Program

QUAD-AI ENGAGE Workshop 2025 on AI and Digital Agriculture

(June 16-17, 2025)

Georgia Institute of Technology Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA

Day 1 (June 16, 2025)
8:00–8:30 AM	Registration & Coffee (Light snacks, refreshments provided) (Ball Room Foyer-2nd Floor)
8:30–8:40 AM	Opening Remarks (Conference A)
	Susan E. Burns, Interim Associate VP for Research Operations and Infrastructure,Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
	Yongsheng Chen, Professor and Director of NEW Center for AgTech, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
8:40–10:10 AM	Exploring Mechanisms for Quad Synergy (Conference A)
	Keiichi Mochida, Professor, Nagasaki University, Japan	Breeding and Agriculture through AI-Aided Phenotyping and Time-Series Data Analytics
	Narayan Vetrekar, Professor, Goa University, India	A Non-Destructive Hyperspectral Imaging Approach for Differentiating Naturally and Artificially Ripened Fruits
	Gilad Francis,Program Director,University of Technology Syndey, Australia	Bayesian Decision Support for Adaptive Farm Management
	Yongsheng Chen, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	AI-Driven Integration of Decentralized Resource Recovery with Digital Agriculture
10:10-10:30 AM	Coffee Break (Ball Room Foyer-2nd Floor)
10:30–11:30 AM	AI Innovations in Agriculture (Conference A)
	Kevin Dalmeijer, Managing Director of AI4OPT, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Optimization of Food Supply Chains
	Ce Yang, Professor,University of Minnesota, USA	Drone Hyperspectral Imaging for Crop Disease Detection
	Scott Lowman, Co-Director, Virginia Tech IALR Controlled Environment Agriculture Innovation Center, USA	Noninvasive Phenotyping for Early Detection of Biotic and Abiotic Stress
	Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Professor, Director of the AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture,Iowa State University, USA	Moonshots for Resilient Agriculture: AI-Driven Innovations from the AIIRA Institute
11:30–12:30 PM	Panel Discussion 1: Research-Driven Approaches to Precision Agriculture (Conference A)
	Moderator: Yu She, Professor, Purdue University, USA Panelists: Keiichi Mochida, Professor, Nagasaki University, Japan Rajendra S. Gad, Professor,Goa University, India Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Professor, Iowa State University, USA
12:30-2:00 PM	Lunch (Conference Dining Room)
2:00–3:00 PM	Sustainable Agriculture through AI-Driven Resource Optimization (Conference A)
	Patrick S. Schnable, Professor,Iowa State University, USA	The Potential of AI-Driven Ideotype Breeding v.2
	Alireza Pourreza, Professor, University of California Davis, USA	AI-Driven Decision Support Tools for Digital Farming
	Javad Velni, Professor,Clemson University, USA	Optimal Supplemental Lighting in Controlled Environment Agriculture: A Nexus of Data-driven and Model-based Perspectives
	Melissa Cantor, Professor,Penn State University, USA	Calf tails: Where are we with digital farming for precision livestock farming? A dairy perspective
3:00–3:30 PM	Coffee Break (Ball Room Foyer-2nd Floor)
3:30–4:30 PM	AI-Driven Digital Agriculture: Innovations, Challenges, and Scientific Frontiers (Conference A)
	Song Li,Professor, Virginia Tech, USA	I2GROW: Intelligent and integrated Greenhouse Gas Removal with Indoor and Controlled Environment Agriculture
	Wilfried Aulbur, Senior Partner, Roland Berger LLC, USA	Driving Job Site Optimization in Agriculture
	Yiannis Ampatzidis, Professor, University of Florida, USA	Revolutionizing Specialty Crop Management with Robotics and AI
	Jianfeng Zhou, Professor,University of Missouri, USA	Improving Efficiency of Production Agriculture using Digital Agriculture Technology
4:30–5:30 PM	Advanced Monitoring and Intelligent Systems in CEA (Conference A)
	Yuankai Huang, Professor,University of Memphis, USA	Smart Nutrient Sensing for Hydroponic Plant Assessment
	Zhaohui Tong, Professor,Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Data-driven Technology Coupled with Advanced Sensor Devices for Controlled Food-Water-Energy Nexus
	Anju Toor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Fully-printed Ion Sensors for Agriculture Applications
	Shannay Rawal, Student, West Virginia University	Enhancing Circularity and Resource Recovery through Data-Driven Nutrient Management Planning in Rural West Virginia
6:00–9:00 PM	Reception and Poster Presentations (Ball Room-Salon 4-6)

