Biography
Hi! I'm Zhean Robby L. Ganituen, also known as zrygan.
I'm a Computer Science junior at De La Salle University, Manila.
I am also a tutor and a researcher (click the Academics button).
I split my time between the Philippines and United States. For my current timezone, check whichever timezone is highlighted (colored blue) on the right.
Programming
For my interests and current project go to Academics
I regularly work with Rust, Python, and OCaml, but I also have worked on C, C++, Go, and Java.
You can check out my programming projects on my GitHub profile.
Here are some of my best projects: Raytracer, Symbolang, and a Error Checking for Tagalog and Bikol Language (repository, paper).
Competitive Programming
I have experience with competitive programming and have participated in contests, though I no longer compete actively.
For competitive programming resources, I maintain a GitHub repository. You can also find my profiles on Kattis and Codeforces but these are most likely empty!
Sadly/Thankfully I don't do much programming these days, as I focus more on research.
Contact
Emails
For general messages: zr.gntn (at) gmail.com
For academic purposes: zhean_robby_ganituen (at) dlsu.edu.ph
Phone Number and Mailing Address
I do not make my Philippine or United States phone number and address publicly available.
Everything can be handled via email anyway.
Social Media
If you're not a friend or family member, please contact me only through the emails listed above.
Any attempt to contact me through social media or other unlisted methods will be disregarded.
All News
| Date | What Happened? |
|---|---|
| 13 Sep. 2026 | I was the Student Research Workshop chair and Shared Task co-chair at AILRIC 2026. At the same conference, I also presented our undergraduate thesis proposal on confusable drug detection (see MangoCats) and our work on Philippine language similarity via orthographic and phonetic similarity with geospatial features. |
| 2 Jul. 2026 | Our project on orthographic nativization for English loanwords in Filipino (see TagaBaybay) was accepted at IEEE TENCON 2026. |
| 30 Sep. 2025 | Received grant from De La Salle University for participation in the 26th OCOCOSDA. |
| 22 Sep. 2025 | Papers on drug similarity through orthographic and semantic analysis and Tagalog and Bikol language grammar checking by formal grammars have been accepted for the 26th OCOCOSDA . |
| 11 Sep. 2025 | Poster presentation on Tagalog and Bikol language grammar checking by formal grammars at ISTAS25. |
Academics
Research Interests
Lately, I have been exploring the following.
- Parallel algorithms: their implementations and applications, and the programming languages that support them.
- Machine learning (theory): the bounds of machine learning algorithms.
- Computational linguistics: the computational complexity of Filipino, phonetic algorithms for Filipino, and machine learning techniques. I belong to a group being advised by Nathaniel Oco, also see our GitHub organization.
In general, I enjoy anything that floats around Theoretical Computer Science, especially when they intersect with real-world applications or other fields.
Blog
I also write a blog called \( \forall i \in \textbf{KB} \), where I discuss topics in theoretical computer science in a casual, "unserious" tone.
Tutoring
I'm a tutor and currently serve as the Associate Vice President for Activities at my university's Peer Tutors' Society.
I primarily tutor theoretical subjects:
- Discrete Mathematics
- Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- Theory of Computation
- Programming Language Theory
As well as C and Java programming.
See my CV.
Also see my ORCID and my Google Scholar.