Dr. Soriano and team on Tubbataha assessment

The work of Dr. Maricor Soriano and her team from the Video and Image Processing Group (VIP) of the Instrumentation Physics Laboratory (IPL) on the assessment of the damage on the Tubbataha Reef has been cited in the news. The project, Automated Rapid Reef Assessment System (ARRAS), was done in collaboration with scientists from the UP Marine Science Institute (MSI).[2013 Rappler]

http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/28036-pinoy-gadget-tubbataha-assessments

“An automated rapid reef assessment system invented by the team of Dr. Maricor Soriano of the University of Philippines (UP) was one of the technologies used to make permanent visual records for the damage done at the Tubbataha reef.”

[2013 GMANews]

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/158284/24oras/pinsala-ng-sumadsad-na-chinese-fishing-vessel-sa-tubbataha-reef-kasinglawak-na-raw-ng-5-basketball-courts

[2013 ANC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMVM3LRqRM

“A new team of experts is headed to Tubbataha to take new images of the reef following the removal of the Chinese fishing vessel.”

Dr. Soriano appeared as guest in the news.