PANABO CITY — Davao del Norte State College hosted the Mindanao Conference for IT Students (MCITS) 2026 on October 14. The conference put on display design projects, theses, and capstone projects of Information Technology students across the region.
DNSC students secured two awards in the exhibit category. TRASHVISION: A Shoreline Geospatial Waste Monitoring System Using Computer Vision and Drone Imagery, developed by Joebelle Y. Genota, Vince Keth R. Maarat, and Ciarlien Ruth C. Eturma, emerged as champion, while SCIPATH: An Interactive Platform for Science Learning in Sunbeam Christian School, developed by John Carlo H. Jimenez, Romeclear G. Geraldo, and Bryan Albert L. Paro, earned second runner-up.
Other DNSC student teams also presented their projects in the oral and poster categories, covering applications in automotive education, legal document management, native flora conservation, and mathematics learning.
Under the oral category, MotoMaster: A 3D Vehicle Repair Simulation and Performance Tracking Platform for Auto-Mechanic Education was presented by Jazzine Joy V. Cabuyadao, Kurt Angelo A. Daquigan, and Albea T. Pallado. Another entry, LEXCHAIN: A Blockchain-Anchored Legal Document Repository with OCR and NLP-Powered Document Summarization, was presented by Sean Augustine L. Esparagoza, Marvin A. Pescos, and Badygin I. Sinco.
For the poster category, Michael Angelo Acera, Cyril Dwyne R. Pasa, and Isaiah Jairo C. Martinez presented Native Flora Detection and Management System Using Computer Vision and Geoanalytics in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. Prescillia B. Cabusao, Donna Mae B. Campilan, and James G. Capuyan presented MindSpark Math: A Gamified Mobile Learning Application for Grade 5 Mathematics with Visual Progress Tracking.
Through its hosting of MCITS 2026, DNSC provided a venue for student researchers and developers to share their work, receive feedback, and engage with emerging ideas in information technology.
