Agriculture Data Science

All areas of agriculture, food, and life science have seen an explosion in data collection, ranging from plant breeders collecting phenotypic information to drones imaging fields to companies accumulating sales information. Professionals in industry, governmental, non-governmental and academics need post-baccalaureate training on how to properly collect, manage and analyze the data and then make appropriate decisions using the data.

Students will be able to take their training in this certificate in many different directions depending on their educational and employment needs. In data mining and predictive modeling, our students look for useful patterns in large data sets that would allow them to understand the past and better predict the future. In artificial intelligence and the related processes of machine learning and deep learning, our students will go several steps further, creating machines and algorithms that not only analyze and understand data, but also take the next logical steps dictated by the data.

This program will combine SAS data management and analysis techniques with computer science and statistical training to allow students to apply the processes of data mining and artificial intelligence to critical agriculture, food and life science issues. This certificate is intended for those students who have completed a BS degree in agriculture, food or life science and need additional training to be able to manage and use data in their fields. This certificate is also intended for those students who have completed a BS degree in computer science, mathematics or statistics and need additional training in how to apply data science techniques to agriculture, food and life science data issues. Students currently enrolled in a graduate program will also be eligible to complete the certificate.