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Posted July 22, 2025
Last modified November 13, 2025

Control and Optimization Seminar Questions or comments?

Javad Velni, Clemson University
Optimal Supplemental Lighting in Controlled Environment Agriculture: Data-driven and Model-based Perspectives

This seminar presents one aspect of my lab’s research focused on developing optimal supplemental lighting control strategies using LED lamps in controlled environment agriculture. The work aims to minimize electricity costs associated with supplemental lighting by integrating model-based optimization techniques with advanced machine learning methods, such as deep neural networks and Markov chains, used to predict uncertain environmental variables. Several scenarios are explored, ranging from a baseline optimal lighting approach for a single crop to more complex settings involving large-scale greenhouses with multiple crops and spatial light distribution considerations. Experimental results from a research greenhouse, where an Internet of Agricultural Things (IoAT) system was developed to grow lettuce, are presented and discussed. The seminar concludes with a roadmap highlighting several emerging research directions inspired by these findings.

Posted August 18, 2025

Control and Optimization Seminar Questions or comments?

Zequn Zheng, Louisiana State University
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Posted November 22, 2025
Last modified November 23, 2025

Control and Optimization Seminar Questions or comments?

Henk van Waarde, University of Groningen IEEE L-CSS Outstanding Paper and SIAM SIAG/CST Prize Awardee
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