Center for Digital Agriculture Hosting Illinois Faculty and Staff Workshop March 6, 2019 Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Join us for an Illinois faculty and staff workshop that will shape the future of the forthcoming Center for Digital Agriculture at Illinois on March 13 & 14, 2019 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). The Center, which was recently awarded seed funding from the Office of the Provost, The Grainger College of Engineering, and College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, will serve as a catalyst for collaborative research projects across engineering and agricultural disciplines. Illinois faculty and researchers interested in the development of center initiatives are encouraged to attend. By participating in this workshop, you will be given an opportunity to provide input on a draft white paper, learn about seed funding opportunities that will be made available through the Center this spring, and meet potential project collaborators. Click here to register for this event. If you’re unable to attend but want to stay up to date with the latest developments and seed funding opportunities, please join our Digital Ag email membership list here. Find a full agenda below: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:30 – 1:00 PM – Registration and Coffee 1:00 – 1:15 PM – Opening Remarks Scott Wilkin (Executive Director, Center for Digital Agriculture) Dr. Bill Gropp (Director, NCSA) 1:15 – 1:30 PM – Overview and Goals Dr. Matthew Hudson (Co-director, Center for Digital Agriculture 1:30 – 2:15 PM – Invited Talk Dr. Naoki Abe (Senior Manager and Distinguished RSM, IBM) 2:15 – 3:00 PM – Invited Talk Chris Harbourt (CEO, AirScout) 3:00 – 3:15 PM – Break 3:15 – 4:30 PM – White Paper and Theme Areas Discussion Dr. Adam Davis Dr. Matt Hudson Dr. Kaiyu Guan Dr. Andrew Leakey Dr. Liudmila Mainzer 4:30 – 5:00 PM – Seed Funding Presentation Amanda Lombardo (Assistant Director for Research, NCSA) 5:00 – 6:00 PM – Networking reception to meet potential collaborators Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:30 – 9:00 AM – Registration and Breakfast 9:00 – 9:15 AM – Opening Remarks Dr. Jennifer Bernhard (Associate Dean for Research, The Grainger College of Engineering) Scott Wilkin (Executive Director, Center for Digital Agriculture) Dr. Vikram Adve (Co-director, Center for Digital Agriculture) 9:15 – 10:00 AM – Invited Talk Dr. Ranveer Chandra (Principal Researcher, Microsoft) 10:00 – 10:30 AM – Break with refreshments 10:30 – 11:50 AM – Lightning Talks Dr. Matt Hudson Dr. Kaiyu Guan Dr. Andrew Leakey Dr. Liudmila Mainzer Dr. Gary Schnitkey Dr. Naira Hovakimyan Rob Kooper Dr. David Bullock Sign up to give a talk by contacting publicaffairs@ncsa.illinois.edu 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM – Closing Remarks Dr. German Bollero (Associate Dean, ACES) 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Working Lunch and Seed Funding Discussion Disclaimer: Due to changes in website systems, we've adjusted archived content to fit the present-day site and the articles will not appear in their original published format. Formatting, header information, photographs and other illustrations are not available in archived articles. News Archive