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Data-Driven Seminar Series

The Institute for Digital Forestry, Institute for Plant Sciences, and Digital Agriculture present the College of Agriculture Data-Driven Seminar Series.

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Since Fall 2020, Purdue Agriculture has hosted the Data-Driven Agriculture seminar series featuring experts in data science and digital agriculture from across Purdue's College of Agriculture and beyond.  

To view all past seminars, check out the Data Driven Agriculture playlist on Purdue Agriculture’s YouTube channel

Fall 2023 Seminars

The seminar series features experts in data science, digital agriculture, and digital forestry and will be offered in-person (WSLR 116) at 12:30 p.m. ET on select Thursdays throughout the semester.

  • August 31, 2023 | Hosted by the Institute for Digital Forestry | Computational thinking for undergraduates in the natural sciences: yes, it's for everyone!, Dr. Diane Ran Wang, Assistant Professor, Agronomy, Purdue University
  • September 21, 2023 | Hosted by the Institute for Digital Forestry | Third Wave AI: Interpretable, Robust, Trustworthy Machine Learning for Digital Forest and Agriculture, Dr. Guang Lin, Director of Data Science Consulting Services and Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics, Purdue University
  • October 5, 2023 | Hosted by the Institute for Digital Forestry | Improving climate monitoring and impact studies with satellite climate data records, data science, and cloud computing, Dr. Yuhan Rao  North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, North Carolina State University 
  • October 19, 2023 | Hosted by the Institute for Plant Sciences | Optimizing root and rhizosphere traits for productive, resilient, and sustainable cropping systems, Dr. Chris Topp, Associate Member and Principal Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center 
  • October 26, 2023 | Hosted by the Institute for Plant Sciences | Hyperspectral imaging: from cells to corn fieldsDr. Cristina Ubach, Senior Research Scientist,Associate Science Fellow, Bayer Crop Science
  • November 2, 2023 | Hosted by the Institute for Plant Sciences | From genes to canopy: Exploring maize growth and response via genetics and phenomics, Dr. Addie Thompson, Assistant Professor, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University
  • November 16, 2023 | Hosted by the Institute for Digital Forestry | Close Range Sensing of Forest: Opportunity and Challenge, Xianlin Liang, Wuhan University
  • December 7, 2023 | Hosted by the Institute for Digital Forestry | Digital Forestry online platform for big geospatial data management and analysis, Jinha Jung, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Jarrod Doucette, Director of Ag Data Services, Purdue University

 

To view past presentations, check out the Data Driven Agriculture playlist on Purdue Agriculture’s YouTube channel.

Data Driven Posts

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Cultivating industry partnerships in agriculture: Plant breeding, Beck’s Hybrids and The Data Mine

After decades of recording detailed information about different varieties of crops, their traits...

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Akanksha Singh, a postdoctoral scientist in the laboratory of Bryan Young, professor of botany and plant pathology, catalogs plants for phenotyping at the Ag Alumni Seed Phenotyping Facility.
Purdue-DARPA project explores plants as sentinels for chemical activity

Purdue University’s College of Agriculture has joined an effort to mobilize plants as...

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New Faculty, Staff Members Join FNR

The Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources has added a number of new faces to its...

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Jinyuan Shao - Graduate Ag Research Spotlight

From a young age, Jinyuan Shao was drawn to computers and fascinated by how things worked. In...

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Digital Beef Herd Records

Herd records (breeding, pregnancy checks, births, weaning, treatments, etc.) have value from...

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Upinder Kaur, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, works on a robot dog that finds ticks and identifies tick activity.
Using artificial intelligence to understand the natural world

Purdue Agriculture researchers are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and...

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