Dr. May T. Lim

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Deputy Director for Research and Extension, National Institute of Physics (NIP)

Professor of Physics, NIP

Former President, Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP)

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• One U.P. Professorial Chair Award in Physics (Complex Systems) 2022-2024

• UP Centennial Professorial Chair (July 2011 - June 2017; 2020, 2022)

• UP Centennial Faculty Grant (July 2008 - June 2011; July 2017 - June 2019; 2021, 2023-2025)

• Achievement Award (Physics), National Research Council of the Philippines (2016)

• Outstanding Young Scientist, National Academy of Science and Technology (2014)

• UP Scientist I (2013-2015, 2016-2018)

• DOST-PCASTRD Outstanding Dissertation Award (2003)

• Excellence in Ph.D. Studies, Edgardo Gomez Award, College of Science, UP Diliman (2003)

• Pinamakamahusay na Estudyante, Grad. Level (Science and Technology cluster), Gawad Chanselor, UPD

(2003)

• Summa cum laude, University and College of Science valedictorian, UP Diliman (1998)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Analysis and modeling of sociotechnical systems (e.g. traffic, elections); Application of Monte Carlo methods to complex systems; Complex networks; Pattern formation; Data mining

PUBLICATIONS

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1. J.C.A. Peralta, M. T. Lim, and R.C. Reyes. Transport Network Efficiency during Typhoon Relief Operations. Philipp J Sci 152(S1): 185–195. https://doi.org/10.56899/152.S1.14 (2023)

2.  D. N. Dailisan and M. T. Lim. Crossover transitions in a bus–car mixed-traffic cellular automata model. Physica A 557, 124861 (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2020.124861

3.  L. J. M. Rubio, D. N. Dailisan, M. J. P. Osorio, C. C. David, M. T. Lim. Modeling the residential distribution of enrolled students to assess boundary-induced disparities in public school access. PLoSONE 14(10): e0222766. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222766

4. D. N. Dailisan and M. T. Lim. Vehicular traffic modeling with greedy lane-changing and inordinate waiting. Physica A 521, 715-723 (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2019.01.107

5. D. N. Dailisan and M. T. Lim. Agent-based modeling of lane discipline in heterogeneous traffic. Physica A 457, 138-147 (2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.03.104

6. R. B. Cabral, S. D. Gaines, M. T. Lim, M. P. Atrigenio, S. S. Mamauag, G. C. Pedemonte, P. M. Aliño. Siting marine protected areas based on habitat quality and extent provides the greatest benefit to spatially structured metapopulations. Ecosphere 7, e10533 (2016) DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1533

7. C. M. Alis, M. T. Lim, H.S. Moat, D. Barchiesi, T. Preis, and S.R. Bishop. Quantifying Regional Differences in the Length of Twitter Messages. PLoS ONE 10(4):e0122278 (2015). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0122278.

8. R. B. Cabral, P. M. Aliño, and M. T. Lim. Modelling the impacts of fish aggregating devices (FADs) and fish enhancing devices (FEDs) and their implications for managing small-scale fishery. ICES Journal of Marine Science (2014) DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fst229

9. C. M. Alis and M. T. Lim. Spatio-temporal Variation of Conversational Utterances on Twitter. PLoSONE 8(10): e77793 (2013). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077793

10. R. B. Cabral, P. M. Aliño, and M. T. Lim. A coupled stock-recruitment-age-structured model of the North Sea cod under the influence of depensation. Ecological Modelling 253, 1-8 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.12.031

11. C. M. Alis and M. T. Lim. Adaptation of fictional and online conversations to communication media, Eur. Phys. J. B 85:397 (2012). DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2012-30711-0

12. J. S. L. Combinido and M. T. Lim, Crowding effects in vehicular traffic, PLoS ONE 7(11): e48151 (2012) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048151

13. R. B. Cabral and M. T. Lim, Polarity-driven geometrical cluster growth model of budding yeast, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 21, 1169-1182 (2010). DOI: 10.1142/S0129183110015749

14. J. S. L. Combinido and M. T. Lim, Modeling U-turn traffic flow, Physica A 389, 3640-3647 (2010). DOI:10.1016/j.physa.2010.04.009

15. R. B. Cabral, R. C. Geronimo, M. T. Lim, and P. M. Aliño, Effect of variable fishing strategy on fisheries under changing effort and pressure: An agent-based model application, Ecol. Model. 221, 362-369 (2010). DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.09.019

16. M. Lim, R. Metzler, and Y. Bar-Yam, Global pattern formation and ethnic/cultural violence, Science 317, 1540-1544 (2007). DOI: 10.1126/science.1142734

17. M. Lim, D. Braha, S.Wijesinghe, S. Tucker, and Y. Bar-Yam, Preferential detachment in broadcast signaling networks: Connectivity and cost trade-off, Europhys. Lett. 79, 58005 (2007). DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/79/58005

18.  C. Saloma, G. J. Perez, G. Tapang, M. Lim, and C.P. Saloma, Self-organized queuing and scale-free behavior of real escape panic, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 11947-11952 (2003). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2031912100

19. M. Lim and C. Saloma, Primary spherical aberration in two-color (two-photon) excitation flourescence microscopy with two confocal excitation beams, Appl. Opt. 42, 3398-3406 (2003). DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003398

20. M. Lim and C. Saloma, Confocality condition in two-color excitation microscopy with two focused beams, Opt. Commun. 207, 111-120 (2002). DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)01530-4

21. J. Bantang, M. Lim, C. Monterola and C. Saloma, Gravity-assisted segregation of granular materials of equal mass and size, Phys. Rev. E 66, 041306 (2002). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.041306

22. M. Lim and C. Saloma, Emergence of hysteresis in a network of nonhysteretic agents with continuous responses, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 038701 (2002). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.038701

23.  C. Monterola, M. Lim, J. Garcia and C. Saloma, Feasibility of a neural network as classifier of undecided respondents in a public opinion survey, Int. J. Public Opinion Res. 14, 222-229 (2002). DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/14.2.222

24. C. Monterola, M. Lim, J. Garcia and C. Saloma, Accurate forecasting of the undecided population in a public opinion poll, J. Forecasting 21, 435-449 (2002). DOI: 10.1002/for.831

25. G.J. Perez, G. Tapang, M. Lim and C. Saloma, Streaming, disruptive interference and power-law behavior in the exit dynamics of confined pedestrians, Physica A 312/3-4, 609-618 (2002). DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)00987-1

26. P.J. Rodrigo, M. Lim, and C. Saloma, Direction-sensitive subwavelength displacement measurements at diffraction-limited resolution, Opt. Lett. 27, 25-27 (2002). DOI: 10.1364/OL.27.000025

27. M. Lim and C. Saloma, Noise-enhanced measurement of weak doublet spectra with a Fourier transform spectrometer and a 1-bit analog-to-digital converter, Appl. Opt. 40, 1767-1775 (2001). DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001767

28. P.J. Rodrigo, M. Lim, and C. Saloma, Optical-feedback semiconductor laser Michelson interferometer for displacement measurements with directional discrimination, Appl. Opt. 40, 506-513 (2001). DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000506

29. M. Lim and C. Saloma, Enhancement of low-resolution Raman spectra by simplex projection, Opt. Commun. 186, 237-243 (2000). DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)01073-7

30.  M. Lim, G. Narisma, and C. Saloma, Spectral extrapolation by simplex projection, Opt. Commun. 176, 373-385 (2000). DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00549-6

31.  M. Lim and C. Saloma, Direct signal recovery from threshold crossings, Phys. Rev. E 58, 6759-6765 (1998). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.6759