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4-Nov-2025

University of Tennessee's Kim receives ACM CCS Distinguished Paper Award

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Grant and Award Announcement

Doowon Kim, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, received a Distinguished Paper Award at The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS).

4-Nov-2025

New crop-weed vision model boosts accuracy and runs on farm robots in real time

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team introduces KDOSS-Net, a new vision framework that not only segments crops and weeds at the pixel level but also predicts vegetation beyond the camera’s current field of view.

Journal

Plant Phenomics

4-Nov-2025

Digital divide narrows but gaps remain for Australians as GenAI use surges

RMIT University
Reports and Proceedings

The Australian Digital Inclusion Index has found almost half of Australians recently used generative AI tools, raising new opportunities and challenges for digital inclusion.

Funder

Australian Research Council, Telstra

4-Nov-2025

AI-powered vision model accurately estimates occluded fruit size in vertical farming systems

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has now developed an advanced computer vision system that precisely measures the size of oriental melons grown in vertical cultivation systems, even when the fruits are heavily obscured by leaves.

Journal

Plant Phenomics

4-Nov-2025

sAI-Powered TM-WSNet boosts precision rubber tree monitoring through 3D point cloud segmentation

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has developed a cutting-edge deep learning framework, TM-WSNet, that dramatically improves the accuracy of rubber tree identification and measurement in dense plantation environments.

Journal

Plant Phenomics

4-Nov-2025

Gene-edited tomato breakthroughs pave the way for vertical farming efficiency

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has combined CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and artificial intelligence to create compact tomato plants optimized for vertical farming in response to the dual challenges of climate change and urbanization.

Journal

Plant Phenomics

4-Nov-2025

Fast, accurate drag predictions could help improve aircraft design

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Surrey have proposed a computational approach that can provide aerodynamic drag data more efficiently during the early stages of aircraft design. It is hoped that AeroMap could help develop safer and more fuel-efficient aircraft.  

Journal

Aerospace Science and Technology