Algorithmic Agriculture and the GRAMA project
Abstract:
We, at the Game Theory Lab in the Department of CSA, IISc, are currently engaged in designing and
implementing a bouquet of algorithms for addressing a few important problems in digital agriculture
in the Indian context. This project, which we call the GRAMA project, includes: crop price
prediction; crop recommendation; crop planning; procurement of agricultural inputs; and markets for
selling agricultural produce. These projects are supported by NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development) and BEL (Bharat Electronics Limited). The talk will try to bring out the
excitement and challenge in designing creative algorithms that make rigorous use of math and
computing tools (for example deep learning and game theory) which can be deployed in social good
applications such as agriculture.
Speaker Bio
Y. Narahari is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore. The common thread in his current research is to apply game theory, mechanism
design, and artificial intelligence techniques to research problems at the interface of computer
science, economics, and social good applications. He has authored a book on Game Theory and
Mechanism Design (IISc Press and World Scientific). One of his recent interests is to explore the
applications of game theory and artificial intelligence to digital agriculture, especially in the
Indian context. More details at: https://gtl.csa.iisc.ac.in/hari/