SpeakersforthedatasciencedayDatascienceinAgricultureSession

AlexSchwing

Title:AssistantProfessorofElectricalandComputerEngineering

Presentation:Deeplearningandstructuredpredictionforbigdatainagriculture

Bio:AlexSchwingisanAssistantProfessorattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaignworkingwithtalentedstudentsoncomputervisionandmachinelearningtopics.HereceivedhisB.S.anddiplomainElectricalEngineeringandInformationTechnologyfromTechnicalUniversityofMunichin2006and2008respectively,andobtainedaPhDinComputerSciencefromETHZurichin2014.AfterwardshejoinedUniversityofTorontoasapostdoctoralfellowuntil2016.Hisresearchinterestsareintheareaofcomputervisionandmachinelearning,wherehehasco-authorednumerouspapersontopicsinsceneunderstanding,inferenceandlearningalgorithms,deeplearning,imageandlanguageprocessingandgenerativemodeling.HisPhDthesiswasawardedanETHmedal.

DavidBullock

Title:ProfessorinAgriculturalandConsumerEconomicsPresentation:TBD

Bio:Dr.Bullockimprovesthewaytheworldfertilizesitscrops.HeleadsamultinationalprojectthatusesprecisionagriculturetechnologyandtheGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)toconducton-farmfieldtrialsintheNorthernandSouthernHemispheres.Hestudieshowfertilizermanagement,soilcharacteristics,andweatherinteracttoaffectcropyieldsinordertohelpfarmersfertilizemoreefficiently,whichlowersproductioncostsandimproveswaterquality.

DavidDeCapp

Title:SeniorVPofMarketingPresidentofFarmersMutualHailInsurancePresentation:DataScienceinCropInsurance

Bio:Davehas22yearsofinsuranceexperienceincludingsales,underwriting,marketingandleveragingprecisionagtechnologyincropinsurance.DavecurrentlyleadstheMarketingDepartmentatFarmersMutualHailInsuranceCompanyofIowa(FMH),wherehedrivesthecontinueddevelopmentofFMH’skeystrategicinitiativesofprecisionAGtechnologyandbusinessdevelopment.

GirishChowdhary

Title:AssistantProfessor,Director:DistributedAutonomousSystemsLabPresentation:TheRobotsareComing-ForyourFood!

Bio:Girish'songoingresearchinterestisintheoreticalinsightsandpracticalalgorithmsforadaptiveautonomy,withaparticularapplicationfocusonfield-roboticsandUnmannedAerialSystems.Hehasauthoredover90peerreviewedpublicationsinadaptiveandfaulttolerantcontrol,sequentialdecisionmakingandmissionplanning,aircraftsystemidentification,distributedsensingandinference,Bayesiannonparametriclearningforcontrol,andvisionaidednavigationandcontrol.Hisrecentresearchisfocusedonlearningandcontrolofdistributedandspatiotemporallyvaryingsystems.Onthepracticalside,Girishhasledthedevelopmentandflight-testingofover10researchUASplatform.UASautopilotsbasedonGirish'sworkhavebeendesignedandflight-testedonsixUASs,includingbyindependentinternationalinstitutions.GirishisaPrimaryInvestigatoronNSF,AFOSR,NASA,andDOEgrants.HeisthewinneroftheAirForceYoungInvestigatorAward,andtheAerospaceGuidanceandControlsSystemsCommitteeDaveWardMemorialaward.

KaiyuGuan

Title:

AssistantProfessor,DeptofNaturalResourcesandEnvironmentalSciences

BlueWatersProfessor,NationalCenterforSupercomputingApplication

Presentation:Harnessingsatellitebigdataforpredictingfoodproduction

Bio:KaiyuGuanisanAssistantProfessorinecohydrologyandgeoinformaticsintheDepartmentofNaturalResourcesandEnvironmentalSciencesattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,andaBlueWatersprofessorattheNationalCenterforSupercomputingApplications(NCSA).Heusessatellitedata,computationalmodels,fieldwork,andmachinelearningapproachestoaddresshowclimateandhumanpracticesaffectcropproductivity,waterresourceavailability,andecosystemfunctioning.Hislabhaskeeninterestsinapplyingdomainknowledgeandadvancedcomputationinsolvingreal-lifeproblems,suchaslarge-scalecropmonitoringandforecasting,watermanagementandsustainability,andglobalfoodsecurity.Website:http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/.

MinhDo

Title:ProfessorofElectricalandComputerEngineeringPresentation:TBD

Bio:MinhN.DoisaProfessorintheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineeringattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign(UIUC).Hisworkcoversimageandmulti-dimensionalsignalprocessing,waveletsandmultiscalegeometricanalysis,computationalimaging,andvisualinformationrepresentation,andhasledtoabout50journalpapers.HereceivedaSilverMedalfromthe32ndInternationalMathematicalOlympiadin1991,aUniversityMedalfromtheUniversityofCanberrain1997,aDoctorateAwardfromtheEPFLin2001,aCAREERAwardfromtheNationalScienceFoundationin2003,andaYoungAuthorBestPaperAwardfromIEEEin2008.HewasnamedaBeckmanFellowattheCenterforAdvancedStudy,UIUC,in2006,andreceivedaXeroxAwardforFacultyResearchfromtheCollegeofEngineering,UIUC,in2007.HewasanAssociateEditoroftheIEEETransactionsonImageProcessing,andamemberoftheIEEETechnicalCommitteesonSignalProcessingTheoryandMethods,andonImage,Video,andMultidimensionalSignalProcessing.HewaselectedasanIEEEFellowforhiscontributionstoimagerepresentationandcomputationalimaging.Hewasaco-founderandChiefScientistofPersonifyInc.,aspin-offfromUIUCtocommercializedepth-basedvisualcommunication.

NicolasMartin

Title:AssistantProfessorinCropSciencesPresentation:PredictiveanalyticsofcroprotationsBio:MyundergraduatedegreeisinAgronomyatUniversityofMardelPlata.Mygraduatestudies,startingin2000atUniversityofIllinoisfocusedonstudyingSoil-Plantrelationshipswithmultivariateanalysisandspatialstatistics.Aftergraduation,Iworkedformorethantenyearsintheseedindustrydevelopingdrought-tolerantcornhybridsandusinglargegeospatialdatasetstopositiontrialsandsoybeanvarietiesinthemarketplace.Inrecentyearsmyfocuswasapplyingnewanalyticstechniquestooptimizeseedcultivardevelopmentprocess.AsanAssistantProfessorattheUniversityofIllinois,mygoalistoimprovelong-termprofitabilityandstabilityofcroppingsystems,byexploringapplicationsofquantitativemethodsonbigdata.Iemphasizeinterdisciplinaryeffortstoexpandthefrontiersofagriculturalresearchandstudyeffectiveapproachestoimplementnewinsightsanddiscoveriesinagriculturaldecisionsandoperations.