CAFE & IAFE Programs-at-a-Glance

7:30 – 9:00.  REGISTRATION

8:30 – 9:00.  WELCOMING

9:00 – 10:00.  Keynote Session, Session Chair: Victor Grimblatt.

Title: “Precision Crop Protection in Sustainable Agriculture“, Lecturer: Maria Lodovica Gullino

10:00 – 10:30.  COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 12:00.  Lecture Session, Session Chair: Umberto Garlando and Andrea Boni

Plant Monitoring and Crop Analysis Innovations

• • 10:30 – 10:45. Lee Bar-On et al., “On the Feasibilty of Plant Physiological Monitoring with Four-Point-Probe Impedance Spectroscopy”.
  • 10:45 – 11:00. Sergio Arriola-Valverde et al., “Coffee Crop Detection from UAS Orthomaps with Convolutional Neural Networks”.
  • 11:00 – 11:15.  Aakash Jog et al., “A Genetic Not Gate in Transgenic Tobacco Based on Estradiol-Induced Translational Repression”.
  • 11:15 – 11:30. Fahimeh Masoumi et al., “Capacitive Impedance Analysis for Non-Contact Assessment of Fruit Quality and Ripening”.
  • 11:30 – 11:45. Saleh Hamed et al., “Towards Tomato Plant Iron Stress Monitoring Through bioimpedance and Circuit Analysis”.
  • 11:45 – 12:00. Shreya Bansal et al., “Radish Plant Growth Monitoring Using Multimodal Fusion”.

12:00 – 14:00.  LUNCH

14:00 – 15:30.  Lecture Session, Session Chair: Francois Rivet and Mohammad Russel

AI-Based Pest Detection and Contaminant Monitoring in Agriculture Session

• • 14:00 – 14:15. Jiayi Wu et al., “Plant Disease Detection: Electronic System Design Empowered with Artificial Intelligence”.
  • 14:15 – 14:30. Manuele Rusci et al., “Parallel Execution of the Viola-Jones Algorithm on MCUs for Low-Cost Automated Pest Detection”.
  • 14:30 – 14:45. Bernardita Štitić et al., “Enhanced Machine-Learning Flow for Microwave-Sensing Systems to Detect Contaminants in Food”.
  • 14:45 – 15:00. Margherita Musumeci et al., “Development of a Deep-Learning Pipeline to Identify and Locate Contaminants of Industrial Products via non-Invasive Microwave Signals”.
  • 15:00 – 15:15. Davide Brusco et al., “Popillia Japonica Newman Detection Through Remote Sensing and Ai Computer Vision”.
  • 15:15 – 15:30. Athanasios Passias et al., “Comparative Study of Camera and Sensor-Based Traps for Insect Monitoring Applications”.

15:30 – 16:00.  COFFEE BREAK

16:00 – 17:00.  Tutorial Session, Session Chair: Matias Miguez

Title: “Why Would a Fruit Tree Crop Physiologist Kill to Easily Measure the following?“, Speaker: Luca Corelli Grappadelli

18:00 – 19:00.  WELCOME COCKTAIL

08:30 – 09:15.  SSCS SPECIAL TALK, Session Chair: Alessandro Piovaccari

Title: “Smelling and Imaging Using Terahertz CMOS Circuits and Systems”, Speaker: Kenneth O.

09:15 – 10:30.  Lecture Session, Session Chair: Alfredo Arnaud and Luis Kun

Innovations in Livestock Management and Precision Farming 

• • 09:15 – 09:30. Varinia Cabrera et al., “Research Platform to Study Sheep Behavior”.
  • 09:30- 09:45. Katherine Aro et al., “A Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller for Trajectory Planning of Skid-Steer Mobile Robots in Agricultural Environments”.
  • 09:45 – 10:00. Luca Barbisan et al., “Audio-Based Identification of Queen Bee Presence Inside Beehives”.
  • 10:00 – 10:15. Tim Bell et al., “Efficient Monitoring of Livestock Feed Inventories”.
  • 10:15 – 10:30. Allan Koech et al., “Smart Chicken Farming – Case Study in North Rift Kenya”.

