Tag: Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF/IFAS scientists offer safety tips for potential dangers of drone use

by Brad Buck
August 11, 2021

Some people seem to view drones as toys, but they can be dangerous. In fact, about 1,000 people per year are injured from using drones incorrectly. To address the potential peril, two University of Florida scientists are offering ways to keep ... READ MORE

Category: Recreation
Tags: Agricultural, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Federal Aviation Administration, Recreation, Safety, Serap Gorucu, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF scientists use AI to try to more accurately predict citrus yield

by Brad Buck
August 10, 2021

IMMOKALEE, Fla. – University of Florida researchers are using artificial intelligence to help citrus growers better forecast their seasonal production. So far, they’ve found in a preliminary study that their technology predicts yields with ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agroview, Artificial Intelligence, Citrus, Citrus Research, Citrus Yield, Drones, Forecasting, Models, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF/IFAS boosts AI research to help solve perplexing issues

by Brad Buck
February 11, 2021

[inlinetweet prefix="" tweeter="" suffix=""]As UF/IFAS joins a university-wide push to increase artificial intelligence research, its faculty will help solve major problems.[/inlinetweet] Among them: ensuring crops taste good and resist diseases ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agronomy, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Diane Rowland, Entomology And Nematology, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, HiPerGator, Horticultural Sciences, J. Scott Angle, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Soil And Water Sciences, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Vance Whitaker, Yiannis Ampatzidis

New AI technology ‘Agroview’ named UF Invention of the Year

by Brad Buck
September 23, 2020

Yiannis Ampatzidis and his research team combined their collective minds to find the artificial intelligence technology to best help farmers save money and better care for their crops. Out of that process, they invented a system known as ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agroview, Artificial Intelligence, Drone Technology, Plants, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, UF Innovate | Tech Licensing, UF Invention Of The Year, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Yield

AI helps detect powdery mildew early so growers can manage disease in squash

by Brad Buck
August 11, 2020

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- Plant detectives and engineers from the University of Florida are using artificial intelligence to find a disease early so growers who produce summer squash can keep it under control. Early detection gives farmers a fighting ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, Drone, Pamela Roberts, Plant Disease Detection, Plant Pathology, Powdery Mildew, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Spectral Images, Squash, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Cloud-based technology helps farmers count citrus trees

by Brad Buck
June 4, 2020

In his quest to find the right drone and other artificial intelligence to help ensure citrus growers get an accurate count of their crop, Yiannis Ampatzidis and his research team have developed a system known as Agroview. The technology saves ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Citrus, Drone, Insurance, Precision Agriculture, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Drone Images Detect Two Tomato Diseases with 99% Accuracy

by Brad Buck
January 13, 2020

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- New technology being developed by University of Florida scientists identifies two dangerous tomato diseases with 99 percent accuracy. This finding is critical because diseases can cost growers millions of dollars annually ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Agricultultural And Biological Engineering, Detection, Diseases, Drone Technology, Images, Pamela Roberts, Plant Pathology, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tomatoes, Yiannis Ampatzidis

New Precision Ag Facility Adds to UF/IFAS Arsenal to Fight Pests, Diseases

by Brad Buck
December 10, 2019

In a new, 8,500-square-foot building at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, weed scientist Nathan Boyd uses images of weeds to train computers to identify them. Those pictures can be used to help growers know when, where and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Arnold Schumann, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Nathan Boyd, News, Sam Hutton, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Cloud-Based Software Helps Farmers on the Ground

by Brad Buck
September 12, 2019

IMMOKALEE, Fla. -- A University of Florida agricultural engineer has developed software that can help farmers find the best places to plant crops and to identify fruit and vegetable varieties that perform better against diseases. Now, Yiannis ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud-based Software, Crops, Greening, Pathogens, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

AI Could Help Citrus Growers Find, Detect Dangerous Psyllids

by Brad Buck
May 1, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Precision agriculture engineer Yiannis Ampatzidis sees a day when citrus farmers use artificial intelligence to detect the pin-sized insects that can infect the fruit’s trees with the deadly greening disease. That ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: #AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Greening, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

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