The Transformation of Digital Agriculture in U.S. Farming Dr. John Fulton Professor Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Ohio State University, Columbus Date: Monday, November 4th, 2024 Time: 12:00 – 12:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 918 9016 2512; Passcode: 164324)
A Precision Ag Field day will take place on the front lawn of Driftmier Engineering Center, located on D.W Brooks Drive/Agriculture Drive, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on October 16th. The rain date is October 17th. The field day will include displays of state-of-the-art equipment used in precision agriculture, equipment under development by UGA …
A $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences was awarded to the University of Georgia’s GenAI center, a research and development space aimed at establishing best practices for generative artificial intelligence use in middle school science classrooms.
Cage-free poultry systems—indoor aviaries that house colonies of up to thousands of birds—offer an improved level of animal welfare for egg-laying hens. They are free to walk, scratch, forage, spread their wings, and perch—all vital natural behaviors.
Applications of UAV-Borne Hyperspectral Imaging in Crop Nutrient Assessments and Precision Breeding Dr. Aditya Singh Assistant Professor Geospatial Sciences Texas A&M Date: Monday, October 7th, 2024 Time: 12:00 – 12:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 996 3653 7305; Passcode: 619940)
Members of the newly formed Integrative Precision Ag (IPA) Student Club had their first official meeting on Tuesday, September, 17. Approximately 45 people attended (20 in Athens, 16 in Tifton and 6 via Zoom). Enthusiasm was high with the students indicating that networking and opportunities for professional and personal development (workshops, industry contacts, career counseling, …
Date: Monday, September 16th Time: 12:00 – 12:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 986 7550 4424; Passcode: 590243) Speaker: Jay W. Pscheidt Title: “Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Change Extension and Diagnostics?”
Qin Lu and Guoyu Lu, both IIPA members and Assistant Professors in the College of Engineering, are among five UGA scholars who have received Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) foundation awards in 2024 from the National Science Foundation for their research and potential as academic role models. Qin Lu specializes in signal processing, machine learning, and communication. Her …
The University of Georgia is enhancing its AI research capabilities with a $2.4 million upgrade to its High-Performance Computing cluster. This summer, the Georgia Advanced Computing Resource Center will add 26 new Graphical Processing Unit compute nodes and three high-RAM nodes to the Sapelo2 cluster.
IIPA member faculty and graduate students attended the International Conference on Precision Agriculture which took place in Manhattan, Kansas from July 21 – 24, 2024. Four students received outstanding graduate student awards and two students placed 1st and 2nd in the poster competition. Pictured (l-r): George Vellidis, Guoyu Lu, Sara Maktabi, Luan Oliveira, Lorena Lacerda, …
