AI Innovations for Improving the Food Industry

AI is rapidly changing the food industry for the better. From precision agriculture to smart supply chain management, AI has enhanced efficiency and decision-making across food systems. As industry embraces digital transformation, AI emerges as a powerful catalyst for driving smarter, safer, and more sustainable food systems. AI Innovations for Improving the Food Industry explores how AI is pioneering new data analytics technology in the food industry. This book describes the evolution of the food industry through these advancements in AI. Covering topics such as agriculture, inventory optimization, and supply chain, this book is an excellent resource for researchers, academicians, data scientists, AI engineers, food industry professionals, executives, and more.

Author Biography

Pethuru Raj PhD is a chief architect at the Edge AI division of Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd. (JPL) Bangalore. Previously. worked in IBM Global Cloud Centre of Excellence (CoE), Wipro consulting services (WCS), and Robert Bosch Corporate Research (CR). I have gained over 23 years of IT industry experience and 9 years of research experience. Finished the CSIR-sponsored PhD degree at Anna University, Chennai and continued with the UGC-sponsored postdoctoral research in the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. After that, I was granted two international research fellowships (JSPS and JST) to work as a research scientist for 3.5 years in two leading Japanese universities. I am focusing on some of the emerging technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Efficient, Explainable and Edge AI, Prompt Engineering for Large Language Models (LLMs), Blockchain, Digital Twins, Cloud-native and Edge computing, Green and Generative AI, Reliability and Platform Engineering for Agile Software Engineering, 5G/6G, Quantum Computing, etc.Authored and edited more than 55 technology books, published more than 60 research papers, contributed more than 45 book chapters, submitted a couple of international patents, completed a few IT architecture certifications (TOGAF and ITIL), delivered keynote addresses in 25 international confluences, conducted numerous technical sessions across colleges, universities and institutes of eminence in India and abroad, participated as a panel member in IT industry symposiums, written several white papers for the IT companies, where I worked, articulated, built and deployed a few state-of-the-art IT products, solutions and services for the organisations’ growth, etc. conducted more than 10 knowledge sharing sessions for demystifying several cutting-edge technologies and tools to software engineers and architects, etc.Technology Books: https: //peterindia.vercel.app/booksGoogle Scholar: https: //scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=MgMlqAwAAAAJ&hl=en LinkedIn Page: https: //www.linkedin.com/in/sweetypeter/