The University of Salamanca has launched a small but ambitious programme to finance research and transfer, and it is now yielding its first fruits.

The programme identifies the technology demands in the primary sector and establishes a group of qualified researchers to develop the system, service or product which can solve the needs of the farmer, rancher or association.

This programme is made possible by the financial support of the Provincial Government of Salamanca, which is very involved with the University in the development of initiatives that impact the society. Small grants of approximately 10,000 euros have permitted various groups to conduct research in very specific areas which required a solution. These projects range from improving animal and vegetable species to developing new crops or automated processes.

One of these projects, recently published in Mundo Agrario, is developing a product to mechanise cattle breeding during various phases in order to improve their living conditions, the gestation/birthing processes, sale, etc. The idea is to create new commercial products based on the developments and inventions of researchers at the University of Salamanca, some of which are in the initial stages of market penetration and yet unknown to farmers. We want to develop a computer system in which artificial intelligence, domotics, automation, sensors and information fusion all work together to improve the daily tasks and hard work of the farmers and ranchers. Over the next few months we will see the results of this and other projects.

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.

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