David Hughes
2018-11-13 19:22:58 UTC
Hi all
I am a scientist at Penn State University and the United Nations Food and
Agricultural Organisation. I work to help poor farmers in Africa and
elsewhere grow more food by combatting pests and diseases. There are two
ways we do this: an Android app that runs TensorFlow object detection
offline inside the food without a web connection (see here
The other way is through an
Open Access library on content called PlantVillage with a QA forum. This
platform is 6 years old and had around 8 million visitors with around
80-100k new month. https://plantvillage.psu.edu/ The platform is RoR
All of this is a public good, aimed at helping poor farmers who typically
earn a few dollars/day. I am spending a lot of money on developers (in
India) and I raise money with grant writing etc. I am having issues around
quality and cannot afford the necessary QA.
I was wondering if I open sourced the site would your community be
interested in helping? We work directly with farmers and through the United
Nations. It really can be a very impactful project
My goal is an AI-driven platform that is the number 1 resource in the world
for smallholder farmers around the world. All ad free and without haresting
their data to sell
I would love to hear your views on whether open sourcing would be a good
idea and would people join in?
Thanks
David
David Hughes
Dept Entomology & Biology,
Penn State
https://sites.psu.edu/hugheslab/
https://plantvillage.psu.edu/
***@psu.edu
@zombieantguy, @plantvillage
814 863 6073 (Office)
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2018-2019, UN FAO Fellow, Rome and visiting professor at La Sapienza, Rome
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I am a scientist at Penn State University and the United Nations Food and
Agricultural Organisation. I work to help poor farmers in Africa and
elsewhere grow more food by combatting pests and diseases. There are two
ways we do this: an Android app that runs TensorFlow object detection
offline inside the food without a web connection (see here
The other way is through an
Open Access library on content called PlantVillage with a QA forum. This
platform is 6 years old and had around 8 million visitors with around
80-100k new month. https://plantvillage.psu.edu/ The platform is RoR
All of this is a public good, aimed at helping poor farmers who typically
earn a few dollars/day. I am spending a lot of money on developers (in
India) and I raise money with grant writing etc. I am having issues around
quality and cannot afford the necessary QA.
I was wondering if I open sourced the site would your community be
interested in helping? We work directly with farmers and through the United
Nations. It really can be a very impactful project
My goal is an AI-driven platform that is the number 1 resource in the world
for smallholder farmers around the world. All ad free and without haresting
their data to sell
I would love to hear your views on whether open sourcing would be a good
idea and would people join in?
Thanks
David
David Hughes
Dept Entomology & Biology,
Penn State
https://sites.psu.edu/hugheslab/
https://plantvillage.psu.edu/
***@psu.edu
@zombieantguy, @plantvillage
814 863 6073 (Office)
âŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ..
2018-2019, UN FAO Fellow, Rome and visiting professor at La Sapienza, Rome
âŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ..
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