Section VII: Information Systems
The mission of the Section VII is to advance the use of information and communication systems in agriculture.
Members:
Chair: Prof. Antonio Saraiva, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal 61548, Sao Paulo SP 05424-970, Brazil
T.: 55 11 3091 5366
F.: 55 11 3091 5294
E-mail: amsaraiv@usp.br
Vice Chair: Prof. Haruhiko Murase, Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho, Sakai 5999-8531, Japan.
T.: +81 722 54 9429
F.: +81 722 54 9918
E-mail: hmurase@bics.envi.osakafu-u.ac.jp
Secretary: Dr. Stavros G.Vougioukas, Aristotle University, Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, P.O. 275, 54124 Thessaloniki, GREECE
T.: +30 2310998718
F.: +30 2310998729
E-mail: bougis@agro.auth.gr
Members:
Prof. Josse De Baerdemaeker, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department Agro-Engineering and -Economics, Laboratory for Agro Machinery and Processing, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, Kardinaal Mercierlaan, 92, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
T.: +32 16 32 14 45
F.: +32 16 32 19 94
E-mail: josse.debaerdemaeker@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
Dr. Roger Martin-Clouaire, Unité de Biométrie et Intelligence Artificielle, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique INRA, BP 27, 31326 Catanet Tolosan cedex, France.
T.: +33 561 28 52 86
F.: +33 561 28 53 35
E-mail: rmc@toulouse.inra.fr
Prof. Maohua Wang, China Agricultural University (CAU), Key Lab. on Precision Agriculture System Integration Research, #115, CAU, 17 Qinghua, Donglu, Beijing, 100083 , P.R. China
T.: +86-10-82377326
F.: +86-10-82377326
E-mail: wangmh@cau.edu.cn, wangmh@cae.cn
Prof. Kamil Okyay Sindir, Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Machinery, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
T.: +90 232 388 4000 ext.1502
F.: +90 232 342 7642
E-mail: kamil@agr.ege.edu.tr
Prof. Enrique Moltó, IVIA (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias), Ctra. Moncada-Naquera km 5, 46113 Moncada (Valencia), Spain.
T.: +34 961 424 051
F: +34 961 424 001
E-mail: molto@ivia.es
Prof. John F. Reid, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1304 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
T.: +1 217 333 3570
E-mail: j-reid1@uiuc.edu
Prof. Dr. Hermann Auernhammer, Institut für Landtechnik, Technik in Pflanzenbau und Landschaftspflege, Am Staudengarten 2, 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
T.: +49 8161 71- 3442
F.: +49 8161 71- 3895
E-mail:
Hermann@Auernhammer.de
Dr. Vjacheslav Federenko, Rosinformagrotekh, 141261 Moscow Puskinkaya, pos. Pravdinskiy, Forest 60, Russia
T.: (495) 993-44-04
F.:
E-mail: fgnu@rosinformagrotech.ru
Dr. Wilson Esquivel , Universidad de Concepción, Avenida Vicente Méndez 595, .Casilla 537, Chillán, Chile
T.: 011 56 42 208815
F.: 011 56 42 275303
E-mail: wesquive@puc.cl
Prof. Dott. Fabrizio Mazzetto, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Istituto di Ingegneria Agraria, Via Celoria 2, IT-20133 Milano, Italy.
T.: +39 022 36 76 25
F.: +39 022 66 80 322
E-mail: mazzetto@imiucca.csi.unimi.it
Prof. Simon Blackmore, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Agro Technology, Hoejbakkegaards Alle 2, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark.
T.: +45 3528 3592
F.: +45 3528 3574
E-mail: sib@kvl.dk
Dr. Petraq Papajorgji, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Information Technologies Office, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611, USA.
T.: +1 352 8463219
F.: +1 352 3923920
E-mail: Petraq@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Honorary Chairs:
Prof. Yasushi Hashimoto, Member of Science Council of Japan, Member of IFAC-council, 6-4-2-701Chifunemachi, Matsuyama, Ehime, #790-0011, Japan
T.: +81 899 41 4191
F.:
E-mail: yh840@peach.ocn.ne.jp
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Munack, FAL, Institute for Technology and Biosystems Engineering, Bundesallee 50, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
T.: +49 531 5964201
F.: +49 531 5964299
E-mail: axel.munack@fal.de
Prof. Nick Sigrimis, Agricultural University of Athens, Dept. Agricultural Engineering, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece.
T.: +30 1 529 40 36
F.: +30 1 529 40 39
E-mail: n.sigrimis@computer.org
Past Chair:
Prof. Dr. Fedro Zazueta, Director, Office of Academic Technology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117345, Gainesville, FL 32611-7345, USA.
T.: +1 352 3920371
F.: +1 352 3920765
E-mail: fsz@ufl.edu
Activity Plan of Section VII
Activities for 2007 and 2008 fall under the following categories:
1) CIGR Website Redesign. During the 2006 International Meeting in Bonn, the CIGR Presidium appointed a committee to redesign the CIGR website. The intent is to redesign and enhance the current website by adding web-based services that facilitate communication and collaboration amongst members of the society.
2) Online CIT Workshop. In 2007, the Section will sponsor a workshop/symposium conducted completely online. The intent is to make expertise related to ICT available to a wider audience through the use of web-based technologies as well as to develop a working model for this type of online event that can be used by CIGR regularly.
3) Session at the Next International Meeting. The Section will organize one or more sessions related to current developments and non-traditional uses of ICT in agriculture.
4) Collaboration with Other Societies. The section will participate with INFITA in the organization of the 2007 and 2008 World Congresses on Computers in Agriculture to be held in Glasgow and Tsukuba, Japan respectively. In addition, the Section will participate in the organization of sessions at the International meeting of the American Association of Agricultural Engineers and collaborate with the 2005 International ASABE meeting.
Individuals interested in participating in any of the above are welcome.
