I build systems that plan, call tools, and act — not just answer. Cum Laude Computer Science, CTF champion, and a security-first instinct for how intelligent systems fail.
I build AI systems — specifically agentic ones: models that plan, call tools, and act rather than just answer. My focus sits across machine learning, deep learning, and data science, with a working engineer's bias towards systems that ship.
My earlier ground was cybersecurity, networking, and software development, sharpened through CTF competitions like Hack4Gov and TrendMicro. That security-first instinct still shapes how I design: I think about failure modes, adversarial inputs, and trust boundaries before I think about features.
These days I am building at the intersection of intelligent systems and real-world impact — flood monitoring with IoT and computer vision, climate WebGIS, and agent architectures that are powerful without being reckless.
Tool-using agents, orchestration, evaluation, and retrieval pipelines.
Deep learning, computer vision, and model development end to end.
Offensive security, CTF competition, and secure system design.
Now
Wrapping a Computer Science degree Cum Laude and heading into a Juris Doctor — building at the seam where intelligent systems meet the law that will govern them.
Professional work and the organisations I've helped run.
Iraya Energies
Focused on intensive data processing and designing agentic AI systems for clients in the energy sector, including Petronas MPM. Niche is oil and gas, specifically upstream operations.
Iraya Energies
Contributed to front-end development and built interactive data analysis and visualization tools, turning complex datasets into actionable insight through modern web frameworks.
Iraya Energies
Built a Climate and Energy WebGIS front-end with Vue and the Mapbox API, using GeoJSON layers to visualise climate hazards across Camarines Sur and their downstream effects on energy and critical infrastructure.
The stack I reach for, grouped by what it's actually for.
Consistent honours through Computer Science, and a Juris Doctor next.
Melchor Filippe S. Bulanon
BS Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence · Machine Learning · Data Science
Cum Laude
1st Year · 1st Sem
President's List
1st Year · 2nd Sem
President's List
2nd Year · 1st Sem
Dean's List
2nd Year · 2nd Sem
President's List
3rd Year · 1st Sem
President's List
3rd Year · 2nd Sem
President's List
President's List ×5 · Dean's List ×1
Competitions, grants and recognitions. The full record lives in Credentials.
Placed 3rd Runner Up at the national Final Pitch of the Philippine Startup Challenge 10.
ICT Industry Development Bureau, DICT
Clark, Pampanga
Won 1st place with Stormwatch, an IoT and computer-vision flood monitoring system, earning a slot in the 2025 Philippine Startup Challenge.
Department of Information and Communications Technology
Lotus Blu Hotel, Naga City
Secured ₱100K in prize money and a government grant for Stormwatch, a flood monitoring solution built on IoT sensors and computer vision.
Naga City Government / Naga Digital Innovation Hub
Jessie M. Robredo Amphitheatre, Naga City
Highest individual score out of 40 competitors across the Bicol region.
Department of Information and Communications Technology
Daraga, Albay
Open to collaboration, research, and problems that don't have obvious answers.
melchorbulanon2@gmail.com
Melchor Filippe Bulanon
GitHub
@Nierze
Location
Naga City, Philippines
Available for work
Typically responds within a day. Based in PHT (UTC+8).
