Agro and AI
The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, through ANNAM.AI, has finalized registrations for the 4th International Conference on Agriculture--Centric Computation (ICA 2026), scheduled to be held from November 1 to November 4, 2026, at the IIT Ropar campus in Punjab, India. Organized under the theme "AI Meets Farm – Digital Agriculture for a Sustainable Future", the conference convenes international computer science researchers, agronomists, and agritech leaders to explore breakthroughs in agricultural artificial intelligence. Core program tracks focus on machine learning architectures for precision farming, computer vision in crop diagnostics, edge computing for autonomous field devices, and data--driven agro--ecosystem modeling. Accepted research proceedings will be published in Springer CCIS, highlighting practical algorithmic deployments aimed at optimizing yield resilience and sustainable farm resource allocation.