With the theme, ”AFP and Academe-Building Strong Partnership for Innovation and Self-Reliance in ICT,” IDEATHON 2025 provided a platform for student innovators and partner universities to develop technological solutions aligned with the operational requirements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Key focus areas included in the event were artificial intelligence applications for defense, tactical communications, and secure encryption systems. 

The winning �������� entry, EnviroMimic, an AI-assisted Environmental Remodulation system for Covert Tactical Communications. This groundbreaking technology introduces a new approach to secure communications by shaping signals to seamlessly blend with environmental noise signatures, including Philippine radio, acoustic, and optical backgrounds.

EnviroMimic exemplifies ��������’s commitment to cutting-edge research in ICT and defense technology. The team behind this innovation consists of B.S. ECE 4 students Irvin Angelo T. Ceniza, Anthony Arbe M. Cinco, Kenn Loyd Y. Pepito, and Ciara Adrianne B. Tiongzon, under the guidance of faculty adviser Engr. Alberto S. Bañacia.

The IDEATHON 2025 ceremony was honored by Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr., AFP Chief of Staff, who served as Guest of Honor and Speaker.

Their achievement also comes with a potential research grant of approximately PHP300,000, supporting further development and deployment of their AI-based solution. This success underscores ��������’s leadership in engineering education and its ongoing commitment to fostering innovation through collaboration between academe and national defense sectors.

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The intensive training program focused on network design, server deployment, and cloud computing brought together students from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, and Vietnam and industry experts from across Asia, providing hands-on experience in networking technologies, cybersecurity, and IoT applications. 

David Louie Bedia joined last November 18–22, 2024 at Universitas Syiah Kuala (USK), Banda Aceh while French Aleca Recamara and Aisha Marie Rollan joined on February 10–14, 2025, at the Universitas Brawijaya, Malang.

Both five-day programs featured hands-on training with industry leaders from APNIC (the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre), Amazon Web Services (AWS), USK, and Keio University.

Beyond technical training, the camp emphasized collaboration and professional networking, equipping students with critical problem-solving skills for careers in network operations, research, and technological innovation.

Through its partnership with School-on-the-Internet (SOI) Asia and the APIE Program, �������� continues to foster global educational collaboration and cutting-edge learning opportunities in IT and engineering. 

By participating in APIE Camp, �������� students gain valuable hands-on experience, preparing them to become future leaders in network engineering and digital infrastructure.

With reporting from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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The �������� contingent’s groundbreaking research highlights the adaptive control of an inverted pendulum system using reinforcement learning employing the Twin Delayed Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (TD3) algorithm with innovations including Fork (TD3-Fork) and Layer Normalization (LN). 

The project successfully demonstrated the system’s ability to stabilize amidst external disturbances and parameter variations, contributing valuable insights to the field of nonlinear adaptive control systems. 

Associate Professor Engr. Joseph Karl G. Salva, who heads the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Special Applications Laboratory, is the team’s mentor. As champions, the Carolinian team went home with a trophy and a $2,500 cash prize. 

With reporting from Dr. Edward M. Querikiol, Chair of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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Second-year students Neil Christian Bolotaolo, Kenn Loyd Pepito, and Donald Emmanuel Arnibal were declared back-to-back champions in the Math Olympiad. 

Meanwhile, 4th-year students David Noel Tan and Rey Marc Oro together with Mark Joshua Ares and Charles Sosmeña (B.S. E.C.E. 3) grabbed the 2nd place in the Electronics Elite contest. 

In addition, Tan, Oco, Ares, and Sosmeña placed 3rd in the IECEP Quiz Bowl. 

This year’s theme, “Currents of Genius: Illuminating Electronics Engineering Academic Excellence,” was designed to strengthen the ECE field and to promote Electronics Engineering in this highly competitive world. 

The IECEP-CSC competition was held under the supervision of its professional organization, IECEP Cebu Inc. 

The Carolinian team was coached by Engr. Alberto S. Bañacia.

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Topping the quiz show was the Carolinian team composed of Sophia Dianne K. Bernardo, Mike Wenmar Y. Payo, Vincent Derwin M. Torcende, and Nico Louis E. Ubas with the guidance of their coach, Engr. Alberto S. Bañacia. 

Aside from winning the quiz show, Payo and Bernardo together with Rochel V. Valle also bagged the top prize in the Programming Competition. Engr. Ellen Agnes Zafra served as their coach.

The programming languages of the competition were limited to C++, Java, and Python 3 while the quiz show covered mathematics, general engineering and applied sciences, electronics engineering, and electronics systems and technologies.

Our student-winners from ��������’s Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering will be representing Cebu in the finals round during the IECEP National Student Summit which will be held online from November 21 to 26.

by Syrine Gladys Podadera, with contribution from Engr. Alberto S. Bañacia

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Participants of SenseDev19 with Coventry University speakers Dr. Bhargava (2nd row, 5th from the left), Prof. Brusey (2nd row, 7th from the left), Prof. Gaura (2nd row, 8th from the left), and Engr. Palencia (2nd row, 7th from the right), and SenseDev19 course director Engr. Rabuya (2nd row, 8th from the right)

Providing an opportunity to learn from leading researchers in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and the Internet of Things (IoT) domains, the University of San Carlos held the 4thSummer School on Practical Wireless Sensor Networks Development (SenseDev19) on July 22-26, 2019 at the Virtual Training Room of the Josef Baumgartner Learning Resource Center in Talamban Campus.

The Summer School was achieved through the efforts of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (DEEE) in collaboration with Coventry University, U.K. and funding support from the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) grant of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

SenseDev19 course director Engr. Isabelo Rabuya welcomed Prof. Elena Gaura (Associate Dean-Research, Faculty of Engineering, Environment, and Computing, Coventry University), Prof. James Brusey (Faculty Research Centre in Fluid and Complex Systems), Dr. Kriti Bhargava (Research Fellow, Faculty Research Centre in Fluid and Complex Systems), and Engr. Gene Fe Palencia (faculty member of DEEE, pursuing a PhD at Coventry) who served as resource persons for the workshop.

The five-day event featured a series of lectures on the fundamentals and applied aspects of WSNs with hands-on exercises on Firely motes using Contiki operating system, WSNs simulation in Cooja, and group projects demonstration on practical WSNs. This provided the participants with a solid understanding and experience to anchor their research in this field.

This year’s SenseDev is aimed at faculty researchers in Philippine Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). Forty (40) participants in the summer school came from 19 HEIs; i.e. six from Luzon namely Adamson University (AdU), Bulacan State University (BulSU), De La Salle University (DLSU), Malayan Colleges Laguna (MCL), Mapua University (MU), and University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB); seven from the Visayas namely Bohol Island State University-Main Campus (BISU-MC), Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U), Cebu Technological University-Moalboal Campus (CTU Moalboal), Holy Name University (HNU), Samar State University (SSU), University of San Carlos (��������), and University of San Jose Recoletos (USJR); and six from Mindanao namely Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU), Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Mindanao State University-Gensan (MSU-Gensan), Unibersidad de Zamboanga (UZ), University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP), and Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan (XU-AdC).

by Engr. Arben S. Vallente, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Tags: Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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