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CIS Annouces Five New Digital Badges

The School of Computing now offers eight graduate-level digital badges.

College Updates

Published February 3, 2020

CIS Faculty Selected for Fulbright Grant

In the Winter of 2019, Dr. Robert Adams was a visiting professor on a Fulbright Grant at Fachhochschule Joanneum (FHJ) in Graz, Austria.

College Updates Faculty

Published January 22, 2020

GVSU graduate co-founds Michigan Software Labs

Joshua Hulst graduated from GVSU with a BS in Computer Science (Honors College) in 2009.

Alumni

Published November 22, 2019 by Article written by college of computing staff

SCIS Hosts International Collegiate Programming Contest

The GVSU School of Computing and Information Systems served as regional host to the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) on October 25th and 26th.

College Updates

Published November 11, 2019

SCIS Welcomes New Faculty Members

This semester, the GVSU School of Computing and Information Systems welcomes two new faculty members: Professor Erin Carrier and Professor Nathaniel Bowman.

Published September 26, 2019

Atomic Object Developer Offers Advice to GVSU Computer Science Students

We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Bekah Suttner Cheek, who is currently a software consultant / developer at Atomic Object in Grand Rapids, MI.

Alumni

Published September 19, 2019 by Article written by college of computing staff

SCIS Graduate Works With Clients Worldwide

Mohamed Azuz graduated from GVSU with a BS in Information Systems and a minor in Business (2015) and a MS in CIS (2017).

Alumni

Published August 28, 2019 by Article written by college of computing staff

SCIS Faculty Member Helps Foster Teaching With Technology in Papua, Indonesia

Dr. Hans Dulimarta, an Associate Professor in the GVSU School of Computing and Information Systems has recently been working with the non-profit Indonesian American Society of Academics (IASA) to help promote teaching with technology in Papua, Indonesia.

College Updates

Published March 15, 2019

CIS Graduate Student Explores New Approach to Computer Generated Imagery.

Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) has become very common place in many digital experiences today, including but not limited to video games, movies, commercials, TV shows, etc.

College Updates Innovation

Published February 21, 2019

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College Updates

Published September 9, 2018

Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Deep Reinforcement Learning

A technological revolution has reinvigorated the field of artificial intelligence: Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are being successfully deployed in real-life applications as varied as image recognition and language translation.

Artificial Intelligence College Updates

Published August 29, 2018

GVSU Computer Science Graduates Pursue PhD Studies

GVSU Computer Science majors Gloire Rubambiza and Frank Wanye were classmates in their first programming course at Grand Valley State University almost four years ago.

College Updates computer science

Published April 19, 2018 by contributed by Dr. Christian Trefftz, GVSU School of CIS.

GVSU SCIS hosts computing conference

The Midwest Collegiate Computing Conference (MWC3) will be held this year on March 24th, 2018, at the Eberhard Conference Center in downtown Grand Rapids, MI.

College Updates Events

Published March 1, 2018

Recent CIS Graduate Develops Web Apps at Steelcase

Emily LeFevere graduated twice from GVSU! In 2008 Emily earned her BA in Spanish & Information Systems, and in 2015 completed her M.S. in Computer Information Systems.

Alumni

Published December 5, 2017 by Article was written by School of Computing staff

Recent CIS Graduate Pursuing Doctoral Studies at Virginia Tech

After graduating from GVSU with her BS in Computer Science and minors in Mathematics and Spanish in 2015, Michelle Dowling decided she wanted to go on to graduate school.

Alumni

Published September 4, 2017 by Article written by Colle of Computing staff

Former GVSU Computer Science Major Amer Gerzic, now President of Extend Your Reach in Grand Rapids and Lansing, MI.

Amer was born and raised in Bosnia, near the Croatian border. When he was in the seventh grade, the Croatian War of Independence began to spill over into his hometown.

Alumni

Published September 30, 2016 by Article written by College of Computing staff

Former CIS student now a researcher at Google

Dr. Joseph Roth graduated from GVSU in December, 2010 with a B.S. in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics.

Alumni

Published September 22, 2016 by Article written by College of Computing staff

Former CIS Student Publishes iOS Book

Steve Derico graduated from GVSU in 2009 with a major in IS and a minor in business.

Alumni

Published April 19, 2015 by Article written by College of Computing

A gig at Oculus VR

Since graduating in April of 2012, Alex Restrepo (MS in CIS) has managed to work on a number of high profile projects in Silicon Valley.

Alumni

Published March 13, 2015 by Article written by College of Computing staff

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