Advances in
information and communications technology and
microelectronics led to the establishment of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) in the 1980s. The National Science and Technology Authority (NSTA) was renamed and reorganized as the
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in 1987 by then President
Corazon Aquino. The ASTI itself was established on January 30, 1987, through
Executive Order No. 128 issued by Aquino. The institute became one of the government's agency which focuses on the field of research and development, information and communications technology and microelectronics. ==See also==