ENGR. RUDOLPH JOSHUA U. CANDARE
RDI Director of Sustainable Mineral and Mining Operations Using Industry 4.0 Center (SuMMO)
Caraga State University Ampayon, Butuan City, Philippines
Email:ccis@carsu.edu.ph /rucandare@carsu.edu.ph
Contact no.:9179685598
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Master of Science in Information Technology, Caraga State University (2018–2020)
BS in Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman (2007–2012), Cum Laude
Research Interests: Computational Science, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Control Systems
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor IV, Department of Computer Science, College of Computing and
Information Sciences, Caraga State University
Instructor, Department of Mining Engineering, College of Engineering and Information
Technology, Caraga State University, 2013-2018
Chief Science Research Specialist, Nationwide Resource Assessment using LiDAR (CSU-Phil-
LiDAR 2 Project), 2016-2017
Supervising Science Research Specialist, Nationwide Resource Assessment using LiDAR (CSU-
Phil-LiDAR 2 Project), 2015-2016
Senior Science Research Specialist, Nationwide Resource Assessment using LiDAR (CSU-Phil-
LiDAR 2 Project), 2014-2015
RELEVANT CONFERENCE/TRAINING/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Hands-on Training on Industrial Robots at HandPlus Robotics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
September 9-September 20, 2024
Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems (Coursera, content created by the
University of California, Irvine) August – September 2021
Self-Driving Cars Specialization (Coursera, content created by DeepLearning.AI) July 2020 –
January 2021.
Mathematics for Machine Learning Specialization (Coursera, content created by Imperial College
London) August 2020 – January 2021.
Reinforcement Learning Specialization (Coursera, content created by the University of Alberta)
July-December 2020.
International Research Conference on Computer Applications, Innovations, Technology and
Engineering, November 26-29, 2019, Puerto Princesa, Palawan (Conducted by the Institute of
Computer Engineers of the Philippines)
Seminar on Copula Applications, July 14, 2019, Universiti Teknologi, Johor, Malaysia (Conducted
by the Climate Change Research Group Resource Sustainability, Department of Mathematical
Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia.
Data, Connectivity, and Intelligence: Data Science Track, November 1, 2018 – February 16 2019,
Coursera (Content created by Johns Hopkins University, Sponsored by DOST-PCIEERD)
NASA International Science Meeting and Training on Land Cover/Land Use Changes and Impacts
on the Environment, May 28 – June 2, 2018, Manila (Conducted by the NASA LCLUC Program and
University of the Philippines Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology)
23rd ISPRS Congress, July 12-19, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic (International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
International Symposium on Remote Sensing, April 20-22, 2016, Jeju, South Korea (Conducted
by the Korea Society of Remote Sensing)
13th International Summer School, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing WG VI/5, October 24-28, 2015 (Conducted by the ISPRS Working Group VI/5, and
University of the Philippines Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES/INVOLVEMENT (2014-to date)
Mine Geotechnical and Environmental Assessment Robotic System (funded by the Department
of Science and Technology, June 2022 – May 2024). Role: Project Leader / Tech Lead
Design and Development of an Intelligent Traffic Control and Management System (funded by
DOST PCIEERD, January 2021-January 2023). Role: Co-Researcher
DSWD Digitization Project (funded by DSWD Caraga, January-March 2020). Role: Co-Researcher
Enhanced Production and Risk Management in Agriculture Decision Support System (EPRiMA)
(funded by the United Nations FAO and Department of Agriculture, January 2018 – December
2019). Role: Co-Researcher
Development of an integrated GIS database registry and management system for Philippine
Aquaculture areas (AquaR) (funded by the United Nations FAO and Department of Agriculture,
January 2018 – August 2019). Role: Co-Researcher
Identifying Suitable Sites for Small Scale Irrigation Projects (SSIPs) in Region XIII (Caraga)
Through GIS-based Water Resources Assessment (funded by Department of Agriculture-Bureau
of Agricultural Research, December 2017- November 2019). Role: Co-Researcher
Nationwide Resource Assessment using LiDAR (Phil-LiDAR 2) (funded by the Department of
Science and Technology, April 2014- March 2017). Role: Chief Science Research Specialist
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Candare, R.J., & Matias, J. (2022). Evaluating Deep Reinforcement Learning Methods to Develop an
Intelligent Traffic Controller. 5
th International Conference on Computer and Informatics Engineering,
IC2IE 2022, Jakarta, Indonesia, IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IC2IE56416.2022.9970176
Candare, R. J., & Daguil, R. (2020). Deep Imitation Learning for Safe Indoor Autonomous Micro Aerial
Vehicle Navigation. 12th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information
Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management, HNICEM 2020, Manila
Philippines, IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/HNICEM51456.2020.9399994
Candare, R.J., Japitana, M., Cubillas, J.E., Ramirez, C.B. (2016). Mapping of High Value Crops through
an Object-based SVM model using LiDAR Data and Orthophoto in Agusan del Norte, Philippines. ISPRS
Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 3, pp. 165-172.
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-III-7-165-2016