The UF/IFAS LIFT AI team has chosen 10 ag research projects to fund that aim to solve practical problems through AI.

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Dean for Research Office created the “Launching Innovative Faculty Teams in AI,” or LIFT AI to “foster research collaborations in AI for agricultural systems, natural resources and human systems,” according to a UF/IFAS blog. The team has chosen 11 research projects to fund that aim to solve practical problems through artificial intelligence (AI). See the projects below.

LIFT AI Research Project Funding

According to the blog, LIFT AI chose to divide $261,723 in funding among the following research projects:

  1. DeepFlavor: using Artificial Intelligence to predict and understand flavor preferences.
  2. AI-based animal behavior analysis using computer vision and environmental sensors.
  3. Dissecting genetic controls of plant root and shoot architecture using AI methods.
  4. Real-time automated strawberry yield prediction system using color imaging and artificial intelligence (AI).
  5. AI-driven Phenomics to Advance Plant Breeding in Florida.
  6. Visualization of Flavor for Breeding Premium Quality and Consumer Liked Fruits.
  7. Integrating High-Throughput Phenotyping into Genomic Evaluation to Advance Northern Quahogs Mercenaria mercenaria Breeding.
  8. Fusing symbolic and sub-symbolic AI to lift the ceiling of predictability in breeding systems.
  9. AI-based animal behavior analysis using computer vision and environmental sensors.
  10. AI-Powered Prediction of Gain-of-Function Mutations for Enhanced Protein Function.

Robert Gilbert, dean for UF/IFAS Research and director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, said in the blog, ““UF/IFAS is committed to unlocking the transformational potential of artificial intelligence to address grand challenges faced by Florida and the world. The AI research projects represented by these awards are innovative examples of the AI research frontier and the breadth of UF/IFAS research programs. There are opportunities for us across departments to advance our mission and help stakeholders.”

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