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University’s AI Institute is a leader in climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
The University of Minnesota was awarded a $20 million federal grant over five years to lead the AI Institute for Climate-Land Interactions, Mitigation, Adaptation, Tradeoffs and Economy (AI-CLIMATE). Led by researchers at the College of Science and Engineering who are working with partners across campus and the country, the institute aims to leverage AI to create more climate-smart practices that will absorb and store carbon while also boosting the economy in the agriculture and forestry industries.
AI-CLIMATE announcements:
- Moving into the next technological revolution, University of Minnesota
- Experts to Develop Strategy on Using AI to Feed Agricultural Advancements, AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems, July 31, 2024
- Heidi Roop accepts new position in the White House: Read the UMN story and the USGCRP story, June 3, 2024
- USDA Announces 28 Host Organizations to Train Future Conservation and Climate Leaders, as part of President Biden’s American Climate Corps, May 3, 2024
- Prescribed Fire Modeling using Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning for Land Management awarded SDM’24 Best Application Paper Award, May 2024
- Curbing Climate Change with Artificial Intelligence, UMN Department of Computer Science and Engineering, December 6, 2023.
- Looking back, looking ahead: Strategic initiatives in AI and NSF's AI Institutes Program, AI Magazine, August 7, 2023.
- NSF announces 7 new National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, NSF News, May 4, 2023.
University of Minnesota announcements:
What can the average person do to help reduce climate change?, CBS Minnesota, Jeff Wagner April 16, 2024
New study is first step in predicting carbon emissions, Mar. 26: Farmtario
AI could help track farm country's carbon emissions, U study says, StarTribune March 21, 2024
AI Study Can Predict Carbon Levels, Audio from Interview, March 15, 2024
Why you should care about ag R&D, March 18, 2024
AI for a Changing World, March, 2024
New study is first step in predicting carbon emissions in agriculture, Nature Communications, Feb. 28; Today News 24, Feb. 29; News Leaflets, Feb. 29
New study is first step in predicting carbon emissions in agriculture, Science Daily, Feb. 22; PHYS, Feb. 22; Environmental News Network, Feb. 28
Heidi Roop named 2024-26 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Award from the University of Minnesota, Feb., 14, 2024
Knowledge-guided machine learning can improve carbon cycle quantification in agroecosystems, Nature Communications, Jan., 8, 2024
University of Minnesota to build AI-CLIMATE Research Institute, NewFoodMagazine.com, May 9, 2023.
U of M to lead new AI Institute focusing on climate-smart agriculture and forestry, UMN News, May 4, 2023.
University of Minnesota to lead new $20M AI Institute focusing on climate-smart agriculture and forestry. UMN College of Science & Engineering News, cse.umn.edu, May 4, 2023.
Republished on AAAS EurekAlert 8-May-2023, Fox 9 on May-4-2023, krishijagaran.com on May-7-2023
CS&E Professor Shashi Shekhar to Lead New $20M AI Institute. (UMN Department of Computer Science & Engineering Departmental News, May 4, 2023).
Cornell University announcements:
- Prof. Yiqi Luo's 7th Training Course on Land Carbon Cycle Modeling, June, 2024
- NYS agricultural assessment cultivates climate crisis solutions, Allison M. Chatrchyan, Cornell Chronicle, Feb. 8, 2024
- AI-CLIMATE institute aims to curb emissions, boost economy, Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle, May 4, 2023
Colorado State University announcements:
CSU partners in $20M AI Institute focusing on climate-smart ag and forestry, The Fence Post, May 12, 2023.
Colorado State University partners in $20M AI institute focusing on climate-smart agriculture and forestry, May, 4th, 2023, Jayme DeLoss
Purdue University announcements:
- AI & Climate: A First of Its Kind Conversation on the Hill, Bruce Erickson, Feb. 13, 2024
- Purdue receives $500,000 grant as part of new AI Institute focusing on climate-smart agriculture and forestry, Electronic Engineering Journal (May 10, 2023). Also published in morningAgClip.com (May 8, 2023) and WLFI.com (May 8, 2023).