Division: Special Sessions

Title: Symposium--Computing and Big Data in Agriculture

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: Soil & Water Management & Conservation, C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology, Biometry and Statistical Computing
Community Cosponsor: Precision Agriculture Systems Community, Agroclimatology and Agronomic Modeling Community
Format: Oral Symposium
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Session Description: Cloud computing technology (CCT) is changing communication and technology implementation in our society.  Agriculture generally lags in its adoption, purportedly due to the greater communication challenges in field environments, the generally smaller-scale size of ag businesses, and the overall more conservative attitudes in the agricultural industry and research communities.  However, CCT and Big Data analysis is now rapidly entering the industry out of necessity to examine relationships among agricultural variables.  These variables range from field data collected across industry and university sponsored regional studies that represent numerous locations to genetic traits for various crops.  These new technologies and data analysis approaches offer increased opportunities for more efficient and environmentally compatible production practices.  This also requires the successful development of enabling industries, which is now occurring. 

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