Day 2 (17 June 2025)
8:30–09:45 AM	Agriculture AI and Robotics (Conference A)
	Mohammadreza Davoodi, Professor,University of Memphis, USA	Deploying Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems for Efficient Monitoring in Precision Agriculture
	Shreyas Kousik, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Strawberry Pollination as a Testbed for General-Purpose Robot Manipulators in Indoor Farming
	Francisco Yandun, Senior Project Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University, USA	Efficient Data Generation for Robotics and AI in Agriculture
	Yu She, Professor,Purdue University, USA	High-resolution Tactile Sensing for Robotic Automation
	Aditya Singh, Professor, Texas A&M University, USA	AI and Hyperspectral Imaging in Agricultural Crop Management and Plant Breeding, Current Research and Potential Future Applications
09:45-10:15 AM	Coffee Break (Ball Room Foyer-2nd Floor)
10:15-11:15 AM	Panel Discussion 2: Industry Perspectives on Digital Agriculture and Data Sharing (Conference A)
	Moderator: Tres Crow, CEO, GreenBox Homes,USA Panelists: Wilfried Aulbur, Senior Partner, Roland Berger LLC, USA Marcello Silva, Commercial Director, Huber Agrosolutions, USA Michael Choi, CEO,Ponix Farms, USA
11:15–12:15 PM	Computer Vision (Conference A)
	Yin Li, Professor,University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA	Towards Visual Perception in the Dark for Digital Agriculture
	Yu Hang He, Research Engineer I, Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA	Early Detection of Virus in Peanut Plants using 3D Gaussian Splatting and VOCs
	Risa Shinoda, Professor, Osaka University, Japan	Large Dataset and Model for AI in Ecology
	Colin Usher, Senior Research Scientist, Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA	Application of AI and Digitization for Animal Agriculture
12:15–1:45 PM	Lunch (Conference Dining Room)
2:00–5:00 PM	CEA Facility Tour*
	Ponix Farms, 5105 Peachtree Blvd, Building A, Chamblee, GA 30341

*Transportation to Ponix Farms Indoor Facility: A charter bus will depart for the Ponix Farms tour from the GT Hotel and Conference Center at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Participants are kindly requested to gather in front of the hotel entrance by 1:50 PM to ensure an on-time departure.

List of Poster Presentations (16 June 2025, 6:00-8:00 PM, Ball Room-Salon 4-6)
No	Presenter	Presentation Title
1	Yushan Chen, Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Screening Environmentally Benign Ionic Liquids for CO2 Absorption Using Representation Uncertainty-Based Machine Learning
2	Abigail R. Cohen, Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	The New Greenbelt: Seeding Regional Self-Sufficiency Through the Digital Bioeconomy
3	Holger David Torres Cueva, Student, Earth University, Costa Rica	Enhancing Durability of Bamboo: Evaluating Preservation Methods’ Impact on Physical-Mechanical Properties
4	Nguyen Nhat Thu Le, Student, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA	Impacts of Nanobubble Water on Microbial Community Structure in Soil and Tomato Rhizosphere
5	Yeonju Lee, Student,Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Sugar Beet Yield Prediction Using Partial Least Squares Regression on Root Zone Soil Moisture Patterns
6	Yajing Li, Student, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA	Nanobubble-enriched Hydrogels for Sustainable Agriculture: Enhancing Water and Nutrient Delivery to Boost Plant Growth
7	Sunil Kumar Narayanan, Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Hyperspectral Gaussian Splatting: Fast and Photorealistic 3D Reconstruction of HSI Scenes
8	Andrew Sharkey, Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Comprehensively Modeling the Biomass Growth and Nutrient Uptake of Hydroponic Lettuce in NPK-limited Conditions
9	Yuming Sun, Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	AI-driven Precision Agriculture for Urban Resilience and Sustainability
10	Xu Tao, Student,University of Kentucky, USA	iCrop+: On-Device AI for Crop Disease Detection with Adaptive Offloading over LoRa
11	Xingyu Wang, Student, University of Connecticut, USA	GenAI Driven Digitalization of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) through Hybrid Real-Time In Situ Monitoring and Predictive Sensor Noise Mitigation
12	Wen Zhang, Professor,New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA	Nanobubbles and their Environmental and Agricultural Applications
13	Huanyu Ryan Zhou, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology	Materials, Chemistry, Processes and Devices for Opto-Electronics, Bio-Electronics and Energy Devices