Christian López, an assistant professor of computer science, received a prestigious research grant from the National Science Foundation last month. The $149,992 award will be used to further his research in gamification and machine learning.
“The intention of the project is to develop and test a simulation game-based system that personalizes and adapts to the user,” López said.
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Christian Lopez, assistant professor of computer science (affiliated with mechanical engineering), has received his first National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to advance his research in gamification and machine learning to support STEM education in collaboration with colleagues from Pennsylvania State University and Carnegie Mellon University.
“While this is not my first grant per se, since I was awarded two grants from the Dominican Republic government in the past few years, this is my first NSF grant,” says Lopez, whose research interests include machine learning and persuasive technologies.
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Nathan Dinh ’25 and Prof. Christian Lopez explore how gamification can be used to teach programming
Nathan Dinh ’25 and Christian Lopez, assistant professor of computer science (affiliated with mechanical engineering), have teamed up to research how gamification and machine learning can be used to teach programming.
In preparation for teaching ES 101 remotely this past fall, Professor Christian Lopez created a virtual tour of the mechanical engineering lab with the help of one of his students so students away from campus could learn about the lab and its equipment. The students were appreciative of the opportunity to see the machinery and imagine themselves in the lab. The tour was created using a regular camera and then uploaded onto Google Poly and Google Expedition to be used with the Google Cardboards that were sent to his students. Showcasing VR content is a common feature of his classes and he has collaborated with other professors to create VR projects for their courses, such as these aerial views generated using Google Earth studio for a Geology course.
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Recent studies suggest that Americans exercised less during the height of the pandemic, but a research project by Alexa Gould ’23 and Prof. Christian López may help get sedentary people moving again.
Gould and López have been working on an innovative way to promote physical activity by developing a virtual reality exergame. Wearing a VR headset, viewers physically respond to obstacles coming toward them, and with the use of depth-sensor technology, they can control an avatar in the virtual environment.
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What my research is about:
“Our project aimed to develop a machine learning model for counting vehicles observed through traffic cameras. Using existing computer vision technology, our model first detected the presence and trajectories of the vehicles in the traffic camera footage. :….
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Christian López would never say anything to disparage his native Dominican Republic (DR), but he’s quick to offer that driving conditions in the DR require a heightened sense of alertness.
“While the DR has some of the most wonderful beaches in the world, there are areas that need improvement, just like any other country,” says López, assistant professor of computer science. “The traffic situation in DR is very similar to a lot of developing countries that have experienced exponential growth of population in the last few decades, but urban planning and infrastructure systems have not managed to keep up with the growth. These are some of the reasons for the traffic situation in DR.”
(L-R) Raysa Vasquez, professor of computer science at Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Radhamés Silverio, dean, Faculty of Sciences at Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, and Christian Lopez, assistant professor of computer science at Lafayette College.
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Motivated by her experience last semester in an Introduction to Engineering Design & Data Mining course taught by Christian López, assistant professor of computer science, Kamguem wanted to learn more about interactive technologies and pursued the program at Affectiva….
…Kamguem credits López for inspiring her to learn more about computer science and the value of data mining, skills that can apply to many disciplines. “After the course with Prof. López, I wanted to know more,” she says.
“Jelissa’s experience shows that if you get out of your comfort zone and put in the time and effort, you can achieve anything,” López says.
As high school seniors look to college in the fall, their minds are often full of questions: What will it be like to be away from home? What will the campus be like? How tough will my new professors be? Will I make new friends?
Incoming first-year and 2020 recipient of the Lafayette-Easton Scholarship Anna DiFelice already knows the answers.
“That class, Intro to Computer Science through Gaming, was what drew me to Lafayette because I saw how genuine the people and the professors are,”
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