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School of Computing Faculty Receives Distinguished Early Career Scholar Award
January 24, 2024
Dr. Zach DeBruine, Assistant Professor of Computing, is the 2024 recipient of the Distinguished Early-Career Scholar Award which honors remarkable tenured/tenure-track investigators at Grand Valley State University who began their independent scholarship within the past six years. The scholars demonstrate mastery in their field and show significant potential for continued success. The award recipients have made major contributions to theory, research, and creative practice, and have earned national recognition for their outstanding achievements.
DeBruine leads research on transformative clinical solutions enabled by Artificial Genomic Intelligence. His student research team works on building multimodal generative AI models to solve problems in modern healthcare using big genomics datasets. When asked what this award means for him and his work DeBruine said, "I'm grateful for this award which recognizes the new healthcare solutions we are building with multimodal generative AI. Thanks to our strong student research team and local partners!".
Congratulations, Dr. DeBruine for this well-deserved award. We are grateful for the transformative work you do advocating for excellent student-centered research, faculty-led innovation, and interdisciplinary AI literacy.