Neural Networks: An application in the Agricultural Domain
Artificial intelligence (AI), genetic algorithms (GAs), fuzzy rules (FR) are modernizing agriculture, contributing to solving global issues such as food security, food waste, digitalization and automation of processes and climate change management. By integrating Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, drones, satellite imagery and predictive analytics, traditional agriculture is becoming a high-performance, real-time data-driven industry capable of meeting modern societal needs. These technologies enable precise monitoring of soil, crops and livestock in real time, optimizing irrigation, fertilization and pest control transforming traditional decisions into data-driven processes. Automation through robots and autonomous machinery reduces operational costs and resource consumption (water, pesticides), reducing environmental impact. For countries with innovation potential, the adoption of these systems is essential to reduce the gaps in the European agricultural sector. Ultimately, AI does not replace the farmer or engineer but rather enhances his analytical and decision-making capacity, becoming an essential factor in building an efficient, resilient and sustainable agriculture and in modelling and optimization of different processes from the food engineering. This lecture starts by explaining the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture and in food engineering processes and how AI transforms traditional agriculture into a science based on accurate, sustainable and predictive data. Then continues with the basics regarding AI, GAs and AI-specific applications of monitoring and control from food safety. A key focus is the digitalization of the white wine fermentation process, where intelligent systems (integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms) can automatically monitor and control status variables. GAs are used for training weights of the neural network to increase prediction accuracy. A software application that controls white wine fermentation is presented.
Lecture at NEMO2026
Date/Time: Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 09:30