Technical Sessions

Thursday, September 26

Sensors & Systems in Agritech 1

Session Chair: Danilo Demarchi

Time TitleAuthors

10:00

A Holistic Approach to Grapevine Cultivation with Precision Viticulture

Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi, Iosif-Angelos Fyrigos, Konstantinos Rallis, Karolos-Alexandros Tsakalos, Evangelos Tsipas, Emmanouil Stavroulakis, Ioannis Tompris, Georgios Kleitsiotis, Athanasios Passias, Georgios Sirakoulis

10:15

An IoT Based, Low-Cost, Trunk Frequency Measurement System for Plant Health Monitoring

Mridul Gupta, Arpit Khandelwal, Danilo Demarchi, Jai Narayan Tripathi

10:30

A Portable Device for Ca2+ and K+ Measurements in Grapevine Sap and Berry Juice Based on Flexible and Printed Organic Electrochemical Transistors

Andrea Boni, Luisa Petti, Ilaria De Munari, Valentina Bianchi, Pietro Ibba, Antonio Altana, Giuseppe Ciccone, Michele Caselli, Edoardo Graiani

10:45

Dual-Pin Impedance Probe for Crop Quality Estimation Using the RF Return Loss Method

Temitope Odedeyi

Sensors & Systems in Agritech 1

Session Chair: Victor Mathenge

Time TitleAuthors

11:30

A Modular, Remotely-Controlled, Multi-Parameter Weather Station for Precision Agriculture

Stavros Chrysanthou, Kleanthis Erotokritou, Antri Papasavva, Andreas Karkotis, Marios Sophocleous, Loizos Christofi

 

11:45

A Concentration Separability Indicator (CSI) Feature Selection Method to Enhance Coffee Classification for an Electronic Nose System

Kea-Tiong Tang, Shih-Wen Chiu, Jui-Ching Wu

12:00

Integrated Multifunctional Flexible Sensing System for Soil Nitrate Monitoring

Joseph Andrews, Jingyi Huang, Shuohao Cai, Sharar Muhtasim, Jeneel Kachhadiya, Kuan-Yu Chen

ML & AI in Agriculture

Session Chair: Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi

Time TitleAuthors

12:15

Semantic-Search: A Knowledge-Driven Classification Method for Plant Diseases

Elias Kougianos, Saraju Mohanty, Kiran Kumar Kethineni

12:30

Green Harvesting in Vineyard: A Deep Learning Empowered Methodology Under Low Budget Constraints

Simone Scannapieco, Antonino Parisi, Claudio Tomazzoli

12:45

BioVIEW: Automatic Remote Platform for Biodiversity Evaluation Using Low Cost Electronics

Miquel Roca, Miguel Angel Miranda, Alejandro Morán, Miguel Molina-Rotger, Bartomeu Alorda-Ladaria

ML & AI in Agriculture

Session Chair: Matías Miguez

Time TitleAuthors

14:30

Novel Mask R-CNN Based Mushroom Cluster Tracking in Time-Lapse Images from a Farm Environment

Christos Charisis, Sari Nuwayhid, Dimitrios Argyropoulos

14:45

Multi-Modal Fusion with Machine Learning Integrated Approach for the Investigation of Honey Adulteration

Eugenios Katsanidis, Dafni Dimakopoulou-Papazoglou, Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi, Antonios Morellos

15:00

Deep Transfer Learning for Improved Quality Control in Organic Tomatoes

Christos Tsitsopoulos, Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi

15:15

Preliminary Analysis of Biotic and Abiotic Stress on Tomato Plants Using Impedance Measurements and Time Series Clustering

Federico Cum, Luca Alfarano, Massimo Pugliese, Danilo Demarchi, Umberto Garlando

Energy Management & Computer Vision

Session Chair: Sahira Vasquez Baez

Time TitleAuthors

16:00

Lamp Energy Harvesting and Spectrum Analysis to Reduce Power Consumption in Smart Greenhouses

