KEYNOTE: Remote Sensing in Agriculture I

This session is jointly sponsored by: Food and Agricultural Imaging Systems 2020, and Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2020.

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Managing crops across spatial and temporal scales - The roles of UAS and satellite remote sensing, Jan van Aardt, Rochester Institute of Technology (United States)

Jan van Aardt obtained a BSc in forestry (biometry and silviculture specialization) from the University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa (1996). He completed his MS and PhD in forestry, focused on remote sensing (imaging spectroscopy and light detection and ranging), at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia (2000 and 2004, respectively). This was followed by post-doctoral work at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and a stint as research group leader at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa. Imaging spectroscopy and structural (lidar) sensing of natural resources form the core of his efforts, which vary between vegetation structural and system state (physiology) assessment. He has received funding from NSF, NASA, Google, and USDA, among others, and has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers and more than 90 conference contributions. van Aardt is currently a professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.

KEYNOTE: Remote Sensing in Agriculture II

This session is jointly sponsored by: Food and Agricultural Imaging Systems 2020, and Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2020.

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Practical applications and trends for UAV remote sensing in agriculture, Kevin Lang, PrecisionHawk (United States)

Kevin Lang is general manager of PrecisionHawk’s agriculture business (Raleigh, North Carolina). PrecisionHawk is a commercial drone and data company that uses aerial mapping, modeling, and agronomy platform specifically designed for precision agriculture. Lang advises clients on how to capture value from aerial data collection, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics in addition to delivering implementation programs. Lang holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Clemson University and an MBA from Wake Forest University.

KEYNOTE: Personal Health Data and Surveillance

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Health surveillance, Ramesh Jain, University of California, Irvine (United States)

Ramesh Jain is a scientist and entrepreneur in the field of information and computer science. He is a Bren Professor in Information & Computer Sciences, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine. He served as a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the University of California, San Diego; in each case he founded and directed artificial intelligence and visual information systems labs. He served as Farmer Professor at Georgia Tech from 2002-2004. In 2005 he was named the first Bren Professor in Information and Computer Science for the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine. His research interests started in cybernetic systems. That interest brought him to research in pattern recognition, computer vision. and artificial intelligence. He was the coauthor of the first computer vision paper addressing analysis of real video sequence of a traffic scene. After working on several aspects of computer vision systems and coauthoring a text book in machine vision, he realized that to solve hard computer vision problem one must include all other available information from other signals and contextual sources. This realization resulted in his becoming active in developing multimedia computing systems. His contributions to developing visual information management systems influenced many researchers. He also participated in developing concept of immersive as well as multiple perspective interactive videos, to use multiple video cameras to build three dimensional video where a person can decide what they want to experience. His research in multimedia computing convinced him that experiences are central to human knowledge acquisition and use, resulting in his interest in 'experiential computing'. Since 2012, he has been engaged in developing a navigational approach to guide people in their lifestyle for achieving their personal health goals. He founded or co-founded multiple startup companies including Imageware, Virage, Praja, and Seraja. Virage is considered the first company to address photo and video management applications that have become central to human experience in digital world. He has served as chairman of ACM SIG Multimedia. He is commonly referred to as the 'Father of Multimedia Computing'. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE MultiMedia magazine and the Machine Vision and Applications journal. He still serves on the editorial boards of several journals. He has been elected a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the Society for Optics and Photonics Technology (SPIE). He has published over 400 research papers in scientific journals and conferences. Jain holds a bachelor's degree from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India and has a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.