Francis Paraan | Conference Presentations
2023 PCBMB Annual Convention @ Manila
. Network modeling of chlorophyll excitation transfer rates in cyanobacterial photosystem I in the dipolar coupling approximation, 50th Philippine Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Convention, BCB-21 (The Manila Hotel, 2023).
2023 SPP Physics Conference @ Siargao
. Excitation transfer rates in a cyanobacterial photosystem I in the dipolar coupling approximation,
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Proceedings of the 41st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2023-PB-15 (Siargao, 2023).
. Electronic structure and relative permittivity of α-alumina in the generalized gradient approximation,
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Proceedings of the 41st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2023-PA-05 (Siargao, 2023).
. Classifying compressed physics article abstracts by locality-sensitive hashing,
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Proceedings of the 41st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2023-1H-05 (Siargao, 2023).
. Forecasting next day wildfires through image segmentation using convolutional neural networks,
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Proceedings of the 41st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2023-PB-02 (Siargao, 2023).
. Filipino text classification by Universal Language Model Fine-tuning (ULMFiT),
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Proceedings of the 41st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2023-PB-06 (Siargao, 2023).
2022 SPP Physics Conference @ Legazpi City
. Effective Hamiltonian for a non-unitary quantum walk,
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Proceedings of the 40th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2022-PB-10 (Legazpi City, 2022).
2021 SPP Physics Conference | Online
. Entanglement detection via quantum Fisher information in an XY dimer,
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Proceedings of the 39th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2021-PA-05 (Presented online, 2021).
2020 SPP Physics Conference | Online
. Using YOLOv3 to detect colorectal polyps in video,
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Proceedings of the 38th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2020-2A-05 (Presented online, 2020).
2020 SPVM Physics Conference | Online
. Entanglement in a model with power law interactions,
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Book of Abstracts of the 22nd Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao National Physics Conference, 5 (Presented online, 2020).
2019 Asian Quantum Information Science Conference @ Seoul
. Quantum phase transitions and Schmidt gap closing in a Kitaev chain with long-ranged interactions,
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AQIS Conference 2019 Abstract Booklet - Poster Day 1, 174-175 (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, 2019).
. Ground state entanglement in an extended Hubbard model with Ising-like interactions,
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AQIS Conference 2019 Abstract Booklet - Poster Day 1, 164 (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, 2019).
2019 SPP Physics Conference @ Tagbilaran City
. Multi-class semantic segmentation and volume calculation of cardiac CT scans using convolutional neural networks,
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Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2019-1C-07 (Tagbilaran City, Philippines, 2019).
. Parallel acceleration of density matrix renormalization group calculations with TensorFlow,
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Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2019-PB-14 (Tagbilaran City, Philippines, 2019).
. Critical scaling at the Néel transition in an extended Hubbard model with Ising-like interaction,
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Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2019-1G-05 (Tagbilaran City, Philippines, 2019).
. Classification of chest radiographs using depthwise separable convolution,
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Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2019-PA-21 (Tagbilaran City, Philippines, 2019).
. Evaporation and compaction of colliding dust clusters at different impact parameters,
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Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2019-PB-21 (Tagbilaran City, Philippines, 2019).
. Image preprocessing with bi-histogram equalization in a supervised classification of radiographs,
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Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2019-PA-22 (Tagbilaran City, Philippines, 2019).
. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of downforce and drag generated by an accessory flat plate wing on the Teardrop 2.0,
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Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2019-PB-50 (Tagbilaran City, Philippines, 2019).
. Molecular projected band structure of ammonia and ammonium adsorbed on graphene,
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Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2019-PA-17 (Tagbilaran City, Philippines, 2019).
2018 ASTHRDP Graduate Scholars' Conference Year 7 @ PICC
. Characterization of a ground state quantum quench of the Kitaev chain model with variable-range interactions using work statistics, ASTHRDP Graduate Scholars' Conference, F3-2 (PICC, Pasay City, 2018).
