The National Academy of Engineering has invited 76 highly accomplished early-career researchers, including AIFARMS affiliate Yuxiong Wang, to participate in The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in September.
Forbes mentions AIFARMS in an article highlighting the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as a global leader in artificial intelligence.
AIFARMS Director and PI, Vikram Adve, was featured in the June edition of World Grain magazine to share insights on AI in agriculture and discuss potential opportunities for AI in the grain industry.
AIFARMS’ Vikram Adve, Jessica Wedow, and Heather Hampton-Knodle were featured panelists at the Climate Tech Convening Event in May 2024.
AIFARMS Program Officer Steve Thomson provided input for this BBC article covering how American farmers are rapidly ploughing ahead with adopting AI in their agricultural practices.
AIFARMS Executive Director Jessica Wedow was a featured speaker in the Farm Foundation’s February forum focused on exploring the cutting-edge intersection of artificial intelligence and agriculture.
The AIFARMS team is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Todd C. Mockler on January 6, 2023. Todd was the Geraldine and Robert Virgil distinguished investigator at the Danforth Center, cofounder of Benson Hill, and AIFARMS co-PI.
AIFARMS faculty affiliates Kaiyu Guan and Lisa Ainsworth are among the nine Illinois researchers, ranked by Clarivate Analytics, who demonstrate exception influence.
CDA, AIFARMS, and CROPPS provided valuable hands-on research opportunities for twelve undergraduate students from Langston University, Tuskegee University, and the University of Illinois through the 2022 REU program.
AIFARMS Affiliates and Thrust Leads Girish Chowdhary and Madhu Khanna were featured in WIRED for their precision agriculture technologies and farm adoption work.
Madhu Khanna, AIFARMS Thrust 5 lead, is presenting at the DIGICROP2022 Conference hosted by PhenoRob. Her talk is titled “Economic Incentives for Robotic Weed Control
AIFARMS Thrust 3 team member, Dr. Bruno Basso from Michigan State University was awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement
Check out the newest edition of the Illinois News Bureau in Research News. Andrew and Alex’s new paper “Optical topometry and machine learning to rapidly
Mark your calendars! The Illinois Autonomous Farm (IAF) is hosting an in-person workshop on July 7th from 8:00am-5:00pm at the Illinois Autonomous Farm (3603 S
“The Collaborative” (the Sustainable Solutions Collaborative) was launched by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing to help scale breakthrough and innovative solutions to global sustainability issues
Center for Digital Agriculture faculty affiliate, Chief Scientist for the Illinois Autonomous Farm, and AIFARMS Thrust 1 lead, Dr. Girish Chowdhary has won the 2021
The Center for Digital Agriculture faculty affiliate and AIFARMS Thrust 3 co-lead, Dr. Lisa Ainsworth was awarded the USDA’s Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the
The Center for Digital Agriculture co-director and AIFARMS PI Dr. Vikram Adve was a guest on the Depth Charge Podcast talking about AI in Agriculture,
The Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability (AIFARMS) Institute serves as a nexus for multidisciplinary research teams that advance foundational AI and
“The Center for Digital Agriculture is helping researchers, educators, farmers, and industry keep pace with enormous changes to the world’s food systems.” The Grainger College
The Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability (AIFARMS) Institute is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the National Science Foundation.
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