[hpc-announce] Call For Papers: First International Workshop on Applications of HPC and AI in Agriculture (HARVEST’25)

[Subramoni, Hari]

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Call For Papers

First International Workshop on
Applications of HPC and AI in Agriculture
(HARVEST’25)

to be held in conjunction with
54th International Conference on Parallel Processing
at The Catamaran Resort Hotel San Diego, CA
on September 8-9, 2025.

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The emergence of modern AI systems powered by high-performance computing (HPC) has revolutionized how we interact with technology, and their combined impact on various science domains like agriculture has yet to be fully explored. Over the past decades, computer scientists, computational scientists, agronomists, and researchers in agriculture have dedicated their efforts towards empowering farmers by ensuring the latest advances in technology are made available to them. However, given the breathtakingly rapid advances, the scientific community is still struggling to see how this can be achieved while benefitting end users. Further, democratizing all this knowledge in combination with AI and HPC presents its own challenges. This workshop aims to bring together researchers and software/hardware designers from academia, industry, and national laboratories who are involved in designing HPC-powered AI-enabled systems for agriculture, and how it can be leveraged to improve efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility for end-users.
The objectives of this workshop will be to share the experiences of the members of this community and to learn the opportunities and challenges in designing HPC-powered AI-enabled systems for agriculture. Through presentations and discussions, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the potential for HPC and AI to revolutionize the field of agriculture and the challenges that need to be overcome. The workshop will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn from experts in the field and explore how HPC and AI can be applied to their specific areas of interest within agriculture. The workshop is designed for researchers, practitioners, and developers who are interested in exploring the benefits HPC and AI can bring to agriculture.


Topics
HARVEST 2025 welcomes original submissions in a range of areas, including but not limited to:

  *   Data analytics and decision-making for agriculture
  *   Application of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for agriculture
  *   Experiences in collecting and curating data large scale data for agriculture
  *   AI applications to field-scale agriculture use cases.
  *   AI solutions enabling smart farm management practices.
  *   Applications multi-modal generative models in enabling and accelerating research in plant science and agriculture.
  *   Experiences and efforts in creating annotated benchmark datasets for ML in agriculture.
Papers should present original research and should provide sufficient background material to make them accessible to the broader community.
Best Paper Award
The workshop will be given to the author(s) of the paper selected by the Technical Program Committee and the Program Chairs. The award will be determined from viewpoints of the technical and scientific merits, impact on the science and engineering of the research work and the clarity of presentation of the research contents in the paper.
Keynote Speaker
Details coming soon!

Invited Speakers
Details coming soon!

Panel Information
Details coming soon!

Paper Submission
Abstracts and papers need to be submitted via the Linklings conference system (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/icpp/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!blWwpzOdWPNEkXhcttTLvqIGmMbeiI4sCwevl5Sg-2s_YrvlyUjWJu3qkD3pVGp4WjJdosAWcz2Ofinb9dX_n0HxaaKy$ ).
After logging in, please select the "Make a New Submission" tab on the top. Click on the “First International Workshop on Applications of HPC and AI in Agriculture (HARVEST)" link among the available options to submit your work.
Submissions should not exceed 8 pages using IEEE conference format with 10pt font. Each submission must be a single PDF file (see https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!blWwpzOdWPNEkXhcttTLvqIGmMbeiI4sCwevl5Sg-2s_YrvlyUjWJu3qkD3pVGp4WjJdosAWcz2Ofinb9dX_n9D-Pxyu$ )
Papers must be submitted in PDF format (readable by Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 and higher) and formatted for 8.5" x 11" (U.S. Letter).
Papers should present original research and should provide sufficient background material to make them accessible to the broader community. It should not be submitted in parallel to any other conference or journal.
Proceedings Information
The workshop proceedings will be published through IEEE and included in the IEEE Xplore digital library.
Each research paper will be taken through a comprehensive peer review process by an internationally recognized group of experts in the field. Papers will be evaluated along the metrics of a) Quality of Presentation; b) Novelty / Originality; c) Relation to State of the Art; d) Technical Strength; e) Significance of Work; f) Relevance to Workshop; and g) Availability and quality of the "Artifact Description Appendix". Every effort will be made to ensure that each paper receives multiple reviews.
At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a participant of the workshop and present the paper at the workshop, in order to have the paper published in the proceedings.
Please contact the Program Chairs for any questions/clarifications
Workshop Registration
We do not have a separate workshop registration. Please register for the workshops on the main conference registration page (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://icpp2025.sdsc.edu/registration__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!blWwpzOdWPNEkXhcttTLvqIGmMbeiI4sCwevl5Sg-2s_YrvlyUjWJu3qkD3pVGp4WjJdosAWcz2Ofinb9dX_nxTmZHj8$ ).
Important Dates
July              15 2025   - Full Paper Submission Deadline
July              28 2025   - Author notification
July              31 2025   - Camera-Ready Paper Submission (Hard Deadline)
September 8-9 2025 – HARVEST Workshop
Kindly note that if you miss the July 31st deadline, your work will not appear in the official proceedings. This is a hard deadline.
HARVEST’25 Workshop Organizers
Hari Subramoni, The Ohio State University
Scott Shearer, The Ohio State University

Program Committee (Confirmed so far)

  *   George Kantor, Carnegie Mellon University

Further Information
See the HARVEST’25 website at https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://icicle-ai.github.io/harvest/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!blWwpzOdWPNEkXhcttTLvqIGmMbeiI4sCwevl5Sg-2s_YrvlyUjWJu3qkD3pVGp4WjJdosAWcz2Ofinb9dX_ny3YGZcK$ 

Thanks,
The HARVEST’25 Organizing Committee.