International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Agriculture (SSA'2021)
Tutorial: Mustafa Kishk and Mohamed-Slim Alouini, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Title: Drone-based Solutions for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture
Abstract
Recent advances in the drone industry have benefited multiple sectors such as retail, military, surveillance, and agriculture. In particular, modern agriculture uses drones in various applications such as crop monitoring and collecting data related to crop yields, soil quality, and rainfall results, to name a few. The data can then be used to create accurate maps or provide well-informed solutions. However, the limited flight time of existing drones induces a strict set of constraints on the drone missions during data collection. Hence, it is essential to improve the quality of drone-based agriculture applications by finding smart system architectures that would extend the flight duration of the drones. In this talk, we first discuss various drone-based solutions in the context of modern agriculture. Next, we discuss the main challenges limiting the performance of drone-based solutions. Finally, we discuss a set of solutions that can enhance the drone flight duration with emphasis on (i) tethered drones and (ii) laser-powered drones.
Biographies
Mustafa A. Kishk (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2018. He is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Communication Theory Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. His current research interests include stochastic geometry, energy harvesting wireless networks, UAV-enabled communication systems, and satellite communications.
Mohamed-Slim Alouini was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1998. He served as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota then in the Texas A&M University at Qatar before joining in 2009 the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) where he is now a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Prof. Alouini is a Fellow of the IEEE and of the OSA. He is currently particularly interested in addressing the technical challenges associated with the uneven distribution, access to, and use ofinformation and communication technologies in far-flung, rural, low-density populations, low-income, and/or hard-to-reach areas.