FarmBeats: AI, Edge & IoT for Agriculture
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In the news | Microsoft News
Farming’s most important crop may be the knowledge harvested by drones and the intelligent edge
A new partnership between Microsoft and leading drone maker DJI builds on the work both companies are doing with data and agriculture that could make it easier and more affordable for farmers to quickly get the information they need to…
AI for the Developing World with Dr. Ranveer Chandra
Episode 18, April 4, 2018 – Dr. Chandra talks about how his research may eventually make your wi-fi signal stronger and your battery life longer, but also shares the story of how spending childhood summers with his grandparents in rural…
Brokering Peace Talks in the Networking and Storage Arms Race with Dr. Anirudh Badam
Episode 15, March 7, 2018 – Dr. Badam discusses the historic trade-offs between volatile and non-volatile memory, shares how software-defined batteries are changing the power-supply landscape, talks about how his research is aiming for the trifecta of speed, cost and…
In the news | AI Business
Data Farming: Building Precision Agriculture With AI, IIoT, and Microsoft FarmBeats
Chandra believes that the FarmBeats system is a unique showcase for how IoT and AI can be used in a challenging scenario to solve some of the worldâs hardest problems.
Awards | Geospacial World Forum
Ranveer Chandra earns 2018 Geospatial World Excellence Award for FarmBeats
Ranveer Chandra received a 2018 Geospatial World Excellence Award at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India, for the FarmBeats AI & IoT Agriculture project. The forum is the world’s largest annual gathering of the geospatial community – people who build and use technologies…
In the news | Financial Express
Change the way you live: From AI for farming to HAMS, check transformative technologies from Microsoft
Microsoft India, on Thursday, showcased a wide of range of products that use company’s cloud-based artificial intelligence, cognitive services and the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies that can change the way citizens, enterprises and governments engage in healthcare services, agricultural…
In the news | The Globe and Mail
Soil sensors, drones and data analytics are the new tools for farmers
Agriculture experts say the majority of farmers are now waking up to the value that technology and data can unlock.
NSF Big Data Innovation Hubs collaboration — looking back after one year
By Vani Mandava, Director, Data Science Significant technical advancements in cloud computing have led to lower infrastructure costs, making possible big storage and big computing. Big data technology, though, requires cross-discipline research within and beyond non-computing domains. This is where…
Awards | Dynamic Spectrum Alliance
Award for Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation presented to Ranveer Chandra
The Award for Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation was presented to Ranveer Chandra, Principal Researcher at Microsoft for his work helping small farms increase their production and move from sustenance to production using the cloud and dynamic spectrum access.