The AgAID Institute is excited to generate meaningful and impactful research with our broad and engaged research team! Our kickoff meeting will bring the entire team together to support the Institute’s broad vision, goals, and objectives, and help us plan and coordinate logistics for collaborative work that will enhance sustainable agriculture efforts locally, regionally, and […]
The newly established AgAID Institute, led by Washington State University, is a multi-institution, transdisciplinary coalition that will build partnerships between the Institute’s core members (six universities, two community/4-year colleges, and two tech companies) and a diverse range of key stakeholder groups. The overall approach will be guided by a cross-cutting mantra of adopt-adapt-amplify, i.e., adoption […]
Steve is the founder of innov8.ag, a Walla Walla-based agtech startup and Microsoft-partnered company. Prior to embarking on the startup, Steve spent 12 years at Microsoft with a focus on cloud services. He envisions Walla Walla as the perfect base for ag startups given the convergence of progressive farmers and three colleges with strengths in […]
Systematic Inclusive Design: From GenderMag to SocioeconomicMag How can software professionals systematically assess whether their software supports diverse users? And if they find problems, how can they fix them? Our team's prior research revealed software's failures to support different genders' user experiences equitably and then produced the GenderMag method to address this problem, which is […]
The AgAID Institute: AI Solutions to Tackle 21st Century Challenges in Agriculture The AgAID Institute is a recently awarded National AI Institute led by Washington State University with OSU serving as the AI-lead organization involving over 13 OSU researchers. The goals of the institute are to study new and existing AI techniques for addressing some […]
The USDA-NIFA Institute for Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce & Decision Support (AgAID) aims to integrate AI methods into agriculture operations for prediction, decision support, and robotics-enabled agriculture. AgAID faculty will provide an overview of the Institute's work, including their unique adopt-adapt-amplify approach to develop and deliver AI solutions to agriculture that address pressing challenges […]
NCW Tech Alliance has partnered with the North Central Educational Service District (NCESD) to bring an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Expo to the STEM Summit, a four-day professional learning opportunity designed for K-12 educators. Tune in and hear a panel discussion featuring Dataiku, Check Point Software, and AgAID Institute team members Alan Fern, Sai Ramaswamy, and […]
HiPC 2022 is the 29th edition of the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics. The meeting will be organized under two focus areas: High Performance Computing (HPC) and Scalable Data Science. The conference features a robust single-track technical program of peer reviewed papers and invited keynote lectures. The Birds of a […]
Join us to learn more about Advances in Drone Technology and its transition into Washington agriculture. Where: Denny Hayden, Alexander Orchard. Who will be there: WSU CPAAS Precision Ag Group – (Lav Khot & team) Ag Drones Northwest Altitude AgriServices GS Long Drone Service Team
The summer Virtual Meetup program has brought together growers, researchers, government, and Extension agents to have an international conversation about important tree fruit topics, connecting industry leaders across North America. This year's webinar series will focus on the topic of "Managing the Uncontrollable." Over the past decade, growers have been forced to confront wildly vacillating […]
