Scope: At Wageningen University and Research and at the centre for doctoral training AgriForwards in the UK, research is done on the topic of plant phenotyping and plant monitoring using techniques from computer vision and robotics. In this summer school, we want to bring together young researchers from both institutes with the aim to share knowledge, learn together, and to build an international research community.
AgriForwards is a centre for doctoral training in agri-food robotics. It is a joint program with 50 PhD candidates from the universities of Lincoln, Cambridge and East-Anglia. The PhD candidates work on diverse topics, related to sensing and perception, mobile autonomy, robotic manipulation, and human-robot collaboration, with applications in the agri-food sector.
A summer school was held in July 2024, in the form of a hackathon with the concept of learn-by-doing. PhD candidates, postdocs, and young researchers from both institutes were mixed into small teams to actively work together on a research challenge of your preference, ranging from implementing AI methods to process images of plants and fields to programming robots to operate in agricultural environments. The teams were supervised by experts from WUR and AgriFoRwArdS.
The summer school was very hands-on, meaning that a lot of time was spent programming, working with data, and testing solutions. It was an immersive experience, with all staying in a hotel, working at the hotel or in one of the WUR labs. A range of social activities took place to get to know each other and to have fun together.
Target group: The course is aimed at PhD candidates, postdocs, and other academics
Course duration: 5 days
Contact: PE&RC Office: office.pe@wur.nl
Registration of interest: You can register your interest HERE (note: this is not an official registration).
