GVSU Researchers Harness Drones and AI to Combat Invasive Tree Diseases in Michigan
GVSU's Dr. Rahat Ibn Rafiq aDr. Rahat Ibn Rafiq and his research team, including graduate assistant Muttaki Bismoy leads a project using drones and AI to protect Michigan forests from invasive diseases, partnering with the DNR, Grand Haven, and Kalamazoo.
Published May 12, 2025
DeBruine launches bioinformatics startup Herd Social
Dr. Zach DeBruine, an College of Computing faculty mentor and researcher in GVSU's Applied Computing Institute launches a startup Herd Social that fosters community and learning around rare diseases.
Published September 23, 2024
ACI Launches Blue Nucleus Consultancy
ACI launches Blue Nucleus, a computing services consultancy.
Published May 6, 2024
ACI to Host AWS Developer Immersion Day on Generative AI
ACI will host an AWS Developer Immersion day for the second time on January 26th from 12pm - 4pm. Join us for a workshop on Generative AI on Amazon Sagemaker.
Published December 19, 2023
ACI and Industry Partner Publish Research Paper on Software Test Requirements
The research paper titled "Visualizing Software Test Requirements Using NLP and Human-In-The-Loop Approach" has been accepted for publication and presentation to the Track on Data-drIven Software Engineering (DISE 2023) at the SIMBIG 2023 conference.
Published September 28, 2023
ACI Hosts AWS Developer Immersion Day on GVSU Health Campus in Grand Rapids
ACI is excited to host a workshop offered by Amazon, entitled Create a Chatbot with Amazon Lex Immersion Day on the GVSU Health Campus.
Published April 20, 2023
ACI: Computing Seminar Series - Biometric Fingerprinting and Cybersecurity
Come and attend the talk by Dr. Joshua Engelsma, where he sheds light on the recent trends and challenges in the area of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) and how recent advances in computer vision can tackle some of those challenges.
Published February 3, 2023
Dr. Rafiq Presents Research on Macro-Level Sentiments on Twitter in Lima, Peru
Abu Naweem Khan, a special project Graduate Assistant, and Dr. Rahat Rafiq published their research paper titled "A Preliminary Analysis of Twitter's LGBTQ+ Discussions" at the 9th International Conference on Information Management and Big Data.
Published November 30, 2022
ACI: Computing Seminar Series - The Visible Embryo Project: Following the connections from chick embryos to Bitcoin.
Come and attend the talk by Dr. Mike Doyle titled "The Visible Embryo Project: Following the connections from chick embryos to Bitcoin.
Published November 29, 2022
ACI attends first GR Tech Week event
ACI starts conversations at GR Tech Week with the YouBrush app. Making oral care fun again...
Published October 31, 2022
Grant from Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative fuels data projects at GVSU ACI, Van Andel Institute
A collaboration between Van Andel Institute and Grand Valley to make data more accessible to researchers worldwide has received support through a $200,000 Data Insights grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Published October 5, 2022
Making art come alive with augmented reality
Augmented reality combines the real physical world with computer-generated digital content to provide an enriched interactive experience. The AR experience being developed by the team involves aiming a smartphone camera at a painting.
Published September 29, 2022
Computing Industry Colloquium: Seminar on AI / ML in Cybersecurity
Join us at our first Computing Industry Colloquium series, AI and ML in Cybersecurity on September 16th. Buzz Walsh, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker.
Published September 13, 2022
Map marker clustering in React Native just got easier
Maps play an integral part in many applications today. React Native applications was originally created by Airbnb and is the most popular - but it's not perfect.
Published March 28, 2022
YouBrush - Dental Hygiene Refined. Using Machine Learning & Gamification
YouBrush is a mobile app developed by the GVSU ACI and aims to promote better dental hygiene by leveraging Machine learning and Gamification.
Published December 13, 2021
Preventing the spread of Covid-19 with an Apple Watch and a bit of machine learning
Covid-19 has been a major disruption world-wide for the past year. A team of GVSU computer science students spent time last fall aiming to disrupt the spread of Covid-19 via machine learning and wearable technologies.
Published January 18, 2021
DevOps Experiential Learning Opportunity!
Are you an undergraduate admitted into a GVSU School of Computing degree program and interested in DevOps? Michigan Software Labs of Ada, Michigan, is partnering with GVSUs Applied Computing Institute to provide undergraduate computing students a uniqu
Published July 23, 2020
GVSU team explores mobile app solution for culinary industry
hen Matthew Neele, founder of ÔRKiD a startup in the culinary industry, needed a mobile app experience prototyped, he turned to GVSU's Applied Computing for assistance.
Published January 30, 2020
Mobile App Helps Collect Data for Training Whirlpool Smart Appliance Machine Learning Algorithms
Whirlpool's smart appliances are revolutionizing the way everyday consumers interact with their household products. The objectives of Whirlpool's Smart Counter Top Oven include a breakthrough user experience.
Published January 17, 2020