AIFARMS

AINSWORTH AND GUAN RANK AMONG WORLD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL

Nine researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2022 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list. The list recognizes research scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated exceptional influence – reflected through their publication of multiple papers frequently cited by their peers during the last decade. This year’s list includes 6,938 […]

IMPROVING THE WORLD THROUGH AGRICULTURE

This summer, the Center for Digital Agriculture, AIFARMS, and CROPPS co-hosted the eight-week (June 13 – August 5, 2022) on-site REU summer program. The program pairs promising students with mentors and puts them on projects on the leading edge of technology. The students not only get valuable experience on real-world projects solving real-world problems but they also get paid while […]

AIFARMS Team Members Featured In WIRED

CDA Affiliates and AIFARMS Thrust 1 lead, Dr. Girish Chowdhary of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Thrust 5 lead, Dr. Madhu Khanna of Agriculture and Consumer Economics, were featured in WIRED for the work they are doing in Precision Agriculture’ with technologies and farm adoption. Read more here.

Basso Named AAAS Fellow

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 of Sciences, or AAAS, this year. This honor recognizes AAAS members for extraordinary achievements in advancing science. Read more here.