CDA Executive Director John F. Reid on ‘Agricultural Productivity, Convenience’
CDA’s John Reid shares insights on agricultural productivity, convenience in NCSA’s The Download: Expert Viewpoints thought leadership essay series.
Illinois Scientists to Test Modernized Genetic Model for Optimized Crop Breeding
NSF awards $795,000 to a collaborative effort led by CDA affiliate Alex Lipka that investigate new theories on how genetics influence complex crop traits, such as yield or grain quality over four years.
Meet Christina Tucker
As CDA’s Director of Operations and Associate Director of Education, Christina brings over a decade of experience and expertise to the table, helping us continue transforming how we feed and support a growing global population. Learn more about Christina in this interview.
Position opening for GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
WHO WE ARE The Center for Digital Agriculture (CDA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was formed to help agricultural producers, researchers, and industries keep pace with the ways technology is transforming how we feed and support a growing global population. Increased global productivity and sustainability requires technical innovations that involve CDA’s primary themes: Automation, Data, […]
Illinois Autonomous Farm Workshop
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 Race St., Urbana, Illinois 61802) with a social event following at Big Grove Tavern. The workshop will also have a Zoom available during the presentation times for those who cannot […]
CENTER FOR DIGITAL AGRICULTURE CONTRIBUTES TO LAUNCH COALESCE
Can machine learning, artificial intelligence and advanced computing help to make farming more efficient? The COALESCE (COntext Aware LEarning for Sustainable CybEr-agriculture systems) initiative, a $7 million project funded via the National Science Foundation’s Cyber Physical Systems program and the US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, seeks to combine all of these domains for agricultural benefit. […]
Girish Chowdhary Awared with Paul Funk Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
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 Paul Funk Faculty Award for Excellence in Research from the Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. “I am greatly honored and humbled to receive this award,” said Chowdhary. […]
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Honors Scientists of the Year
The Center for Digital Agriculture faculty affiliate Dr. Lisa Ainsworth was awarded the USDA’s Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the year for 2021. Ainsworth, research leader for the ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit in Urbana. Her work influenced the direction of climate change impact assessment. Read more here on Dr. Lisa Ainsworth award.
Dr. Vikram Adve Guest on Depth Charge Podcast
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, Next Gen Farms and LLVM. Check it out: https://depthchargepodcast.buzzsprout.com/1382590/8263284
Purely on the Promise That We Could Do Great Things
“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 of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign went on a tour of the Illinois Autonomous Farm last October an gave a picture perfect review of the farm; as […]