"Opportunities and Needs in AI and CI for Direct Market Farming and Farmers Markets" - Alfonso Morales, University of Wisconsin Extension

10:30 am - 11:30 am
E213 Westgate Building

Alfonso Morales, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Chair of the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, and State Food Systems/Marketplaces Specialist, UW-Extension, will deliver a talk as part of CSRAI's AI for Social Impact Seminar Series.

"Opportunities and Needs in AI and CI for Direct Market Farming and Farmers Markets"

In this talk, Morales will describe the farm2facts.org software and its uses in direct market farming. He will illustrate 1) how cyber-infrastructure connections can amplify the decision support aspects of the software by incorporating GIS, and 2) how AI/ML can contribute to understanding eco-system services and how farmers market managers and farmers can use that information in marketing, and 3) concerns about protecting PADI (privacy, accountability, and data integrity).

About the Speaker

Alfonso Morales is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Chair, of the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture and State Food Systems/Marketplaces Specialist, UW-Extension. He is principal investigator or co-investigator of $60 million in grants and contracts, most recently the NSF funded ICICLE.AI AI institute and a USDA Climate Smart award to Rodale Incorporated. His publications are found in the top journals of five disciplinary associations, include six books, and the co-creation of farm2facts.org. 

About the AI for Social Impact Seminar Series

The AI for Social Impact Seminar Series brings together researchers and thought leaders from a variety of fields to explore the diverse applications of artificial intelligence for a societal benefit. Through the series, the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence aims to inspire new ideas and collaborations and to identify novel approaches that can advance discovery in the field at Penn State and beyond. All events in the series are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Penn State students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty with an interest in socially responsible AI applications are encouraged to attend.