Stefano Giordano, Davide Adami, Cristian Bua

16:15

Greenhouse Energy Retrofit Investment by the Aid of Dynamic Simulations

Faidra Kotarela, Nick Papanikolaou

16:30

Design Considerations of a GaN-Based Power Distribution Unit for Nanosatellites

Nick Rigogiannis, Ioannis Kanimas, Ioannis Almpanopoulos, Angelos Fragkos, Rafail Apostolidis, Nick Papanikolaou

16:45

Augmenting Cattle Tracking Efficiency Through Monocular Depth Estimation

Lewis Thomas Dickson, Christopher Davison, Craig Michie, Ewan McRobert, Robert Atkinson, Ivan Andonovic, Holly Ferguson, Richard Dewhurst, Roger Briddock, Mark Brooking, Dejan Pavlovic, Oskar Marko, Vladimir Crnojević, Christos Tachtatzis

17:00

Precision Identification System for Sowing Germination Trays

Luis Arturo Soriano Avendaño, Brayan Ortiz Hernandez, Juan Pablo Espejel Flores, Ernesto Roque
Guzman

17:15

Automatic Identification System of Pinewood Quality Level

Luis Arturo Soriano Avendaño, Jaime Rios, Julio De Meza, Luis Hernández, Luis Herrera

Friday, September 27

Irrigation Techniques 

Session Chair: Umberto Garlando

Time TitleAuthors

10:00

Performance Evaluation of Federated Learning Techniques for Predicting Irrigation Water Requirements of Farms

Maria Trocan, Shohreh Ahvar, Parsa Rajabzadeh, Ehsan Ahvar, Dalhatu Muhammed

10:15

Long-Range Bluetooth Low Energy Devices for Smart Greenhouse Irrigation Automation

Daniele Trinchero, Antonio Elia, Giovanni Paolo Colucci, Juan Camilo Mora Zoppi, Fabio Scatozza

10:30

The Challenges of Using Remote Sensing Based Irrigation Recommendation Technology on Smallholder Farms in India

Michale Goldberger, Yosi Shacham-Diamand, Sunderrajan Krishnan, Suneetha Sapur, Meru Dodiya, Pradeep Bhadaliya, Ram Fishman

10:45

Recurrent Neural Networks for Soil Moisture Prediction Leveraging Soil Matric Potential Data

Nicola Dilillo, Antonio Marceddu, Mattia Barezzi, Umberto Garlando, Renato Ferrero

Irrigation Techniques 

Session Chair: Matías Miguez

Time TitleAuthors

11:30

Power Management for a Wireless Solenoid Irrigation Valve

Matías Miguez, Luis Arturo Soriano

11:45

Enabling Variable-Rate Irrigation at District Scale for Open Field Crops

Stefano Caselli, Michele Amoretti, Gabriele Penzotti, Francesco Saccani

Sensors & Systems in Agritech 2

Session Chairs: Danilo Demarchi

Time TitleAuthors

12:00

A Comprehensive Strategy for Tomato Cultivation Utilizing Precision Agriculture Techniques 

Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi, Iosif-Angelos Fyrigos, Konstantinos Rallis, Evangelos Tsipas, Emmanouil Stavroulakis, Athanasios Passias, Ioannis Tompris, Georgios Kleitsiotis, Karolos-Alexandros Tsakalos, Georgios Sirakoulis

12:15

LP-WAN Nodes with Integrated Leaf Wetness Sensors

Elena Filipescu, Giovanni Paolo Colucci, Juan Camilo Mora Zoppi, Daniele Trinchero

Livestock Management

Session Chairs: Paddy French

Time TitleAuthors

12:30

Multimodal Neural Network for Detecting and Classifying Deviations in Poultry Behavior

