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+title: 3rd Place at the inaugural Red Team Hackathon
+slug: red-team-hackathon-2026
+summary: Team Cerberus Gate earned a third-place finish while building a prototype focused on RF signal classification, modulation analysis, and emitter geolocation.
+label: Update
+date: 2026-03-12
+status: Achievement
+featured: true
+order: 1
+tags: Hackathon, RF, Machine Learning, Geolocation, BCIT
+---
+
+## Team Cerberus Gate
+
+At the inaugural Red Team Hackathon, I competed with **Team Cerberus Gate** on the **Find My Force** challenge.
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+Our team built a prototype aimed at classifying RF signals, identifying modulation schemes, and estimating emitter locations. It was a fast-paced systems problem that combined software, signal understanding, and rapid iteration under pressure.
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+## Result
+
+Our team finished **3rd place** and also received the **Best Dressed Award**.
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+## Why it mattered to me
+
+This was the kind of challenge I enjoy most: ambiguous requirements, technical constraints, short timelines, and a working prototype that had to come together quickly.
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+It also gave me a chance to build alongside a strong team and work on a problem that blended software engineering, signal analysis, and practical decision-making.