Cyberinfrastructure for machine learning applications in agriculture: experiences, analysis, and vision.

Journal: Frontiers in artificial intelligence
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Advancements in machine learning (ML) algorithms that make predictions from data without being explicitly programmed and the increased computational speeds of graphics processing units (GPUs) over the last decade have led to remarkable progress in the capabilities of ML. In many fields, including agriculture, this progress has outpaced the availability of sufficiently diverse and high-quality datasets, which now serve as a limiting factor. While many agricultural use cases appear feasible with current compute resources and ML algorithms, the lack of reusable hardware and software components, referred to as cyberinfrastructure (CI), for collecting, transmitting, cleaning, labeling, and training datasets is a major hindrance toward developing solutions to address agricultural use cases. This study focuses on addressing these challenges by exploring the collection, processing, and training of ML models using a multimodal dataset and providing a vision for agriculture-focused CI to accelerate innovation in the field.

Authors

  • Lucas Waltz
    Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Sushma Katari
    Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Chaeun Hong
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Adit Anup
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Julian Colbert
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Anirudh Potlapally
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Taylor Dill
    Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Canaan Porter
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • John Engle
    Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Christopher Stewart
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Hari Subramoni
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Scott Shearer
    Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Raghu Machiraju
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Osler Ortez
    Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Laura Lindsey
    Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Arnab Nandi
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • Sami Khanal
    Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.

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