Agronomy

Dr. Peng Fu

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Center for Environment, Energy, and Economy, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Interests: remote sensing; plant physiology; urban climate; soil science; machine learning; digital agriculture; ecology
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Dr. Dionisio Andújar

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Centre for Automation and Robotics, CSIC-UPM, Arganda del Rey, 28500 Madrid, Spain
Interests: robotics; artificial perception; plant-crop monitoring; agricultural machinery
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Dr. Nicolas N. Baghdadi

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Department of Environmental Science, IRSTEA, Montpellier, France
Interests: soil moisture; synthetic aperture radar; backscattering coefficients

Dr. Jayme Garcia Arnal Barbedo

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Embrapa Digital Agriculture, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Interests: application of image processing and artificial intelligence for plant disease recognition; use of hyperspectral images for detecting diseases and toxins in grains and plants; detection and counting of ticks on cattle using thermal imaging; fish counting using digital images; use of drones for monitoring cattle in the field; use of satellite imagery for agricultural crop classification
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Dr. William David Batchelor

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Biosystems Engeering, Auburn University, 208 Tom E. Corley Building, Auburn, AL, USA
Interests: crop modeling

Prof. Dr. Dionysis Bochtis

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Institute for Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology (iBO), Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH), 38333 Volos, Greece
Interests: digital agriculture; agri-robotics; operations management; systems engineering
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Dr. Giovanni Cabassi

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Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Animal Production and Aquaculture (CREA-ZA), Via A. Lombardo 11, 26900 Lodi, Italy
Interests: crop production; plant physiology; spectrometry; NIR; MIR; Raman; chemometrics; soil mapping; soil analysis; fertilizers; dairy; cattle; multispectral and hyperspectral image analysis
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Dr. Chao Chen

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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Interests: agriculture robot; medical robot; infrastructural robot
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Dr. Chiara Corbari

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Interests: Hydrological Modeling; Remote Sensing; Hydrology; Environmental Engineering; Water Balance; Evapotranspiration; Water Science

Prof. Dr. Enrico Corrado Borgogno Mondino

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Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, L.go Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
Interests: remote sensing; spatial analysis and landscape planning; GIS; digital photogrammetry; precision farming; lidar
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Prof. Dr. Mario Cunha

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1. Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto (FCUP), Rua Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
2. Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology (INESC TEC), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FCUP), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 42, Porto, Portugal
Interests: precision agriculture; precision viticulture; remote sensing; proximal crop sensors plant phenotyping; crop modelling; climate change; abiotic and biotic stresses
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Prof. Dr. Salvatore Filippo Di Gennaro

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IBE-CNR, Institute of BioEconomy-National Research Council, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Interests: precision agriculture; remote sensing; UAS application; field high throughput phenotyping; precision viticulture
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Prof. Dr. Maria-Paz Diago

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1. Department of Agriculture and Food Science, University of La Rioja, 26007 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
2. Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, Finca La Grajera, Ctra. Burgos Km 6, 26007 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Interests: precision viticulture; non-invasive sensors; vineyard monitoring; grapevine water status; grapevine composition; vineyard spatial variability; spectroscopy; thermography; vineyard robotics; machine vision; yield estimation
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Dr. Camilla Dibari

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Department of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, University of Florenze, DAGRI, 1850144 Florence, Italy
Interests: precision agriculture; climate change; remote sensing; GIS; crop modelling; grasslands; pastures
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Dr. Gamal Elmasry

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1. Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
2. Institute of Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (IRTA), Finca Camps I Armet S/N, 17121 Monells, Spain
Interests: hyperspectral imaging; imaging spectroscopy; optical sensors; UV-VIS; NIR spectroscopy; image analysis; fluorescence spectroscopy; fluorescence imaging; chemometrics; machine learning
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Prof. Dr. Longsheng Fu

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College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: smart agriculture; agricultural robotics; machine learning; deep learning
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Dr. Maofang Gao

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Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: remote sensing; resources and environment monitoring; fire detection; deep learning; geographic information system
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Prof. Dr. Roland Gerhards

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Department of Weed Science, University of Hohenheim, Otto‐Sander‐Str. 5, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
Interests: integrated weed management; precision farming in weed management; weed biology; weed diversity; herbicide resistance
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Prof. Dr. Anatoly Gitelson

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1. Israel Institute of Technology, 812 Rabin Hall, Technion City, Haifa 320000, Israel
2. School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
Interests: remote sensing of vegetation and water quality

Dr. Daozhi Gong

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Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: water management; hydrological modeling; soil; integrated management; water balance; irrigation; evapotranspiration; irrigation engineering; soil physics; evaporation

Dr. Long Guo

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College of Resources and Environment & The Research Center of Territorial Spatial Governance and Green Development, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: digital soil mapping; hyperspectral remote sensing images; soil modeling; soil and life
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Dr. Yuxing Han

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1. College of Artificial Intelligence, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
2. Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518000, China
Interests: computer vision; deep learning; brain-inspired computing; edge computing; remote sensing; agricultural engineering; smart agriculture; precision agriculture; agricultural aviation; artificial intelligence
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Prof. Dr. Xiongkui He

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College of Agricultural Unmanned System, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: spray deposition and drift; plant protection equipment; high efficiency pesticide application equipment; precisely variable application technology; smart agriculture
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Prof. Dr. Luis Hernández-Callejo

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Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, University of Valladolid, Campus Duques de Soria, 42004 Soria, Spain
Interests: energy; engineering; computer science; photovoltaic systems; microgrids; distributed generation; smart metering
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Dr. Yanbo Huang

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United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Research Unit, Mississippi State, MI, USA
Interests: precision agriculture; application technology; remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicle; data science and services; process modeling; optimization and control
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Dr. Michela Janni

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Istituto dei Materiali per l’Elettronica e il Magnetismo (IMEM-CNR)–Parco Area delle Scienze, 43124 Parma, Italy
Interests: plant genetic resources; abiotic stresses; drought stress; plant genetics; remote sensing; precision agricolture; plant physiology
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Dr. Qi Jing

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Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada
Interests: modeling plant-soil systems for annual and perennial crops; remote sense linking to crop modeling; climate change effect on agricultural systems; crop eco-physiology; crop husbandry

Dr. Dimitrios Kateris

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Institute for Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology (iBO), Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), 38333 Volos, Greece
Interests: agricultural robotics; agricultural engineering; digital agriculture; artificial intelligence; operation managment; smart farming
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Dr. Wan-Soo Kim

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Department of Bio-Industrial Machinery Engineering, Kyungpook National University (KNU)-Daegu Campus, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Interests: digital agriculture; precision agriculture; soil characteristics; agricultural machinery load characteristics
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Dr. Louis Kouadio

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Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
Interests: interdisciplinary sciences; biophysical modelling; food security; environmental sustainability; remote sensing applications in agriculture; data analytics
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