Tag: Artificial Intelligence

HiPerGator AI supercomputer at the University of Florida.

PreventiGators research team wins HiPerGator Pioneering Research Award During UF AI Days

by Jessica Alday
November 10, 2025

Researchers in the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences are investigating factors that may lead teens to tobacco addiction in adulthood, and their AI-powered research is making waves. During the University of Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Addiction, AI, AI Research, Artificial Intelligence, Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, Family Youth And Community Sciences, HiPerGator, Prevention Science, Tobacco Use, UF AI Days

Groundbreaking for AI center part of 100th anniversary celebration of UF Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

by Brad Buck
October 22, 2025

Agriculture isn’t just rows of citrus groves and fields of strawberries – it’s Florida’s second largest economic powerhouse, trailing only tourism. With more than 133,000 jobs riding on its success, farming fuels communities across the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #aiatuf, 100th Anniversary, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Dana Choi, Digital Twin, Diseases, Economy, Environment, Farming, Food, Fruits, Groundbreaking, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, J. Scott Angle, Jack Rechcigl, Jobs, Kevin Wang, Labor, Nathan Boyd, Ornamental Plants, Pests, Plant Breeding, Prec-ag, Precision Spraying
Natural disaster on the farm. Flooded field with seedlings of eggplant and leek. Heavy rain and flooding. The risks of harvest loss. The flood. Agriculture. Ukraine, Kherson region. Selective focus.

With startup, researchers plan to help growers feed more people, preserve environment

by Brad Buck
October 21, 2025

By commercializing their research, two University of Florida scientists are trying to get practical artificial intelligence (AI) tools into the hands of our state’s farmers. The goal is to build their business by increasing farm profitability, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: #aiatuf, Arnold Schumann, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Citrus Research And Education Center, Commercialization, Environment, EZ Ag Innovations, Food, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Inputs, Labor, Nathan Boyd, Pesticides, Prec-ag, Precision Weed-spraying, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Startup, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Water
Lake Okeechobee in Florida was used by scientists to test a new method for estimating lake volumes.

Estimating Lake Volumes from Space with AI

by Mike Loizzo
August 26, 2025

How do you measure the volume of a large lake when detailed maps of its underwater topography aren't available? A new study led by Golmar Golmohammadi, assistant professor in the UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, offers ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Genetic Algorithm, Golmar Golmohammadi, Lake Okeechobee, Normalized Difference Water Index, Rangle Cattle Research And Education Center, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences
This is a view of Welleby Park in Broward County.

Researchers use AI to turn park reviews into science; findings reveal secret to parks people love

by Lourdes Mederos
August 21, 2025

Your five-star review of a park may have more weight than you think. Scientists just turned it into data, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). Researchers at the University of Florida based in Fort Lauderdale used machine learning ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cultural Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Services, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Greenspaces, Jiangxiao Qiu, Nature, Parks, Sustainability, Wildlife
A map of the world showing clay content in soil with various shades of brown.

Research examines links between global soil properties and various environmental and socio-economic factors

by Mike Loizzo
August 6, 2025

To better understand the planet’s topsoil, a large team of international scientists created the first high-resolution global map of six key soil properties. Two faculty members from the UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Environment, GeoAI, Global Soil Properties, Landscape Analysis, Nikolaos Tziolas, Pedometrics, Sabine Grunwald, Soil Health, Soil Science Artificial Intelligence, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences
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Researchers create first high-resolution map of soil properties across the globe

by Megan Winslow
August 6, 2025

To better understand the planet’s topsoil, an international team of scientists, including University of Florida researchers, created the first high-resolution global maps of key soil properties. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural Management, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Carbon Sequestration, Data Science, Department Of Soil, Digital Soil Mapping, GeoAI, Global Food Systems, Global Soil Properties, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Landscape Analysis, Machine Learning, Map, Megan Winslow, Mike Loizzo, Modeling, Nikolaos Tziolas, Pedometrics, Remote Sensing, Sabine Grunwald, Socioeconomics, Soil, Soil Health, Soil Science, Soil Security, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainability, SWES, The Innovation, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Water

Thanks to NASA, farmers may ask, ‘Hey Alexa, what’s the best way to keep my soil healthy?’

by Brad Buck
July 29, 2025

Someday soon, farmers might use technology equivalent to Siri or Alexa to check the status of their soil’s quality. Anastasia Kritharoula, a doctoral student in the Soil Science Artificial Intelligence lab of the University of Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Anastasia Kritharoula, Artificial Intelligence, Farmers, Generative AI, Grant, NASA, Nikolaos Tziolas, Non-expert Users, Prec-ag, Soil, Soil Health, Soil Science Artificial Intelligence Lab, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Water
A collage shows two majestic Indian university buildings with an oversized satellite looming in the background

Remote Connections- Jasmeet Judge, Ph.D. Builds Bridges with India

by Samantha Jones
June 13, 2025

At the beginning of the year, ABE’s Jasmeet Judge, Ph.D. was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Kalam-Climate Scholarship to travel to India for five months in collaboration with two prominent Indian Universities to promote and implement cutting-edge ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Professional Development, UF/IFAS
Tags: ABE, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Award, Engineering, GFSI, India, Teaching, UF-IFAS, UFABE

UF/IFAS study: Drones, AI help farmers save money, protect the environment

by Lourdes Mederos
May 21, 2025

A new University of Florida study shows how drones can do more than just take aerial pictures and videos—they can help farmers grow better hemp by seeing the health of their crops with some artificial intelligence assistance. Researchers ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Agroecology, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Canopy, Crops, Dollar Drone Company, Drone, Fertilization, Fertilizer, Flower Production, Hemp, Hemp Canopy, Hemp Research, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Plant Health, Reflectance, Tropical Research And Education Center, Zachary Brym

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