TUM–NAU SmartAg Seminar 2025
🛰️ TUM–NAU Smart Agriculture Seminar 🌱
We are pleased to announce an international seminar jointly organized by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) on the topic:
Remote Sensing and Data-Driven Methods for Smart Agriculture 🚁🛰️
📅 Date: June 27, 2025
📍 Location: Online & In-person (TUM Dürnast Research Station)
🎯 Focus Topics:
- UAV- and satellite-based monitoring of crop traits
- Machine learning for agricultural decision-making
- Modeling plant-soil interactions for precision farming
This event fosters scientific exchange on the integration of remote sensing technologies and modeling tools to advance crop and soil monitoring, and smart and sustainable farming practices 🚜. Researchers, students, and professionals from both institutions will share their latest work and explore new collaborations.
Stay tuned for more updates and program details!
Organizers: Prof. Qiang Cao, Prof. Kang Yu
Seminar Schedule
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 12:45 | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 13:00 | Dr. A Belwalkar | Evaluating SIF Retrievals from Narrow-Band Aerial Imaging Sensors: Toward Seasonal Monitoring of Leaf Nitrogen Content |
| 13:30 | Ali Mokhtari | Evapotranspiration Modeling Using Optical Satellite Data for Precision Farming |
| 14:00 | Dr. Jiaoyang He | Impact of panicles on growth parameter monitoring and radiative transfer modeling investigating panicle-leaf integrated canopy |
| 14:30 | Dr. Lingwei Dong | Early maize lodging risk prediction based on multi-source data fusion by integrating proximal sensing, crop growth modeling and machine learning |
| —– | 30 min Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 | Yue Li | Optimizing nitrogen management strategies for sustainable wheat production in China |
| 16:00 | Tingxuan Zhuang | Enhancing winter wheat water status diagnosis using allometry of saturated water accumulation and dry mass |
| 16:30 | Ying Yuan | Improving estimation of winter wheat biophysical traits using reflectance-based SIF-sensitive indices and multi-task SVGP model |
| 17:00 | Fei Wu | Modeling Maize Leaf Area in Response to Nitrogen Combining UAV Data and an Optimized Bell-shaped Function |
| 17:30 | Discussion & Close | |
| 18:00 | 🔥 BBQ & Beer 🍺 |
Prof. Dr. Kang Yu
Professor of Precision Agriculture
My research interests include precision crop farming, hyperspectral remote sensing, and AI in agriculture.