Smart Farming: Approaches to Sustainable Crop Production
Interactive Webinar
Tuesday 16th March at 11:00am
We are a society confronted with a pressing need to increase agricultural production to achieve food security and to feed a population that continues to grow. Since we're also faced with the challenge of mitigating the effects of climate change, this must be achieved while adopting sustainable and eco-friendly agricultural methods.
At the vanguard of these interconnected challenges are earth observation and crop monitoring technologies. Join us to learn more about the great work ongoing at Aberystwyth University to better understand and capitalise on these new agritech trends.
We are pleased to be joined by Aberystwyth University's Dr Pete Bunting and Dr Frederic Labrosse, who will share their latest work and insights with us.
During this webinar we will cover topics such as:
- Methods of reducing agricultural impacts on the environment
- Remote sensing in agriculture: what is it and what does it measure?
- Image acquisition technologies
- Monitoring crop anomalies
In the business of agritech? This one's for you.
We bring you this exclusive webinar in collaboration with the Geographical Data and Earth Observation for Monitoring (GEOM). GEOM’s goal is to support organisations in Wales to exploit the fast-growing spatial intelligence market to benefit their company or organisation and to provide novel solutions to some of our most pressing environmental, societal and technological challenges.
Format: 45 mins presentations, 15 mins for Q&A.
Where: Online over Zoom
Spaces are limited to ensure a smooth delivery so reserve your space early to avoid disappointment!
Meet the Speaker
Dr Pete Bunting
Reader, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Meet the Speaker
Dr Frederic Labrosse
Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science
Pete Bunting is a Reader in Remote Sensing within the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences (DGES). He originally joined the department in 2004 when he undertook his PhD, lectured from 2017-2011 before working for Landcare Research in New Zealand, returning in 2012.
Prior to joining the department he undertook his undergraduate degree in Computer Science, also at Aberystwyth University.
Dr Bunting's research is concerned with the computational processing of spatial data, primarily for the mapping of land surfaces and biophysical attributes both in terms of their current state and as they change through time using remotely sensed (terrestrial, airborne and spaceborne) and ancillary GIS data, to inform policy and understand the processes of change.
Dr Labrosse obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, in 1999.
After a postdoc in the then Mathematics department, Computing group, University of Bath, UK, he joined the Computer Science department at Aberystwyth University in 2000.
Dr Labrosse's research interests focus on robotics and image processing/machine vision for robotics, specifically in the areas of autonomous, off-road and navigation.