Systems & AI Lab

The Ohio State University

Advancing machine learning, distributed systems, and intelligent computation for real-world impact.

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2026 · Conferences & Workshops

Tracking Phenological Status and Ecological Interactions in a Hawaiian Cloud Forest Understory using Low-Cost Camera Traps and Visual Foundation Models

Luke Meyers, Anirudh Potlapally, Yuyan Chen, Mike Long, Tanya Berger-Wolf, Hari Subramoni, Remi Megret, Daniel Rubenstein

Workshop on Camera Traps, AI and Ecology

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2026 · M.S. Theses

Semi-Automated Large-Scale Dataset Annotation using a Few-Shot Object Detection Pipeline

Brijesh Nanda Brunda Yogananda

The Ohio State University

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2026 · M.S. Theses

Quality-Stratified Low-Rank Adaptation for Fine-Tuning Large Language Models on Private Document Collections

Pratham Sharma

The Ohio State University

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2026 · M.S. Theses

ProbFuse: A Domain-Decomposed Multi-Kernel Gaussian Process for County-Level Agricultural Risk Assessment and Conservation Policy Evaluation in the Maumee River Basin

Khushboo Mundada

The Ohio State University

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2025 · Journal

Cyberinfrastructure for machine learning applications in agriculture: experiences, analysis, and vision

L Waltz, S Katari, C Hong, A Anup, J Colbert, A Potlapally, T Dill, C Porter, J Engle, C Stewart, H Subramoni

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence 7, 1496066

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SAI Lab Brings End-to-End Agricultural AI Workflows to Farm Science Review 2026

SAI Lab brings precision spot spraying, Smart Labeler, Intelligent Edge Management Service (IEMS), and Ask the Farm to Farm Science Review 2026, connecting field data collection, AI, high-performance computing, and agricultural decision support.

SAI Lab Showcases ICICLE-Enabled Agricultural AI at AgWireless’26 and the Farm Progress Show

SAI Lab Showcases ICICLE-Enabled Agricultural AI at AgWireless’26 and the Farm Progress Show; Brijesh Nanda B Y receives Best Poster Award for the No-Code Workflow Studio; the SAI Lab team engages farmers, researchers, and industry partners on practical AI and edge-computing challenges in agriculture.

SAI Lab Undergraduates Advance to Round 2 of AISEHack 2.0

Ohio State undergraduates Amrithaa Ashok Kumar, Aarush Katta, and Maanav Jajodia advanced to Round 2 of AISEHack 2.0 in the Remote Sensing and Yield Prediction track.

SAI Lab and ICICLE Participate in An Evening of Inquiry at Columbus School for Girls

Faculty and students from the SAI Lab attended An Evening of Inquiry at the Columbus School for Girls on April 28, 2026, celebrating student-led research and K–12 engagement in AI.

SAI Lab Students Present Research at CSE Graduate Visit Day

SAI Lab graduate researchers Satyaki Roy Chowdhury and Aswathnarayanan Radhakrishnan presented posters on satellite bathymetry and geospatial AI at CSE Graduate Visit Day.

SAI Lab Student Presents Research at IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)

SAI Lab graduate researcher, Satyaki Roy Chowdhury, presented posters on satellite bathymetry at WACV.

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ICICLE Mentors High School Students for the Presidential AI Challenge

ICICLE researchers mentored high school students participating in the Presidential AI Challenge, guiding teams through problem formulation, ethical AI considerations, and solution development.

SAI Lab and ICICLE Showcase AI-Enabled Agriculture Tools at Farm Science Review 2025

Members of the SAI Lab team, part of the NSF ICICLE AI Institute, demonstrated AI-enabled digital agriculture tools at Farm Science Review 2025, highlighting practical HPC and AI workflows for on-farm decision-making.

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