Prof. Feria Writes Column for Manila Bulletin
By Sophia Lucero (http://sofimi.i.ph)
Prof. Rommel Feria, a senior faculty of the Department, is now a columnist of one of the country’s leading newspapers.
“Of Macs and Tux,” Prof. Feria’s column, appears every Monday and Wednesday in the TechNews section of the Manila Bulletin, starting three months ago. Twice a week he shares his experiences as a guru in Macintosh, Linux, and Open Source technologies.
It is not the first time, however, that he has been immersed in writing. He has been a writer of a US-based Digital Camera magazine and a local Science magazine in the late 90’s.
“Writing on tech stuff for the masses appeals to me because it allows me to extend my ‘teaching’ beyond UP. I believe that information available locally are not sufficient or are too Microsoft-centric,” he says. “Writing is important to us — either writing a technical report or a journal article. This is actually a requirement — to publish in scientific journals.”
Prof. Feria is also the current Director of the UP Computer Center (CC), as well as the head of the Biomedical Computing Group of the Department.
By Sophia Lucero (http://sofimi.i.ph)
Prof. Rommel Feria, a senior faculty of the Department, is now a columnist of one of the country’s leading newspapers.
“Of Macs and Tux,” Prof. Feria’s column, appears every Monday and Wednesday in the TechNews section of the Manila Bulletin, starting three months ago. Twice a week he shares his experiences as a guru in Macintosh, Linux, and Open Source technologies.
It is not the first time, however, that he has been immersed in writing. He has been a writer of a US-based Digital Camera magazine and a local Science magazine in the late 90’s.
“Writing on tech stuff for the masses appeals to me because it allows me to extend my ‘teaching’ beyond UP. I believe that information available locally are not sufficient or are too Microsoft-centric,” he says. “Writing is important to us — either writing a technical report or a journal article. This is actually a requirement — to publish in scientific journals.”
Prof. Feria is also the current Director of the UP Computer Center (CC), as well as the head of the Biomedical Computing Group of the Department.