Minneapolis, MN
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Dr. Deng Cao received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from West Virginia University in 2013. He also
have two master degrees in Statistics and Physics, both from West Virginia University.
Dr. Cao currently serves as an associate professor of Computer Science at Central State University. His
research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Biometrics.
His research has been supported by US Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, and US
Air Force Research Laboratory.
Dr. Marcus Nagle received a Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Hohenheim. He also earned a Master of Science in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management. Dr. Nagle is currently a Research Assistant Professor of Horticulture at Central State University. His research interests include horticulture, postharvest technology, agricultural engineering, and nondestructive sensors.
Joshua Jolly is currently a rising senior at Central State University studying Computer Science. He is an international student from The Bahamas. His research Interest include Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Funded by an 1890 Land Grant Evans-Allen research program and two USDA Capacity Building Grants, we have been introducing Artificial Intelligence and its modern applications to the undergraduate students in a minority institute for the past few years. This year, students are encouraged to use a cloud computing tool, i.e.Google Colab, to develop Deep Learning structures such as custom Convolutional Neural Networks. With Google’s free cloud services such as Linux hosted platform with GPU/TPU support and pre-installed libraries, undergraduate students with minimum Machine Learning background are able to learn, test, and customize neural networks in their browsers with their Google accounts. In particular, two undergraduate research tasks are discussed in detail. One is to distinguish sweet corn (Zea mays L. var. rugosa Bonaf.) in its vegetative stages from field weeds. The other is to classify 10 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) genotypes. The students’ achievement using the Google Colab compared to using local machine are also discussed and reported in this work.
Cao, D., & Nagle, M., & Lowell, C., & jolly, J., & Dhillon, R., & Morris, A. (2022, August), Cloud Computing Based Plant Classifiers and Their Real- Life Research Applications Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40890
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