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Meet the SUSTAIN Supervisors

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1103"><u>Robotics and AI to Support Scalable Agronomy (RAISSA)</u></a></p></li>
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Professor Marc Hanheide

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/s1102"><u>Advanced Video Processing to Optimise Feeding of Livestock in Farms</u></a></p></li>
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Professor Paul Murray

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/s1102"><u>Advanced Video Processing to Optimise Feeding of Livestock in Farms</u></a></p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Artificial Intelligence for Satellite Assessment in Grassland Ecosystems (AI-SAGE)</p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Harnessing AI Tools and DNA-based Monitoring to Enhance Arthropod Biodiversity Assessments.&nbsp;</p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Multi-Object Visual Tracking (MOT) of Animals in Agriculture</p></li>
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Professor Christos Tachtatzis

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/q1214"><u>Food Authentication Using Portable Sensors: Addressing Food Fraud and Food Mislabelling</u></a></p></li>
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Professor Louise Manning

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1218"><u>Service Robots Interventions Promoting More Sustainable Buyers’ Choices in Supermarkets</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Dr David McBey

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1101"><u>Intelligent, Energy-efficient De-leafing for the Soft Fruit Industry</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Professor Elizabeth Sklar

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1107"><u>Transparent Carbon Footprint Quantification and Reporting in Agriculture</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Dr Milan Markovic

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1107"><u>Transparent Carbon Footprint Quantification and Reporting in Agriculture</u></a></p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Towards sustainable net-zero farming using machine learning</p></li>
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Dr Matthias Kuhnert

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1109"><u>Nature-based Solutions for Restoration of Degraded Soils in Sub-Saharan Africa</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Professor Anil Fernando

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1106"><u>Machine Learning Crop Breeding in Precision-Controlled Vertical Farming for a Sustainable Future</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Dr Mamatha Thota

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1103"><u>Robotics and AI to Support Scalable Agronomy (RAISSA)</u></a></p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1106"><u>Machine Learning Crop Breeding in Precision-Controlled Vertical Farming for a Sustainable Future</u></a></p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1109"><u>Nature-based Solutions for Restoration of Degraded Soils in Sub-Saharan Africa</u></a></p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Computer Vision and Multimodal Approaches to Automate Flower Bud Detection and Yield Forecasting of Medicinal Cannabis in Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems</p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Exploring the Role of Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Monitoring On-Farm Biodiversity.</p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Clear and sound: combining image analysis and bioacoustics to link pollinators traffic with fruit set and harvest.</p></li>
</ul>

Professor Georgios Leontidis

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary & Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/s1102"><u>Advanced Video Processing to Optimise Feeding of Livestock in Farms</u></a></p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Machine Learning and Bayesian Modelling Approaches for Big Data in Beef Agriculture &amp; Food Production</p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Using Machine Learning and AI Approaches to Determine the Origins of Post-Weaning Diarrhoea and Antimicrobial Resistance in Piglets</p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Multi-Object Visual Tracking (MOT) of Animals in Agriculture</p></li>
</ul>

Professor Ilias Kyriazakis

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/q1214"><u>Food Authentication Using Portable Sensors: Addressing Food Fraud and Food Mislabelling</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Professor Hui Wang

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1218"><u>Service Robots Interventions Promoting More Sustainable Buyers’ Choices in Supermarkets</u></a></p></li>
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Dr Francesco Del Duchetto

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1218"><u>Service Robots Interventions Promoting More Sustainable Buyers’ Choices in Supermarkets</u></a></p></li>
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Dr Leonardo Guevara

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1101"><u>Intelligent, Energy-efficient De-leafing for the Soft Fruit Industry</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Professor Greg Keeffe

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1107"><u>Transparent Carbon Footprint Quantification and Reporting in Agriculture</u></a></p></li>
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Dr Paul Williams

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1109"><u>Nature-based Solutions for Restoration of Degraded Soils in Sub-Saharan Africa</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Professor Jo Smith

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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  <li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1106"><u>Machine Learning Crop Breeding in Precision-Controlled Vertical Farming for a Sustainable Future</u></a></p></li>
  <li><p class="font_8">Computer Vision and Multimodal Approaches to Automate Flower Bud Detection and Yield Forecasting of Medicinal Cannabis in Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems</p></li>
</ul>

Dr Aiden Durrant

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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