Increasing farm production and disease prevention by advancing and transferring new artificial intelligence technologies into industrial deployment.
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.
Joint venture involving the research community and farming businesses
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
- Professor Yongsheng Gao (Hub Director) Griffith University
- Professor Mohammed Bennamoun The University of Western Australia
- Associate Professor Andrew Busch Griffith University
- Professor Jin-Song Dong Griffith University
- Professor Rebecca Ford Griffith University
- Professor John Grundy Monash University
- Professor Rosanne Guijt Deakin University
- Professor Qin Li Griffith University
- Dr Lingqiao Liu The University of Adelaide
- Professor Simon Lucey The University of Adelaide
- Professor Ajmal Mian The University of Western Australia
- Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen Griffith University
- Dr Changming Sun CSIRO
- Professor Dacheng Tao The University of Sydney
- Professor Jun Zhou Griffith University
Fellows, Engineers and HDR students
- Rudi Bartels
- Dr Gilbert Eaton
- Dr Mousa Hadipour
- Dr Jue Zhang
- Zicheng Pan
- Ugochukwu Akpudo
- Chathurika Amarathunga
- Dong Bao
- Mohsin Challoob
- Xin Chen
- Jonathon Holder
- Mohammad Aminul Islam
- Waqas Arshid
- Favour Ekong
- Md Ismail Hossen
- Yi Liao
- Zekun Long
- Bo Miao
- Mohammed Nikzad
- Emely Peirau
- Jordan Scott
- Joel Dedini
- Stephanie Sun
- Edwin Tenagyei
- Barton Wixted
- Wangzhi Xing
Past Research Fellows
- Dr Alex Yu
- Dr Xiaohan Yu
- Dr Weichuan Zhang
- Dr Nick Nikzad
- Dr Miaohua Zhang
- Dr Dechao Chen
- Dr Sheng Wang
- Dr Zhe Chen (University of Sydney)
- Dr Yangyang Shu (University of Adelaide)
- Yijun Zhang
- David Grevell
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 - 2024 Asia Pacific Triple E-Awards - Entrepreneurship and Engagement Excellence in Higher Education
Congratulations to the Hub team on winning the "Impactful Research Team of the Year" award at the recent Triple E Awards in Malaysia (September 2024). The Impactful Research Team of the Year Award is dedicated to recognizing a group of individuals within a university or academic setting who have collectively made outstanding contributions through their research. This award highlights a team that has demonstrated exceptional collaboration, innovation, and impact in their field of study.
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).