Biography

Prof. Bayu Taruna Widjaja Putra is a Professor in Precision Agriculture at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Jember, Indonesia. He graduated from AE Study Program at Jember University.  He awarded Master of Engineering (M.Eng) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand in 2013 and 2017, respectively.

Since 2017 Prof. Bayu Taruna Widjaja Putra was entrusted with becoming the Information Technology Division of Indonesian Society of Agricultural Engineering (PERTETA). In 2022, He appointed as a Country representative of International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPAG). He also a member of several Professional Affiliations, namely The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). His managerial experiences in Higher Education Institution are including the Head of Laboratory of Precision Agriculture and Geoinformatics, and since 2020, he has appointed as Head of the Technical Service Unit of Information and Communication Technology, University of Jember

He works on the application of precision agriculture technologies such as Remote Sensing, GIS, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Deep Learning on commercial farms. 

Smallholder Farmers as Agents of Change: Adapting Technology to Reach the Last Mile