About ID3A
Creating a Digital Agriculture Community
An interdisciplinary approach to digital agriculture and advanced analytics requires strengthening faculty connections across programs, initiatives, colleges and the university at large. This approach is anchored by our board of directors, who lead the institute and foster collaboration by partnering with faculty investigators and working strategically across the K-State community to identify funding for larger, coordinated efforts.
Participation from five colleges, two campuses and our statewide K-State Research and Extension network
Our team of affiliated faculty members who come together to support this initiative come from:
- The College of Agriculture
- The College of Arts and Sciences
- The College of Education
- The Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
- The Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus
- K-State Research and Extension
Overall participation resulted from university-wide input sessions that brought together all interested parties to identify advanced and complicated challenges in digital agriculture.
"Engineering and computer science play a pivotal role in the interdisciplinary research required to create new technologies that address current and future challenges the agricultural industry faces to meet the demands of a growing society. The ID3A group is spearheading this innovation, and we are active in our support for this initiative because of the potential it has to further integrate the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering into one of the most important pieces of the Kansas economy in agriculture."
- Matt O'Keefe, Dean, Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
“In the not-so-distant past, digitally based decision-making may have been viewed as helpful, but optional. However, today, and looking to the future for both crop and livestock systems, digital agriculture and advanced analytics will increasingly become essential in all aspects of agricultural production. Thus, a comprehensive, modern and ever-evolving curriculum must be provided to our students to ensure they have the tools needed to be successful agricultural leaders following graduation.”
- Ernie Minton, Eldon Gideon Dean, College of Agriculture and Director, K-State Research and Extension
“Data is the currency of today’s global economy. Collecting the right data and then knowing how to use it to increase the efficiency of your operation or to develop sound policy is key to prospering in highly competitive environments. Research and courses in the College of Arts and Sciences can help current and future agricultural practitioners and industries optimally choose and use the data they collect to successfully compete in these environments while also keeping their operations sustainable.”
- Chris Culbertson, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences