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Advanced Science & Technology Utilization of space-borne data for these pressing environmental and societal problems are also priorities in current research efforts. Machine learning and artificial intelligence can be used to aid in sifting through the data. Automatic identification is currently being used to monitor affected areas, sucj as flooded residential communities, landslide coverage, preventive analysis and risk assessment of populated areas. On top of helping meet the demands for on-hand data, utilizing space and the technologies borne from it also helps our growing societal and nation-building needs. In the process, not only do we get valuable data; we also build an industrial base for high value-added activities and innovations, create an enabling environment for interdisciplinary research and development, and highly trained researchers, scientists, engineers and workers in the science and technology field. Funded by: DOST A Generalized Multidirectional Paraxial Optical Cloak Nathaniel Hermosa | Miguel Revilla | Joshua Caesar Lorenzo National Institute of Physics E-mail: [email protected] One major problem in communication is the erasure of data when its carrier, the electromagnetic wave, hits an obstacle. Telecommunication data such as cellular services is usually sent through microwave, which when blocked leads to lack of reception. Information from microscope, carried by visible light, can easily be distorted when the object being observed is below the surface. This project devised a way to guide light to enable it to pass an obstacle as though there is no obstacle in its path. The technique developed by the researchers may improve existing technology in telecommunication, medical imaging and machine vision. The paraxial optical cloak serves as proof-of-concept for future technology. Further research needs to be conducted in order to determine the broader opportunities for this innovation. Funded by: DOST Grant for Outstanding Achievements in Science and Technology through the National Academy of Science and Technology UP Diliman SALIKSIKHAY | 37