. Accuracy of a tensor network-based image classifier saturates with bond dimension, ASTHRDP Graduate Scholars' Conference, P126 (PICC, Pasay City, 2018).
. Calculation of the stiffness coefficients and elastic moduli of copper-silver alloy using molecular dynamics simulations, ASTHRDP Graduate Scholars' Conference, F3-5 (PICC, Pasay City, 2018).
2018 SPP Physics Conference @ Puerto Princesa City
. Piezoelectric tensor of AlN calculated by the Berry phase approach implemented in Quantum ESPRESSO,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-12 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Entanglement spectrum and entropy scaling in a Kitaev chain with variable-range interaction,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PC-35 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Ground state correlation functions of the XY spin chain in a random transverse field,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-44 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Average work done in a ground state quantum quench of the Kitaev chain model with variable-range interactions,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PC-18 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Density functional theory-based determination of the mechanism of electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to CO by Co(salen) complex,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PA-27 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. GPU implementation of singular value decomposition for high rank tensors,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-50 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Ground state entanglement entropy in a coupled spin-1/2 dimer with Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-52 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Ground state entanglement entropy between harmonically confined dipoles,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-53 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Comparison of Python GPU implementations of eigensolvers,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-51 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Symmetry-protection in the deformed Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki state,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-18 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Evaluating the performance of a thresholding filter on handwritten images classification task,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-47 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Benchmarking a tensor network-based machine learning algorithm for supervised image classification,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PB-23 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of lift on the Teardrop 2.0 for different angles of attack,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-2C-04 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
. Band structure contribution of adsorbed H₂ on graphene calculated from molecular orbital projections,
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Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2018-PA-19 (Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, 2018).
2017 ICTP Asian Network School and Workshop on Complex Condensed Matter Systems @ IOP-VAST
. Entanglement entropy in a spin-boson model and level crossings in an Ising dimer with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, 2017 ICTP Asian Network School and Workshop on Complex Condensed Matter Systems, P.11 (Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2017).
2017 Electronic Structure and Processes at Molecular-Based Interfaces Workshop @ NUS
. A DFT-based determination of the mechanism of electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to CO by a cobalt-Schiff base catalyst, 9th Electronic Structure and Processes at Molecular-Based Interfaces Workshop, P024 (National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2017).
2017 Non-Linear Effects and Short-Time Dynamics in Novel Superconductors and Correlated Spin-Orbit Coupled Systems Workshop @ Daejeon
. Entanglement between spin and orbital degrees of freedom in a 2D electron gas, International Workshop on Non-linear Effects and Short-time Dynamics in Novel Superconductors and Correlated Spin-orbit Coupled Systems, 1 (Daejeon, South Korea, 2017).
2017 Conference of the Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science @ Kuala Lumpur
. Strong chemisorption of CO on neutral B13 cluster edge site, 9th Conference of Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science, PS-03 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2017).
2017 SPP Physics Conference @ Cebu City
. Linear elastic and piezoelectric response of BaNiO3 to strain,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-PB-36 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Schmidt gaps in a long-range Kitaev chain,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-1C-04 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Quasi-particle excitation spectrum of an XY spin chain in a random transverse field,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-PB-27 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Ab initio study on the binding of carbon dioxide to cobalt salen complex,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-3B-05 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Correlations in an extended Hubbard model with Ising-like interaction,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-PB-08 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Wigner functions and uncertainty products from partially transposed Dicke model ground states,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-PB-03 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Molecular dynamics calculation of the reduced glass transition temperature for a copper-silver metallic glass,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-2B-06 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Reducing execution times of Quantum ESPRESSO PWscf calculations by routing matrix multiplication calls to GPUs,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-PB-05 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Quantitative analysis of fluid flow around the Towpedo via computational fluid dynamics,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-3B-04 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
. Molecular dynamics calculation of the elastic constants of quenched FeNi and FeCr alloys,
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Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference, SPP-2017-2B-03 (Cebu City, Philippines, 2017).
