Increasing farm production and disease prevention by advancing and transferring new artificial intelligence technologies into industrial deployment.

ARC Research Hub

The Hub combines world-leading capabilities in machine vision, machine learning, software quality control, engineering, biology, and farming industries to invent and adopt technologies to build more intelligent systems that can automatically determine what goal to achieve in a dynamic environment and the most efficient plan to achieve it.

The outcomes of this Hub enable higher farming efficiency, lower production costs and disease risks, giving the Australian industry a great advantage in global competition, and creating new business opportunities.

The ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Driving Farming Productivity and Disease Prevention received Australian Government funding of $5 million through the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Program.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is committed to fostering knowledge, raising awareness and implementing sustainable practices to contribute to the preservation of life on land and the achievement of a sustainable and resilient future.

Our team

Chief Investigators

Fellows, Engineers and HDR students

ARC Hub Brochure

Research projects

The research in this hub consists of two themes: Key Technological Research and Key Translational Research.

Project 1. Computer vision and machine learning for object detection and recognition in cluttered environments

Project 2. Big data analytics techniques for video processing and time series analysis

Project 3. System integration and quality control

Project 4. Larvae/seed/billet selection for the early stage of farming activities

Project 5. Crop and animal growing condition monitoring

Project 6. Early detection of disease and pest in production environment

Project 7. Automatic product grading and harvesting

Project 8. Smart decision making for AI system

Outcomes and impact

Media release

Griffith University’s leadership in incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into farming production to automate tasks such as strawberry quality control and larvae counting has been recognised with $5 million in funding from the Australian Government.

Benefits and impact

The projects will develop transformative technologies and apply them to flagship farms, which will significantly increase farming productivity and reshape Australian farm labourers into a higher quality and more productive workforce, giving the Australian aquaculture and agriculture industries a great advantage in global competition. The success of this Hub will enable lower production costs, higher farming efficiency, better sustainable business development, and more effective protection of ecosystem and environment over the current practices of Australian farms.

LATEST NEWS and EVENTS

Winner - 2023 Triple E-Awards - Entrepreneurship and Engagement Excellence in Higher Education

Congratulations to the Hub team on winning the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team of the Year (Rising Star)" award at the recent Triple E Awards in Barcelona (June 2023).  The Triple E Awards are a global recognition of efforts towards the quest for entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education.

ACGR Excellence Awards - Special Commendation

The Australian Council of Graduate Research (ACGR) awarded the Hub CI team a special commendation for Excellence in Industry Engagement in Graduate Research (ACGR Excellence Awards Presentation - May 2022)

Research Excellence Award

Hub Chief Investigators were awarded the Griffith University Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Award for "Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research" in recognition of their work in facilitating on-site research and development opportunities for HDR students, enabling direct engagement with industry.

Official Hub Launch

The ARC Research Hub for Driving Farming Productivity and Disease Prevention was officially opened on Monday, 7 March 2022 by Senator the Honourable Amanda Stoker, Assistant Minister to the Attorney General, Assistant Minister for Women, Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations and Ms Judi Zielke PSM, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council (see full story here).