BASE: Bridging AI, Systems, and Environment
Advancing AI frontiers through innovative research in agriculture and beyond
Our Research Focus
Computer Vision
Developing advanced techniques for visual data interpretation, including object detection, recognition, and image processing, to enhance automated visual understanding in diverse applications.
Deep Learning
Designing and optimizing state-of-the-art neural network architectures and algorithms to address complex problems across various domains, with a focus on improving performance and scalability.
AI for Agriculture
Applying artificial intelligence to agricultural challenges such as precision livestock management, crop health monitoring, and yield prediction, aiming to improve efficiency and sustainability in agriculture.
Federated Learning
Creating robust federated learning frameworks to handle non-iid data and resource constraints, ensuring effective and secure distributed learning across heterogeneous environments.
Generative Models
Advancing generative model techniques for data augmentation and realistic image synthesis, with a focus on improving the quality and diversity of synthetic data for various applications.
Real-time Systems
Implementing real-time AI solutions to enable immediate and accurate decision-making in critical applications, ensuring timely responses and actions in dynamic and high-stakes environments.
Lab Highlights
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Publications
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Research Projects
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Team Members
19+
Years of Experience
Latest Works and Activities
Poster Presentation at 5th Annual Hemp Cannabis Symposium 2024
Our team presented research on detecting and classifying cannabis seeds using deep learning techniques.
Learn MoreBASE Lab at the Graduate School Fair 2024
PhD students Toqi and Taminul, along with Dr. Khaled, represented the BASE Lab and the School of Computing at the Graduate School Fair 2024 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Learn MorePhD students with supervisor at agricultural field
Our team is using drones to collect research samples from the field.
Learn MoreCollecting data using drone
Our team is using drones to collect research samples from the agricultural field.
Learn MoreConference Presentation at CVPR 2024
Our team presented research on segmenting in vitro methane emissions in cattle using optical gas imaging and deep learning.
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Recent Publications
Detection and Classification of Cannabis Seeds Using RetinaNet and Faster R-CNN
Taminul Islam, Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Khaled R. Ahmed, Naoufal Lakhssassi
Porosity Prediction of 3D Printed Components Using U-Net and Its Variants
Aluri Manoj, Khaled R. Ahmed, Ghada Omar
Gasformer: A Transformer-based Architecture for Segmenting Methane Emissions from Livestock in Optical Gas Imaging
Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Mohamed G Embaby, Khaled R. Ahmed, Amer AbuGhazaleh
Cannabis Seed Variant Detection using Faster R-CNN
Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Taminul Islam, Khaled R. Ahmed
Latest News and Achievements
New Illinois Soybean Center Grant Awarded
August 2024
Awarded a one-year research grant from Illinois Soybean Center for "Smart Farming Soybean: The use of AI to detect and estimate early insect infections in Soybean"
New USDA-NIFA Grant Awarded
October 2023
Awarded a two-year research federal grant from USDA-NIFA for "Detecting Subacute Ruminal Acidosis using a real-time Deep Learning Algorithm"
PhD Student Defense Success
September 2023
PhD student Memari Majid successfully defended his dissertation and will graduate in Fall 2023
Illinois Innovation Network Grant
July 2023
Granted a one-year seed research grant from ILLINOIS INNOVATION NETWORK.
Join Our Lab
Interested in pushing the boundaries of AI? We are always looking for talented individuals to join our team.
PhD Students
Conduct cutting-edge research in AI and Computer Vision.
Masters Students
Gain hands-on experience in advanced AI projects.