2026-01-28 AI and data science

We are kicking the new year off with a set of talks on AI and data science. more details will be added soon.

Speakers and talks

1. TBD, Lightning talk
2. Sulaiman Ahmed, ML Engineer, Gardin:

• Solving Agriculture with Technology: Making plant growth measurable
• Modern agriculture faces a fundamental challenge: limited resources and increasingly expensive energy. Growers are under pressure to produce more food using less water, less power, and fewer inputs, all while maintaining high yield and standard quality over time. In this short presentation, I'm going to explore how measuring a few metrics effectively from the glasshouse can help address this challenge. I will also present some of the basic concepts in plant growth, some of the challenges that face growers, and how we solve them using data-driven methods.

1. Dr. David Kane, Data Engineer

• The State of AI
• A timely review on the state of AI, from capex spend to AI benchmarks and the-end-of-linear-scaling?