2017 International Science Graduate Scholars' Conference @ PICC
. Block purity in a long-range Kitaev chain, 2nd International Science Graduate Scholars' Conference, 153 (PICC, Pasay City, 2017).
. Spin correlation functions of the ground-state quenched XY model, 2nd International Science Graduate Scholars' Conference, 153 (PICC, Pasay City, 2017).
2017 Siam Physics Congress @ Rayong
. Ab initio study on the effects of phenyl substitution on the binding of carbon dioxide to salcomine, 12th Siam Physics Congress, 147 (Rayong, Thailand, 2017).
. Molecular dynamics study of the elastic properties of copper-silver alloy using embedded atom model potential, 12th Siam Physics Congress, 164 (Rayong, Thailand, 2017).
2017 8th Jagna International Workshop @ Bohol
. Simple techniques for improving deep neural network outcomes on commodity hardware, AIP Conf. Proc. (8th Jagna International Workshop) 1871, 040001 (2017).
2016 APPC-AIP Congress @ Brisbane
. Entanglement and fluctuations in the Majumdar-Ghosh model ground state, Joint 13th Asia Pacific Physics Conference and 22nd Australian Institute of Physics Congress, QUICC S1 (Brisbane, Australia, 2016).
. Zeros of the Loschmidt amplitude in the quenched XY model, Joint 13th Asia Pacific Physics Conference and 22nd Australian Institute of Physics Congress, CSCMP 48 (Brisbane, Australia, 2016).
2016 SPVM National Physics Conference @ Silliman University
. Structural analysis and visualization of spatial distribution of electrons of pristine and alkali metal-doped polythiophene,
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Proceedings of the 18th Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao National Physics Conference, 23 (Silliman University, Dumaguete City, 2016).
. Observation of the behavior and properties of the critical micelle concentration (CMC) at different temperatures,
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Proceedings of the 18th Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao National Physics Conference, 13 (Silliman University, Dumaguete City, 2016).
2016 SPP Physics Conference @ UP Visayas Iloilo
. Parallelization benchmarks of plane wave self-consistent field calculations on an IBM BlueGene supercomputer,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-PB-19 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Molecular dynamics of rapid melting in a copper-silver alloy,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-PA-22 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Importance of initialization of weight matrices in deep learning neural networks,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-PA-21 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Entanglement and ground state level crossings in an extended Hubbard dimer,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-PB-20 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Benchmarking GPU acceleration of a parallel molecular dynamics simulation,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-PA-19 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Molecular dynamics simulation of liquid gallium using an embedded atom model,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-5B-03 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Block entanglement in the ground state of the Majumdar-Ghosh model,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-PB-22 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Piezomagnetic properties and band structure of Mn3GaN calculated using density functional theory,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-3A-06 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Loschmidt amplitude zeros as a probe for criticality in the quenched XY model,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-5C-06 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Investigation of neutral B13 clusters: A density functional theory study,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-PA-18 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
. Multispecies fluid flow simulations inside a chamber via computational fluid dynamics,
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Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2016-2C-04 (University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo City, 2016).
2016 Conference on Entanglement and Non-Equilibrium Physics of Pure and Disordered Systems @ ICTP Trieste
. Quantum criticality in a quenched XY chain, Conference on Entanglement and Non-Equilibrium Physics of Pure and Disordered Systems (International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, 2016).
2016 Workshop on Theories in Quantum Phenomena and Condensed Matter Physics @ UP Los Baños
. Quenched spin chains and generalized Gibbs ensembles, Workshop on Theories in Quantum Phenomena and Condensed Matter Physics (University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, 2016).
2016 International DOST-SEI ASTHRDP-NSC Scholars' Conference @ PICC
. Polarization fluctuation as an entanglement measure for N-level systems, 1st International DOST-SEI ASTHRDP-NSC Scholars' Conference, 127 (PICC, Pasay City, 2016).
