IIPA Seminar Series – October 27 – Dr Joshua Peschel
Robotics and Visual Sensemaking in Agriculture: Perspectives and Future Directions
Dr. Joshua Peschel, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University
Friday, October 27
Room 319, Building 1013 (Old Poultry Science Building – 110 Cedar Street)
12:00 pm
About the Speaker:
Dr. Joshua Peschel is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University; he also holds courtesy appointments in the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Peschel conducts research in cyber-agricultural systems where he and his students create new technologies, data sets, and computational models for automated visual sensing and sensemaking. His expertise includes cyber-agricultural systems, visual data sensing and analytics, and robot-assisted measurement. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Defense and Energy, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and several commodity groups and private industry partners.