Center for Digital Agriculture
2025
Allyson Taylor
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Major:Computer and Information sciences
Mentors: Tiago Bresolin and Ahmed Sallam
Project: Toward Unsupervised Cattle Image Segmentation
Aruna Gauba
Rice University
Major: Environmental Science and Computer Science
Mentor: Vikram Adve
Project: TBD
Benchy Dutreuil
Saint Johns University
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Sunoj Shajahan and Sandesh Poudel
Project: Robotic Mechanical Weed Management in Horseradish Farm
Brent Uyguangco
California State University Dominguez Hills
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Isabella Condotta and Mamunur Rahman
Project: Automatic Pose Estimation of Pigs Using Artificial Intelligence
Carrington Thompson
Tuskegee University
Major: Plant Sciences
Mentor: Sarah Hind and Justin Larkin
Project: Analysis of Deep-read Illumina Sequencing Data for Identification of Genomic Safe Harbors in Tomato
Cole Wycislak
Moraine Valley Community College
Major: Botany
Mentor: Tony Studer and Matthew Runyon
Project: Making the Unbe-leaf-able a Reality: a Next-generation Crop Canopy for Tomorrow’s Agriculture
De'Janique Lambeth
Langston University
Major: Animal Sciences
Mentor: Angela Green-Miller and Heidi Rinehart
Project: Designing a Computer Recognition Model to Monitor Gestational Sow Behavior for Respiratory Health Status Detection
Dimitry Ermakov
Hillsdale College
Major: Applied Mathematics
Mentor: Yuxiong Wang and Liuyu Bian
Project: Vision-rag Agents: Multimodal AI for Agriculture
Eli Young
Swarthmore College
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Mohammed Kamruzzaman and Marcus Da Silvia Ferreira
Project: Gender and Mortality Detection in Pre-incubation Eggs Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Explainable AI
Ethan Lin
Franklin and Marshall College
Major: Statistics
Mentor: ChangMou Xu and Rui Huang
Project: Application of Computer Vision Models to Categorize Pig Activity Levels
Isaiah Gorman
Georgia Gwinnett College
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Girish Krishnan and Poojan Shah
Project: Developing and Integrating CV Models in the SW Pipeline for a Plant Manipulation Robot in High Tunnels
Jazmine Munoz
Dominican University
Major: Natural Science
Mentor: Alex Lipka and Talissa Floriani
Project: AI Quantitative Analysis to Understand How Plants Can Be Bred to Handle Unknown Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
Rowena Quinn
Illinois Central College
Major: Computer and Systems Engineering
Mentor: Amir Malvandi and Mahdi Azizi
Project: High-speed Machine Vision for Real-time Particle Tracking and Dynamic Motion Analysis
Tanea Gray
Langston University
Major: Business and Managerial Economics
Mentor: Isabella Condotta and Alin Khaliduzzaman
Project: Image Processing and Computational Modeling for the Quality Evaluation of Chicken Eggs
2024
Aruna Gauba
Rice University
Major: Environmental Science and Computer Science
Mentor: Yuxiong Wang
Project: Multi-modal Agriculture Chatbot via Referent Token and Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Asher Sprigler
milwaukee school of engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Mentor: Mohammed Kamruzzaman
Project: Sex and Fertility Detection In Pre-incubation Layer Chicken Eggs Using Hyperspectral Imaging
Attia Dean
University of North carolina chapel hill
Major: Biology
Mentor: Sarah Hind
Project: Identifying Potential ‘Genomic Safe Harbors’ and Testing the Efficiency of Donor DNA Integration in Tomatoes
Austin Veal
Morehouse College
Major: Applied Physics and Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Vikram Adve
Project: Enhancing Robot Durability and Navigation for Precision Agriculture
Breanna Larson
University of tennessee knoxville
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Mentor: Amir Malvandi
Project: Real-time Particle Detection and Tracking in Agriculture using Volumetric Particle Volume Tracking (VPTV) and Machine Learning Techniques
Camiyah "Miyah" Knox
Tuskegee University
Major: Animal and Veterinary Science
Mentor: Angela Green-Miller
Project: Correlation of Pen Location with Behaviors & Postures in Young Pigs
Cassidy Wall
University of illinois urbana-Champaign