2015 Asian Quantum Information Science Conference @ Seoul
. Polarization fluctuation as an entanglement monotone for entangled two-level systems,
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Proceedings of the AQIS Conference 2015, 271-272 (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, 2015).
2015 Conference of the Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science @ Taipei
. Structural and magnetic properties of Zn0.5 Co0.5 O alloy configurations via DFT, 8th Conference of Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science, 56 (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, 2015).
2015 SPP Physics Conference @ University of Northern Philippines Vigan
. Spin polarization and its fluctuation in a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit interactions,
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Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2015-5C-07 (University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, 2015).
. Exact expression for the work fluctuation in a quenched transverse field Ising chain,
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Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2015-PA-48 (University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, 2015).
. Entanglement entropy of the Silbey-Harris polaron ansatz for a spin-boson model,
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Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2015-PB-47 (University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, 2015).
. Exact calculation of the average work done in a quenched quantum Ising model,
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Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2015-PB-48 (University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, 2015).
. Rényi entanglement entropy of the spin-partitioned BCS ground state,
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Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, spp-2015-2B-03 (University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, 2015).
. Enhanced ferromagnetism in Zn0.5 (Co)0.5 O alloy: DFT calculations,
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Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2015-PA-14 (University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, 2015).
. Lateral motion of a spherical particle suspended in Couette flow,
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Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2015-5C-04 (University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, 2015).
. Polarization fluctuation can partially order entangled qubit states,
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Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP-2015-3B-03 (University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City, 2015).
2015 Workshop on Theories in Quantum Phenomena and Condensed Matter Physics @ UP Los Baños
. Mode entanglement in BCS superconductivity, quantum optics, and quantum Hall physics, Workshop on Theories in Quantum Phenomena and Condensed Matter Physics (University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, 2015).
2015 Quantum Many-Body Systems Far from Equilibrium @ Stellenbosch
. Work statistics in quantum quenches in the Heisenberg XY model, Quantum many-body systems far from equilibrium: Quench dynamics, thermalisation, and cold-atom experiments (National Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stellenbosch, 2015).
2014 SPP Physics Conference @ UP Diliman
. Mode entanglement in squeezed coherent and displaced squeezed states,
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Proceedings of the 32nd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP2014-5A-7 (University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 2014).
. Speed-up and efficiency of parallelized Monte Carlo integration on homogeneous and heterogeneous clusters,
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Proceedings of the 32nd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP2014-2C-6 (University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 2014).
. Lateral motion of a suspended spherical particle between two parallel moving walls,
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Proceedings of the 32nd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP2014-PB-4 (University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 2014).
2014 Asian Quantum Information Science Conference @ Kyoto
. Integer effects in the spin-orbit entanglement entropy in a 2D electron system with Rashba interactions,
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Proceedings of the AQIS Conference 2014, 239-240 (Kyoto University, Japan, 2014).
. Work fluctuations in quantum quenches in the XY model,
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Proceedings of the AQIS Conference 2014, 193-194 (Kyoto University, Japan, 2014).
2013 SPP Physics Conference @ University of San Carlos Cebu
. Thomas-Fermi approach on the particle density of a Tonks-Girardeau gas in harmonic confinement with multiple δ-perturbations,
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Proceedings of the 31st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP2013-3B-2 (University of San Carlos, Cebu City, 2013).
. Entanglement, statistical mechanics, and parallel computing,
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Proceedings of the 31st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP2013-PS-04 (University of San Carlos, Cebu City, 2013).
. Entanglement entropy of impenetrable bosons in 1D: Effects of block length and boundaries,
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Proceedings of the 31st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP2013-3B-7 (University of San Carlos, Cebu City, 2013).
. Entanglement spectrum and entropy of two-mode squeezed vacuum states,
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Proceedings of the 31st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP2013-3B-6 (University of San Carlos, Cebu City, 2013).
. Parallel speed-up and efficiency in single loop sums and matrix multiplication,
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Proceedings of the 31st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, SPP2013-PB-09 (University of San Carlos, Cebu City, 2013).