Garik Markarian, Georgi Kolev, Denis Kolev, Natalia Polushkina

12:45

A Hybrid BLE-LF Tag for Extended-Range Cattle RFID

Juan Sapriza, Natalia Martínez, Matías Miguez, Alfredo Arnaud

Livestock Management

Session Chairs: Alfredo Arnaud

Time TitleAuthors

14:30

An ISO 11784/5 Compliant Analysis for a Mixed-Signal ASIC, for Animal RFID Readers’ Frontends

Alfredo Arnaud, Santiago Pinheiro, Joel Gak, Matías Miguez, Lucio Barbieri

14:45

An AIoT-Based System for Livestock Management to Improve Their Productivity and Well-Being

Victor Mathenge, Mercy Otuko, Collins Bett, Mercy Runo

15:00

Multiphysics Finite Element Investigation of Galvanic Transmission for Dynamic LivestockBased Communication

Jeevan Persad, Megan Mahadeo, Sean Rocke, Aaron Roopnarine

15:15

An Automated Approach for Lameness Detection in Cattle Using Machine Learning and IMU
Sensors

Georgios Tziotzios, Konstantinos Dolaptsis, Antonios Morellos, Dimitrios Kateris, Dionysis Bochtis

Sensors & Systems in Agritech 2

Session Chairs: Victor Mathenge

Time TitleAuthors

15:30

Distinction Between Hydration and Fertigation Events in Plant Tetrapolar Bioimpedance Measurements

Enayetur Rahman, Bojan Nikolic, Michael Powner, Panos Ioakim, Iasonas Triantis

15:45

Sustainable Paper-Based NFC Tag for On-Field Humidity Sensing

Pietro Ibba, Sonia Gomez-Gijon, Yann Houeix, Sahira Vasquez, Francisco J. Romero, Paolo Lugli, Luisa Petti, and Almudena Rivadeneyra Torres

16:00

A Wireless Piezoresistive and Maintenance-Free Smart Bolt for Structural Monitoring in
Agriculture

Roberto La Rosa, Ilenia Tinnirello, Damien Hoareau, Gurvan Jodin, Florence Razan, Abdo-Rahmane Anas Laaraibi, Michael Fontaine, Samuel Margueron, Mario Costanza, Antonino Pagano

16:15

Autonomous and Low-Cost Data Acquisition System for Impedimetric Sensors in Precision Horticulture

Pietro Ibba, Paolo Lugli, Walter Guerra, Elias Holzknecht, Michele Gullino, Ciro Allará, Antonio Altana, Sahira Vasquez, Luisa Petti

Drones in Agriculture

Session Chairs: Paddy French

Time TitleAuthors

17:00

ArgHRI: Mediating Human-Robot Teaming with Automated Argumentation in Agriculture

Ionut Moraru, Andreas Xydis, Zhuoling Huang, Elizabeth Sklar

17:15

Cartesian Robot Design for Automated Spinach Seedling in Crop Beds

Humberto Sebastian, Josué Salvador Domingo, Aarón Jiménez Galicia, Luis Arturo Soriano Avendaño

17:30

Integration and Simulation of Precision Weed Spraying System on Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Mina Mirović, Vladan Filipović, Csaba Petes, Goran Kitić, Damir Krklješ, Slobodan Birgermajer

17:45

Utilisation of Mesh-in-the-Sky and Advanced IoT Sensors in Agriculture

Loizos Christofi, Georgia Pantelide, Andreas Karkotis, Izzat Darwazeh, Temitope Odedeyi, Stavros Chrysanthou, Marios Sophocleous, Georgi Kolev, Garik Markarian

18:00

Automated System for Orchard Layout Planning

Dionysis Bochtis, Dimitrios Kateris, Ioannis Menexes, Vasileios Moysiadis, Gavriela Asiminari

18:15

Optimized Path Planning for UGV Based on Sampling Maps

Dionysis Bochtis, Dimitrios Kateris, Dimitrios Katikaridis, Panagiotis Papazisis, Gavriela Asiminari