Dr. D. Robert Adams
Research Interests
Procedural content generation for games
Digital humanities
Computer music
Professional Activities
Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Graduate Program Director for MS Applied Computer Science
Personal Interests
Music (Irish, Scottish, old-time)
Dance (Scottish country, Irish set, contra)
Art (watercolor, pen and ink)
Teaching Interests
CIS 162 Computer Science I
CIS 163 Computer Science II
CIS 467 Computer Science Project
Recent Publications
- Adams, R., NextTune: A computational approach to ordering tunes based on difficulty. Michigan Academician, 2021.
- Reynolds, J., Adams, R., Ferguson, R., Leidig, P. (2017) Programming in the IS Curriculum: Are Requirements Changing for the Right Reason? 2016 Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference. Las Vegas, NV.
- Reynolds, J., Adams, R., Ferguson, R., Leidig, P. (2017) The Personality of a Computing Major: It Makes a Difference. Information Systems Education Journal.
- Adams, R., and Kleiner, C. (2016). Collaboration Support in an International Computer Science Capstone Course. 8th International Conference, SCSM 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17–22, 2016. Proceedings. Social Computing and Social Media Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 313-323. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39910-2_29
- Pikes, T. and Adams, R. (2016) Computational Nutrition: An Algorithm to Generate a Diet Plan to Meet Specific Nutritional Requirements. E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks, 5, 31-38. doi: 10.4236/etsn.2016.52004.
Research with Students
- "Dynamic Game Level Generation with Target Difficulty" (2024). Advised: Jeffrey Hackbarth.
- "An Online Automotive Dealership System" (2024). Advised Venkata Korrapati.
- "Secure Software Development Lifecycle(SDLC) : Best Practices" (2024). Advised Reagan Ondiek.
- "Book Club Kit Reservation System for Public Libraries and Their Patrons". (2021). Advised: V. Hoang
- "A Turn-based strategy game that uses cryptocurrency for in-game purchases". (2021). Advised: T. Nguyen
- "A Web App to Teach Web Accessibility". (2020). Advised: D. Newell
- "Artificial Intelligence - Modularity with Behavior Trees". (2020). Advised: A. Vuong
Grants and Fellowships
- 2020 Glenn A. Niemeyer Award, Grand Valley State University
- 2018 Fulbright Scholar to FH Joanneum in Graz, Austria