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, …
Four Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture graduate students were named “Outstanding Graduate Students” at the 16th International Conference on Precision Agriculture held in Manhattan, Kansas. Congratulations to Binita Ghimire (advised by Dr. Lorena Lacerda, UGA-Athens), Emily Bedwell (advised by Dr. George Vellidis, UGA-Tifton), Cole Byers (advised by Dr. Simerjeet Virk, UGA-Tifton), and Amrinder Jakhar (advised …
Emily Bedwell, a graduate student advised by Dr. George Vellidis, has been selected to participate in the International Soil Moisture School in Budapest, Hungary on July 14-17, 2024. The school is intended for Ph.D. scholars, postdocs, and early career scientists interested in learning how to collect and utilize soil moisture resources from in situ and microwave satellite …
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and Grand Farm, a leading innovator in agricultural technology, announced a collaboration to create a robust regional agricultural innovation ecosystem.
With the global population expected to increase from 8 billion to 9.7 billion by 2050, agricultural researchers and producers are faced with the looming challenges of how to feed a growing world. A key tool in the effort to propel Georgia’s No. 1 industry into the future is the expanding field of integrative precision agriculture …
Speaker: Ali Moghimi Title: “Drone-based Aerial Imagery: Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Agriculture” Date: Thursday, April 25th Time: 12:00 – 12:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 935 4907 5811; Passcode: 611893)
Date: Friday, March 29th Time: 12:00 – 12:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 956 5162 5142; Passcode: 864324) Speaker: Beshoy Morkos Title: “Bringing Industry 4.0 to Agriculture – A study of Pecan Cracking and Shelling Processes“
The UGA Poultry Science Department and Extension team will host the 2024 Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference virtually on May 1. The event is free for students and the conference will be recorded for sharing with registered participants. Register Online More Information This year’s conference will be the fourth annual Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference. …