10:30 – 10:45.  COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 12:00.  Lecture Session, Session Chair: Luisa Petti and Zhongyang Cheng

Enhancing Food Chain Integrity with Sensing Technologies

• • 10:45 – 11:00. Agniv Tapadar et al., “High Sensitivity Milk Adulteration Detector Using Fractional Order Colpitts Oscillator”.
  • 11:00 – 11:15. Nicola Dilillo et al., “Investigation on Wireless Communication for Sensors in IoT Cold Chain”.
  • 11:15 – 11:30. Carlos Esquerre et al., “Digitizing Fresh Food Supply Chains to Reduce Loss and Waste”.
  • 11:30 – 11:45. Valerio Galli et al., “Edible Electronics for Sustainable Agrifood: Towards the Integration of Edible Batteries with Sensor Networks”.
  • 11:45 – 12:00. Jui-Ching Wu et al., “Development of Coffee Classification by Feature Selection and Classifier Optimization Based on an Electronic Nose”.

12:00 – 14:00.  LUNCH

14:00 – 15:30.  Lecture Session, Session Chair: Morgan Madec and Paolo Motto Ros

Emerging Technologies for Environmental Sensing and Monitoring

• • 14:00 – 14:15. Federico Cum et al., “Machine Learning Models Comparison for Water Stress Detection Based on Stem Electrical Impedance Measurements”.
  • 14:15 – 14:30. Elia Brentarolli et al., “Mapping Micro-Climate in a Greenhouse Through a context-Aware Recurrent Neural Network”.
  • 14:30 – 14:45. Nasrin Ghadami Vaghalandari et al., “UAV-Based Realtime Communication Architecture for Forest Monitoring Using 5G”.
  • 14:45 – 15:00. Christos Charisis et al., “Mask R-CNN Based Automated Detection of Mushrooms in Natural Environments”.
  • 15:00 – 15:15. Elena Filipescu et al., “Advances in Design and Construction of Leaf Wetness Sensors”.
  • 15:15 – 15:30. Vamsee Krishna Bodasingi et al., “Evaluation of a Low-Cost Soil Moisture and EC Sensor in Different Soil Types”.

15:30 – 16:00.  COFFEE BREAK

16:00 – 17:00.  Keynote Session, Session Chair: Danilo Demarchi

Title: “Repercussions of Science, Technology, and Climate Changes in the Global Village“, Speaker: Luis Kun

20:30 – 23:30.  SOCIAL DINNER. 

The social dinner will be held at the Esperia restaurant located in Corso Moncalieri, 2, 10131 Torino. Shuttle buses will be organized to drive you to the social dinner location. Buses will leave from the conference venue (Politecnico di Torino) at 7:15 pm (19:15).

08:30 – 10:00.  Lecture Session, Session Chair: Jai Narayan Tripathi and Alessandro Sanginario

IoT Innovations for Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Food Production

• • 08:30 – 08:45.  Ankit Mittal et al., “Energy Efficient, Secure and Spectrum Aware Ultra-Low Power Internet-of-Things System Infrastructure for Precision Agriculture”.
  • 08:45 – 09:00. Carlos Muñoz et al., “Participatory Development in Indigenous Rural Schools for Adopting IoT in Agrifood”.
  • 09:00 – 09:15. Alfredo Arnaud et al., “A Model for a Dense LoRaWAN Network in the Agribusiness”.
  • 09:15 – 09:30. Mohamed Riad Sebti et al., “Ochratoxin a Growth Probability Estimation in Wine Production Using AI-Powered IoT Devices”.
  • 09:30 – 09:45. Vasco Fabiani et al., “A OpenThread WSN Prototype for the Monitoring of Crops”.
  • 09:45 – 10:00. Michele Caselli et al., “A Wireless Biosensor for in-Vivo and Real-Time Plant Monitoring for Smart Agriculture”.

