Director, Department of Science and Technology, Philippines Profile / Bio Dr. Franz A. de Leon is the Director of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ASTI) and concurrently a Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman). He assumed the position as Director of DOST-ASTI on 15 April 2021. Dr. de Leon attained his BS Electronics and Communications Engineering and MS Electrical Engineering at UP Diliman in 2003 and 2005, respectively. He later obtained his PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southampton at United Kingdom in 2014. His research interests include digital signal processing (DSP) for audio and communications, music information retrieval, audio engineering, and adaptive filters and linear arrays. Materials Title Date Learning Materials Topics Debate: How Can Higher Education Institutions Build AI-Enabled Research and Innovation Ecosystems? 3 December, 2025 Multimedia Education