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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.

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.

## Result

Our team finished **3rd place** and also received the **Best Dressed Award**.

## 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.

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.