper entitled “Protein embeddings improve phage-host interaction prediction” in front of a jury composed of esteemed NAST members. Mark is a member of the AdRIC – Bioinformatics Lab (https://bioinfodlsu.com) and is advised by Dr. Anish Shrestha.

Congratulations!