Quantum Computing in Agriculture
Increasing Crop Efficiency with QC: a presentation to the Washington DC Quantum Computing MeetUp in March 2021
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On 26 March 2021 the Washington DC Quantum Computing MeetUp had an interesting discussion on QC and agriculture.
A link to the slides that were shared is below. Thanks Gary Jenkins for sharing.
QC seems relevant in a number of ways in agriculture. One is the planning on how to apply fertilizer — as covered in this presentation; another is the broader topic of reducing the energy requirements to produce fertilizers.
To better understand this role of QC in tackling energy use see the relevant sections in this recent post linking to some BCG analysis about quantum computing and the climate emergency. (Non-member link)
From the MeetUp site
BOLTZ.AI (https://www.boltz.ai/) is a Canadian early-stage precision agriculture startup that unifies big data and enables precise advanced analytics with quantum computing for Ag companies. In this talk, I will present how BOLTZ.AI brings efficiency and sustainability to environmental conscious agriculture organizations. We help farmers track crop health accurately by turning data to actionable prescription with our AI experts and growers’ knowledge.
Biography:
Rie Miura is a Quantum Application Scientist at Boltz.ai. She graduated from Kyoto University and obtained a Master and PhD degree in Astrophysics at the University of Tokyo. She worked as an assistant professor as well as research fellow at the international radio telescope project in Chile and Japan for several years.
After that, she has decided to move into data science and then to explore a new journey into…