10:00 – 10:30.  COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 12:00.  Lecture Session, Session Chair: Marco Carminati and Pisana Placidi

Advancements in Agricultural Water Management and Monitoring

• • 10:30 – 10:45. Mattia Barezzi et al., “Long-Range Low-Power Electronic System for Drip Irrigation in Precision Agriculture”.
  • 10:45 – 11:00. Manuel Gantiva-Osorio et al., “Comparison of Moisture Controllers for Blueberries Based on Hydrodynamic Parameters of the Substrate”.
  • 11:00 – 11:15. Carlos Munoz et al., “Optimal Operation Points for long-Term Partial Nitrification in CSTR for Dairy Wastewater Treatment: a Simulation Study”.
  • 11:15 – 11:30. Sahira Vasquez Baez et al., “Paper-Based Capacitive Sensor for on-Plant Humidity and Transpiration Monitoring”.
  • 11:30 – 11:45. Danilo Carnevale Castillo et al., “Water Leak Monitoring by Means of a Wireless Network of Impedance Sensing Nodes”.
  • 11:45 – 12:00. Anibal Ruiz-Barquero et al., “Evaluation of Atmospheric Harvesting Solar Hydropanels in a Monitored Tropical Environment”.

12:00 – 14:00.  LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00.  IAFE Session I, Session Chair: Danilo Demarchi

Data and AgriFood

• • 14:00 – 14:15. Victor Grimblatt, Synopsys, Chile. “IAFE Introduction: The Impact of Electronics to AgriFood”.
  • 14:15 – 14:30. Luca Bolognini, Aizoon, Italy. “Exploiting the Digital Transformation in the Agrifood Sector”.
  • 14:30 – 14:45. Marcello Coppola, STMicroelectronis, France. “AI in AgriFood Electronics”.
  • 14:45 – 15:00. Roger D. Chamberlain, BECS Technlogies INC., U.S.A. “Security and Privacy Issues in Agricultural Data Sets”.

15:00 – 16:00.  IAFE Session II, Session Chair: Pisana Placidi

Machines, Robots, and Drones for AgriFood

• • 15:00 – 15:15. Rocco Galati, TODOS-Technlogies.com, Israel. “Giving Smell Sense to Agricultural Robots – The new STAR Consortium”.
  • 15:15 – 15:30. Andrea Magnano, G. Magnano, Italy. “Envisioning AgriTech Present & Future: Sensors, Machinery, Data Analytics, and Smart Agriculture Integration for Innovations”.
  • 15:30 – 15:45. Gennaro Monacelli, CNH Industrial, Italy. “Development and Validation of Agricultural Machinery Using Advanced Innovation Tools: Digital Twin and Dynamic ‘Driver in the Loop’ Simulator”.
  • 15:45 – 16:00. Diana Zagarella, Olivair, Italy. “Olivair, Drone for Olive Harvesting”.

16:00 – 16:15.  COFFEE BREAK

16:15 – 17:30.  IAFE Session III, Session Chair: Matias Miguez

IoT Sensors for AgriFood

• • 16:15 – 16:30. Alfredo Arnaud, BQN, Uruguay. “Smart Devices and RFID: Towards an Information System in the Cattle-Yards”.
  • 16:30 – 16:45. Charalampos Patsianotakis, Centaur, Greece. “IoT for Post-Harvest Quality Assurance”.
  • 16:45 – 17:00. Marios Sophocleus, eBos Technologies, Cyprus. “Advancing Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring with Multi-Tech Systems”.
  • 17:00 – 17:15. Soha Sweilam, Zimmer & Peacock, Norway. “Chemical sensors in AgriFood Applications”.
  • 17:15 – 17:30. Nigel Wallbridge, Vivent SA, Switzerland. “Decoding electrical signalling in plants: How information from plants is, and can, transform agriculture”.

17:30 – 18:15.  IAFE Session IV, Session Chair: Victor Grimblatt

Energy-Aware Solutions for AgriFood

• • 17:30 – 17:45. Roberto La Rosa, STMicroelectronics, Italy. “Energy-Autonomous and Maintenance-Free Wireless Systems in AgriFood Electronics: Progress and Importance”.
  • 17:45 – 18:00. Antonio Iacchetti, Ribes Tech srl, Italy. “Printed and Flexible Photovoltaic Films as Harvesting Source for Powering Electronics”.
  • 18:00 – 18:15. Vincenzo Alfieri, Hortobot srl, Italy. “Upgrading a Robot for Multicropping Horticolture with a Smart Energy Management System”.

18:15 – 18:45.  CAFE AWARD CEREMONY and CLOSING REMARKS