FACAI Lab

Your Gateway to the Future of Forest Science powered by AI and global connections

Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (FACAI)

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FACAI harnesses state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and global resources to conduct globally consistent yet locally relevant research on forest ecosystems. We're proud of our groundbreaking achievements, such as discovering the number of...

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Global Data

FACAI is leading the compilation of the largest global in situ (ground-sourced) forest inventory database, which currently consists of 1.5 million sample plots.

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Global Connection

FACAI is servicing Science-i, a global research metaverse that accelerates scientific discoveries with AI, big data, and global connection. We are working with hundreds of renowned scientists and community leaders from around the world.

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Forests are crucial for absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, but accurately measuring this has been a challenge, especially for countries with limited resources for large-scale forest monitoring. AIM4Forests, a programme launched by FAO and funded by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, seeks to address this issue by leveraging modern technologies like space data, remote sensing, and artificial intelligence (AI).

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New research determines soil-dwelling fungi affect global tree species

A team co-led by a Purdue University researcher has found that groups of fungi influence global...

Portrait of Jingjing Liang, forestry and natural resources professor, taken in the Envision Center with tree collage background.

Jingjing Liang named 2025 University Faculty Scholar

When Jingjing Liang, an associate professor in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources,...

Jingjing Liang and Javier Gammara at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization

Purdue forest ecologist enhances global effort to solve environmental challenges with AI

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has tapped the expertise of Purdue...

Jingjing Liang stands tall in front of a wall of monitors showing pictures of different forests.

Scientists from dozens of countries coming to Purdue for forestry collaboration in Science-i Bridging Worlds Workshop

In the spirit of building a community to manage and protect the world’s forests, Liang and...

Purdue forestry professor cultivates cyberinfrastructure for collaborative forestry research

While most scientific research fields maintain open-access data policies, access to forestry data...

This region of northeastern China was a sandy desert 50 years ago. Today the region contains hundreds of thousands of acres of forests.

Study improves accuracy of planted forest locations in East Asia

An international team led by Purdue University scientists has created the first spatial database...