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Assistant Professor
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B.S. Physics, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, 1998
M.S. Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2001
Computational acoustics, machine learning, signals and systems, remote sensing, instrumentation, computational physics
1. J. A. Ejares, R. R. Violanda, A. G. Diola, D. T. Dy, J. B. Otadoy, R. E. S. Otadoy. Tree canopy cover mapping using LiDAR in urban barangays of Cebu City, Central Philippines. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLI-B8, 2016 XXIII ISPRS Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 12-19 July 2016.
2. R. A. Loberternosa, W. P. Porpetchoa, J. C. A. Graciosa, R. R. Violanda, A. G. Diola, D. T. Dy, R. E. S. Otadoy. An object-based workflow developed to extract aquaculture ponds from airborne LiDAR data: A test case in Central Visayas, Philippines. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLI-B8, 2016 XXIII ISPRS Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 12-19 July 2016.
3. Hyacinth N. Suarez, Danilo D. Dy and Renante Violanda. Density of Associated Macrofauna of Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in Jagna, Bohol, Central Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 144(2): 107-115, 2015.
4. Beethoven M. Arellano, Michael E. Loretero, Evelyn B. Taboada, Renante R. Violanda, and Roland Emerito S. Otadoy. Application of mult-resolution segmentation and support vector machine in identifying agricultural features in San Fernando, Cebu, Philippines. Proc. Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2015, Crowne Plaza, Quezon City, Philippines, October 19-23, 2015.
5. Juan Carlos A. Graciosa, Renante R. Violanda, Annie G. Diola, Wenifel P. Porpecho, Danilo T. Dy, and Roland Emerito S. Otadoy. A contextbased approach in mangrove patches extraction from LiDAR data: A case in Pinamungajan, Cebu, Central Philippines. Proc. Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2015, Crowne Plaza, Quezon City, Philippines, October 19-23, 2015.