Agricultural Systems Technology degree programme officially launched
UCD launch new Agricultural Systems Technology degree programme at Harvesting Knowledge: Big Data in Agriculture and Food Conference
The School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin launched an exciting new undergraduate degree programme entitled Agricultural Systems Technology at the Harvesting Knowledge: Big Data in Agriculture and Food symposium at the UCD O’Brien Centre for Science today Tuesday 13th December.
The new four year honours degree programme is aimed at students who wish to build their knowledge and skills-base to address the complexities of developing, deploying and managing technology for the agriculture and food sector. With a focus on design, numeracy and technology, students will be committed and engaged with food production and processing, and specifically with technology to enhance efficiency, sustainability and reliability. Technologies of interest range from computer systems, networks, data management and sensors through machinery systems to precision agriculture.
Ms Sarah Faherty O'Donnell, PhD student, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, conducting proximal measurement of leaf area index to predict crop yields
Commenting on the Agricultural Systems Technology programme, Professor Alexander Evans, UCD Dean of Agriculture said “Agriculture and Food industries need more innovation and Big Data and new technologies offer enormous potential to improve efficiency and to create new opportunities. UCD is delighted to introduce this innovative new programme which will develop graduates with the necessary skills and competencies to inform complex decision making, planning and strategy formulation.”
More than 250 delegates interested in finding out how predictive data analytics are impacting agriculture and food industries in Ireland and beyond attended the Harvesting Knowledge: Big Data in Agriculture and Food sympiosum which featured high profile speakers including Professor Mark Keane, Principal Investigator, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin, Mr Charles G Sheridan, Director, Internet of Things, Systems Research Lab at Intel Corp, Mr Robert Walker, CEO Keenan, Prof Richard Tiffin, Chief Scientific Officer, Agrimetrics Ltd and Professor Maarten Nieuwenhuis, Professor of Forestry, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.
Pictured at the Harvesting Knowledge: Big Data in Agriculture and Food symposium were Professor Alex Evans, Dean of Agriculture, UCD; Professor Orla Feely, Vice President for for Research, Innovation and Impact, UCD; Professor David MacHugh, Associate Dean for Research, Innovation and Impact, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science and Professor Mark Keane, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, UCD.
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