Major: Systems Engineering and Design
Mentor: Katie Driggs-Campbell
Project: Dead Ahead! User Interface Design For Teleoperated Agricultural Robots
Charlotte Klurfeld
Smith college
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Mentor: Lisa Ainsworth
Project: Applying Machine Learning to Analyze the Effects of Climate Change on Soil and Crops
Farhiya Abdalla
Franklin University
Major: Computer Science Software Development
Mentor: Isabella Condotta
Project: Individual Dairy Cattle Identification through Artificial Intelligence
Feidre Gjata
Virginia Tech
Major: Biological Systems Engineering
Mentor: Angela Green-Miller
Project: Application of Computer Vision Models to Categorize Pig Activity Levels
Irene Pi
Carnegie Mellon University
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Yuxiong Wang
Project: When LLaVA meets Memory: Multi-Modal Agriculture Reasoning
Isabella Fonseca
Texas A&M University
Major: Animal Science
Mentor: Angela Green-Miller
Project: Identification of Important Behaviors and Postures to Indicate Respiratory Illness in Pigs
Juan "Manolis" Huerta-Styliano
Cornell University
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Naveen Uppalapati
Project: Bridging Sim2Real Gap for Vision-Based Agricultural Tasks
Kennedy Shorter
North Carolina A&T State University
Major: Political Science and Philosophy (minor)
Mentor: Cabral Bigman-Galimore
Project: Exploring Visions for Programmable Plants
Kyeaira Faustin
Tuskegee University
Major: Animal Science
Mentor: Luciano Alves de Oliveira
Project: A Continuation of Monitoring Nitrate Loss Reduction in the Advanced Design of Denitrifying Woodchip Bioreactor
Mary Ann Fox
Iowa State University
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology – Agricultural & Biosystems Management
Mentor: Isabell Condotta
Project: Development of Forage Production Evaluation Models Based on Drone Images
Moises Rogriguez
Triton College
Major: Aerospace
Mentor: Sunoj Shajahan
Project: Weed management in Horseradish Using AI-Based Solutions
Sina Yarmohammadi
Folsom Lake College
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Isabella Condotta
Project: Computer Vision Approach for Tracking Piglet Behaviors in the Nursery Stage
Sofia Zasiebida
Smith College
Major: Engineering Science
Mentor: Vikram Adve
Project: Computer Vision and GPS for Individual Plant Identification and Mapping in Cornfields
Sona Javadi
Vanderbilt University
Major: Computer Science and Mathematics
Mentor: Naveen Uppalapati
Project: Evaluating 2D Point Tracking Models for Under-Canopy Navigation
Sophie Reznik
University of Minnesota
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Vikram Adve
Project: From Field to Insight: Developing an Image Retrieval and Analysis Pipeline for Precision Agriculture
Veeraraju Elluru
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Major: Computer Science and Engineering
Mentor: Tiago Bresolin
Project: Towards Unsupervised Latent Representations for Cattle Image Segmentation
2023
Emma Fuentes
Texas A&M - Animal Science/ Ag Econ
Mentor: Dr. Angela Green-Miller
Project: Relevant Behavior and Posture for Emerging Illness in Pigs
Iradatulah "Iradatu" Sulayman
Lehman College - Anthropology, Biology, chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Hudson and Dr. Cabral Bigman-Galimore
Project: Exploring bioinformatics research applications, career trajectories, and social implications
Jelena Herriott
Langston University - Agricultural Science
Mentor: Dr. Angela Green-Miller
Project: Activity Index for Pigs Using Image Analysis
Kennedie Manuel
Tuskegee University - Animal Science
Mentor: Dr. Isabella Condotta
Project: Computer Vision Systems applied to livestock production
Munirat "Munirah" Ibrahim
Stony Brook University - Biology
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Ainsworth
Project: SoyFACE Dara Compilation and Analysis
Scotteria "Scotty" Scott
Tuskegee University - Animal Science
Mentor: Dr. Angela Green-Miller
Project: Correlation of Image Analysis Metrics and Behavior of Pigs
Valeria Suss
Univ. of Puerto Rico at Arecibo
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Hind
Projects: Developing UV-Excitable GFP-Expressing Tomato Plants using Hairy Root Transformation