[Cyverse.Nappn] NCSU-USDA Ag Tech Hackathon!

[Jennifer Clarke]

Courtesy of Sierra Young at NCSU:


Event Name: NCSU-USDA Hackathon

Date: October 9-10, 2021

Times: 9am-5pm Eastern both days


Two locations:


  1.  NC State University
Mary Anne Fox Laboratory-
2791 Pillsbury Cir North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607
  2.  Virtual/online - an invitation to our Discord server will be sent to you after signing up


Short Description:  Please come join us for a joint NCSU and USDA ARS Ag tech Hackathon to accelerate agricultural sustainability using computer vision, machine learning, and robotics. The event will center around uses of the new BenchBot, a low cost robot intended as a generalizable platform for sensing growing plants on greenhouse benches. The robot also serves as a testbed for new sensors intended for field applications. Three of these robots will be housed in the new Plant Sciences Building, a new $160 million project at NCSU that will foster interdisciplinary research on agriculture’s largest challenges. Teams may build off of the innovative solutions developed for the recent OpenCV competition<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/precision-sustainable-ag/OpenCV_Competition2021__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!WmE1JCMt_-D4iYtsSiVSwmeK42QPdmgjveZw3Kqi1AEDpadg4t5atQYqSrMac2oK$>.


Multiple cash prizes will be available for teams in multiple categories. You must be a student enrolled at the undergraduate or graduate level to participate. For those participating in person, refreshments and lunch will be provided both days.


Sign up here:<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/ncsu-usda-hack-a-thon-registration-161912186709__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!WmE1JCMt_-D4iYtsSiVSwmeK42QPdmgjveZw3Kqi1AEDpadg4t5atQYqStVBgJzi$> email Emma Hirschy<mailto:erhirsch at ncsu.edu?Subject=hackathon!> with questions.

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Sierra N. Young, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
North Carolina State University
151 Weaver Laboratories, Campus Box 7625
Raleigh, NC 27695-7625
(919) 515-6740 | sierrayoung at ncsu.edu<mailto:syoung2 at ncsu.edu> | she/her<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/studentservices.ncsu.edu/your-resources/privacy/pronouns-and-gender-identity/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!WmE1JCMt_-D4iYtsSiVSwmeK42QPdmgjveZw3Kqi1AEDpadg4t5atQYqStb8Stns$>


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Jennifer L. Clarke, Ph.D.
Professor and Director<https://bigdata.unl.edu/>
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Food Science and Technology; Statistics
4024722512<tel:4024722512>

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