Jami'ar California, Davis, an ba da kyautar dala miliyan 20 a matsayin wani ɓangare na haɗin gwiwar cibiyoyi da yawa don kafa sabuwar cibiyar da aka mayar da hankali kan ba da damar tsarin abinci na zamani na gaba ta hanyar haɗin kai na fasaha na wucin gadi, ko AI.
Kyautar wani bangare ne na babban jarin da aka sanar a watan Agusta 26 ta Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Kasa, ko NSF, tare da haɗin gwiwar hukumomin tarayya da yawa - rarraba jimlar $ 140 miliyan don tallafawa cibiyoyin bincike guda bakwai na AI na kyauta a duk faɗin ƙasar.
Cibiyar AI don Tsarin Abinci na Gaba na gaba, ko AIFS, yana da niyyar biyan buƙatu masu girma a cikin wadatar abinci ta hanyar haɓaka haɓaka ta amfani da AI da bioinformatics waɗanda ke mamaye tsarin gaba ɗaya - daga girma amfanin gona ta hanyar amfani. Wannan ya haɗa da inganta halayen shuka don amfanin amfanin gona, ingancin amfanin gona da juriya na cututtuka ta hanyar ci gaban kiwo na ƙwayoyin cuta, ban da rage yawan amfani da albarkatu da sharar gida ta hanyar haɓaka takamaiman aikace-aikacen AI na aikin gona, dandamali na ganowa, da injiniyoyin mutum-mutumi. Shirin ƙungiyar ya kuma yi niyyar amfanar masu amfani da su ta hanyar haɓaka amincin abinci da haɓaka sabbin kayan aikin don samar da kima na ainihin lokacin abincin da zai iya jagorantar yanke shawara na kiwon lafiya.
"Tsarin abinci ya cika don rushewa, tare da ci gaba da yawa a cikin shekaru goma da suka wuce yana ba da damar yin canji," in ji Ilias Tagkopoulos, farfesa a Sashen Kimiyyar Kwamfuta na UC Davis da Cibiyar Genome, kuma darektan sabuwar cibiyar. "AI za ta yi aiki a matsayin fasaha mai ba da damar da nama mai haɗin kai wanda ke haɗa waɗannan abubuwan kuma yana haifar da wannan canji zuwa tsarin abinci mafi aminci, mafi inganci da ingantaccen abinci ga tsara mai zuwa."
Sauran manyan masu binciken daga UC Davis sun hada da Nitin Nitin, farfesa a Sashen Nazarin Halittu da Aikin Noma; Mason Earles, mataimakin farfesa a Sashen Viticulture da Enology; da Xin Liu, farfesa a Sashen Kimiyyar Kwamfuta.
An tsara cibiyar don zama mai haɗa kai, haɓaka haɗin gwiwa don haɓaka hanyoyin buɗe tushen AI a cikin tsarin abinci. Idan aka yi la’akari da muhimmiyar rawar da abinci ke takawa a cikin lafiyar ɗan adam da walwala, tare da tasirinsa mai nisa kan tattalin arzikin ƙasa da muhalli, cibiyar za ta tattara sama da masu bincike 40 daga cibiyoyi shida: UC Davis; UC Berkeley; Jami'ar Cornell; Jami'ar Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Sashen noma da albarkatun kasa na UC; da Sashen Binciken Aikin Noma na Amurka.
Baya ga manufofin kimiyya da fasaha, sharuɗɗan cibiyar sun haɗa da mai da hankali sosai kan ilimi, wayar da kan jama'a da haɗin gwiwa.
"Nasararmu ba kawai za ta zo ne daga ci gaba da sabbin fasahohi da tsarin ba, har ma da shirye-shiryen ma'aikata, da jama'a da haɗin gwiwa tare da abokan masana'antu don magance ƙalubale na gaske," in ji Gabriel Youtsey, babban jami'in kirkire-kirkire a UC ANR.
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Shirin cibiyar ya haɗa da shirye-shirye na musamman don ilimin K-16, horon koleji da abokan tarayya, haɓaka manhaja, faɗaɗa sa hannu da bambance-bambance, haɗin gwiwar kamfanoni, da canja wurin ilimi. Wadannan shirye-shiryen za a karfafa su ta hanyar amfani da hanyoyin da ake da su kamar UC Davis' Innovation Institute for Food and Health, CITRIS Banatao Institute da UC ANR's Verde Innovation Network for Entrepreneurship, ko VINE. Ana shirin ƙarin ƙoƙari daidai da kiran NSF don tabbatar da cewa tsarin AI yana da tsaro, aminci, da'a da adalci ta hanyar ƙira, lissafi da bayyana gaskiya.
Ƙaddamar da shawarwarin don lambar yabo ta hanyar Sashen Bincike na Tsare-tsare da Dabarun Dabaru na Ofishin Bincike a UC Davis. An sanya cibiyar a matsayin Shirin Bincike na Musamman a ƙarƙashin kulawar Ofishin Bincike.
Prasant Mohapatra, mataimakin shugabar bincike a UC Davis ya ce "Kamar yadda yake da yawancin manyan kalubalen duniyarmu, tunkarar muhimman bukatu a cikin wadatar abincinmu na bukatar hadin gwiwa sosai tsakanin kwararru daga bangarori daban-daban." "Tarin gwaninta da aka taru don wannan sabuwar cibiyar yana kawo fata da yawa don samun ci gaban canji."
Cibiyar Abinci da Aikin Noma ta Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka ce ke ba da tallafin cibiyar a matsayin wani babban shiri da Gidauniyar Kimiya ta Amurka ke jagoranta na kafa sabbin cibiyoyin leken asiri na wucin gadi don hanzarta bincike, fadada ma'aikatan Amurka da sauya al'umma a cikin shekarun da suka gabata. zuwa. Cibiyoyin NSF AI za su yi aiki tare da masana'antu da gwamnati don ci gaba da iyakokin AI da kuma nau'o'in ilimin kimiyya da aikin injiniya da kuma sassan al'umma da ke cin gajiyar fasahar AI.
Gane muhimmiyar rawar AI, NSF tana saka hannun jari a cikin haɗin gwiwar bincike da cibiyoyin ilimi, kamar Cibiyar USDA-NIFA AI don Tsarin Tsarin Abinci na gaba wanda aka kafa a UC Davis, wanda zai haɗu da masana kimiyya, masana'antu, da gwamnati don gano manyan bincike. da kuma haɓaka sabbin damar haɓaka ƙwararrun Amurka don shekaru masu zuwa, ”in ji Daraktan NSF Sethuraman Panchanathan. "Kamar yadda kafin saka hannun jarin NSF ya ba da damar ci gaban da ya haifar da juyin juya halin AI na yau, lambobin yabo da ake ba da sanarwar a yau za su haifar da ganowa da sabbin abubuwa waɗanda za su ci gaba da dorewar shugabancin Amurka da gasa a cikin AI shekaru da yawa masu zuwa."
Ilias Tagkopoulos, farfesa a cikin UC Davis Sashen Kimiyyar Kwamfuta da Cibiyar Genome, kuma darektan sabuwar cibiyar, hagu, wth masanin bincike Navneet Rai a 2016. Hoto: UC Davis College of Engineering