Filipino scientists share solutions to job automation, displacement in ASEAN
BANGKOK – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foundation, together with SAP SE and Digital Economy Promotion Agency, held the regional finals of 2019 ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ASEANDSE), a competition that gathered young student competitors across ASEAN countries to present insights and solutions to solve the region’s most pressing social and economic issues.
The winners for this year’s international competition were Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand. They were chosen for the excellent capabilities in developing and presenting data-driven solutions that highlight six Sustainable Development Goals, namely good health and well-being; quality education; gender equality; decent work and economic growth; industry, innovation and infrastructure; and sustainable cities and communities.
This year, Ha Vu and Trung Vu of Team AWM from the RMIT University in Vietnam bagged the top spot with their project solution focusing on ethnic minorities as potential sources for economic development in ASEAN.
Team Sustainablue composed of Krystel Iris de Castro and Nicole Dolfo from Ateneo de Manila University and the national winners represented the Philippines with their project focusing on automation and job displacement in the country.
In their presentation, the team said that wage workers should adjust with new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, internet of things and robotics to screen that there will be no talent inadequacy and stagnancy as well as to improve market revenue, job efficiency and productivity for the country’s economic growth.
Team Sustainablue was the chosen representatives of the country as they emerged as the national winners of the ASEANDSE Philippines.