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From problem to on-farm solution: The journey of one UF/IFAS AI technology

Hurricane Irma served as a turning point for UF’s Yiannis Ampatzidis, highlighting the urgent need to find innovative solutions to address challenges in agriculture.

One AI-based advancement at a time, UF leaders are transforming the sports industry

As emerging technologies like AI reshape sport industries and professional demands evolve, it is essential for students to graduate with the expertise to thrive in their future careers. To ensure that these students are set up for success, the UF College of Health & Human Performance has launched a new sports analytics program.

AI technology uses less herbicide to kill weeds

Vegetable growers use herbicides to kill weeds to prevent crop loss. Meanwhile, a UF researcher is using AI to reduce herbicide sprayed on crops. The researcher developed and evaluated a precision-spraying system designed to make sure herbicide goes through the holes that scientists punch in the plastic mulch and into the soil where tomatoes are growing.

Think you can cheat with AI? A UF professor creates watermarks to detect AI-generated writing

AI is putting instructors and employers in an awkward position when it comes to accepting written work, leaving them wondering: Who wrote this? A human or AI? A UF engineering professor is developing a digital watermark that could remove the guesswork and actually flag AI-generated text when someone submits their writing.

The University of Florida’s ‘AI Queen’ is using AI technology to help prevent dementia

Aprinda Indahlastari Queen, Ph.D., is applying AI technology to study transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS — a technique that involves placing electrodes on the scalp to deliver a weak electrical current to the brain — as a possible way to prevent dementia.

AI in Construction

Boyi Hu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF) has received funding from the National Science Foundation in support of his research to explore potential safety and health implications of construction crews working alongside collaborative drones (co-drones) on construction job sites.

IFAS Cattle Research and AI

For a century, researchers have tracked genetic traits to find out which cattle produce more and better milk and meat. Now, two University of Florida scientists will use artificial intelligence to analyze millions of bits of genetic data to try to keep cattle cooler and thus, more productive.

Florida Researchers and UF Supercomputer

High-impact research is in full swing on the University of Florida’s powerful supercomputer, with faculty and students from across the State University System using HiPerGator ⁠— one of the smartest machines in the world — to advance critical work in areas including the environment, technology and medicine.

Ants and AI

E. O. Wilson once referred to invertebrates as “the little things that run the world,” without whom “the human species [wouldn’t] last more than a few months.” Although small, invertebrates have an outsized influence on their environments, pollinating plants, breaking down organic matter and speeding up nutrient cycling. And what they lack in stature, they make up for in diversity. With more than one million known species, insects alone vastly outnumber all other invertebrates and vertebrates combined.