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ICT Innovations and Smart Farming
Dr. Claus Aage Grøn Sørensen
Senior Scientist, Head of Research Unit Faculty of Science and Technology Dept. of Engineering, Aarhus University
Chairman of the board of CIGR Section V (Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering) in CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineering)
About the speaker
Claus Grøn Sørensen is a Senior Scientist/Head of Research Unit in the Operations Management division of the Department of Engineering, and Head of Centre on Smart Farming. He holds a PhD in Production and Operations Management. He has over 25 year experience in production and operations management, decision analysis, information modeling, system analysis, and simulation and modeling of technology application in agriculture. Research topics include resource analyses and optimizations, whole farm analyses and optimizations, the feasibility of introducing robotic systems in agriculture, development of management information systems and smart applications (e.g. FP7, FutureFarm, AgriFood2; IoF2020). He has participated (as project coordinator, WP leader, and partner coordinator) in multiple international projects. He is the author of more than 350 articles in peer reviewed Journals, conference proceedings, and scientific reports. He is currently the President of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EugAgEng), and past-chairman for CIGR (International Commision of Agricultural Engineering) Section V on System Management.
You can find more information here.
Senior Scientist, Head of Research Unit Faculty of Science and Technology Dept. of Engineering, Aarhus University
Chairman of the board of CIGR Section V (Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering) in CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineering)
About the speaker
Claus Grøn Sørensen is a Senior Scientist/Head of Research Unit in the Operations Management division of the Department of Engineering, and Head of Centre on Smart Farming. He holds a PhD in Production and Operations Management. He has over 25 year experience in production and operations management, decision analysis, information modeling, system analysis, and simulation and modeling of technology application in agriculture. Research topics include resource analyses and optimizations, whole farm analyses and optimizations, the feasibility of introducing robotic systems in agriculture, development of management information systems and smart applications (e.g. FP7, FutureFarm, AgriFood2; IoF2020). He has participated (as project coordinator, WP leader, and partner coordinator) in multiple international projects. He is the author of more than 350 articles in peer reviewed Journals, conference proceedings, and scientific reports. He is currently the President of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EugAgEng), and past-chairman for CIGR (International Commision of Agricultural Engineering) Section V on System Management.
You can find more information here.
Uses of Blockchain Technology in the agrifood system
Dr. Christopher Brewster
Senior Scientist
Data Science Dept.
This talk will provide a brief introduction to blockchain technology from the perspective of the agrifood sector. We will consider the potential and limitations of the technology for solving certain socio-technical challenges of the sector, ranging from precision agriculture to supply chain integration. We will specifically report on current work being undertaken to use blockchain technology for managing food certification across complex supply chains. In conclusion, the talk will suggest areas for further research and development as well as use cases for which the technology is not suited.
About the speaker
Christopher Brewster is a Senior Scientist at TNO specializing in semantics and interoperability. He is currently scientific co-ordinator for the Dutch public-private funded Techruption Blockchain project, and Project Leader of the “Blockchain in agrifood” project funded by Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield on the topic of automated ontology learning from texts, and was previous Senior Lecturer at Aston University. His research background was Natural Language processing and Semantic Technologies, with a focus on knowledge representation for a variety of application areas including the biomedical and life science domains. More recently he has focussed on the agrifood domain with a particular interest in the application of Semantic Technologies to the food supply chain and logistics. He has published over 60 papers in conferences and journals, and organised many workshops. Further details http://www.cbrewster.com
Senior Scientist
Data Science Dept.
This talk will provide a brief introduction to blockchain technology from the perspective of the agrifood sector. We will consider the potential and limitations of the technology for solving certain socio-technical challenges of the sector, ranging from precision agriculture to supply chain integration. We will specifically report on current work being undertaken to use blockchain technology for managing food certification across complex supply chains. In conclusion, the talk will suggest areas for further research and development as well as use cases for which the technology is not suited.
About the speaker
Christopher Brewster is a Senior Scientist at TNO specializing in semantics and interoperability. He is currently scientific co-ordinator for the Dutch public-private funded Techruption Blockchain project, and Project Leader of the “Blockchain in agrifood” project funded by Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield on the topic of automated ontology learning from texts, and was previous Senior Lecturer at Aston University. His research background was Natural Language processing and Semantic Technologies, with a focus on knowledge representation for a variety of application areas including the biomedical and life science domains. More recently he has focussed on the agrifood domain with a particular interest in the application of Semantic Technologies to the food supply chain and logistics. He has published over 60 papers in conferences and journals, and organised many workshops. Further details http://www.cbrewster.com