Dr. Rahat Rafiq
Research Interests
Social Network Analysis and Mining
Distributed Systems
Mobile Computing
Applied Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Professional Activities
CIS Student Affairs Committee
Associated Faculty: Applied Computing Institute
Personal Interests
Reading, Hiking, Camping & Traveling
Teaching Interests
Data Mining
Information Management and Science
Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Distributed Systems
Recent Publications
Visualizing Software Test Requirements Using NLP and Human-In-The-Loop Approach, accepted in SIMBig-DISE, 2023
What Makes A Good Course and Professor: Through The Lens Of RateMyProfessor Website
Published in ICISDM 2023, 2022
A Preliminary Analysis of Twitter’s LGBTQ+ Discussions
Published in Annual International Conference on Information Management and Big Data, SIMBig, 2022
YouBrush: Leveraging Edge-Based Machine Learning In Oral Care
Published in 13th EAI International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services, 2022
Identifying Differentiating Factors for Cyberbullying in Vine and Instagram.
Published in Annual International Conference on Information Management and Big Data, SIMBig, 2021
Bullyalert-A Mobile Application for Adaptive Cyberbullying Detection
Published in International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, (MobiCASE), 2020
Research Projects with Students
1. BullyAlert: an Adaptive Cyberbullying Detection Mobile Application for Parents
2. Understanding LGTBQA+ Cyberbullying Behavior in Online Twitter Communities
3. Rate My Professors (RMP) Data Collection and Analysis using NLP
4. GoFundMe (GFM) Data Collection and Analysis using NLP
5. Comparative Analysis of GPT Models for Detecting Cyberbullying in Social Media Platforms Threads
6. TestGenAI: Automating Software Test Generation Using NLP
7. Predicting Course Performance on a Massive Open Online Course Platform: A Natural Language Processing Approach
8. MooDe: App to Predict Mood Changes and Counter Depression
Grants and Fellowships
Special Project GA, GVSU, 2022-2023
Array Of Engineers Gift, PI, 38K, 2023
Stenger Law/28Technologogies Gift, PI, 53K
ESC Grant 2023, 5K
Array Of Engineers Gift, PI, 45K, 2022
P&G Gift, Co-PI, 50K, 2022
Special Project GA, GVSU, 2021-2022
CSCE Grant, GVSU, 2021
P&G Gift, Co-PI, 75K, 2021