Ce Yang

Assistant Professor

207 Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
1390 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
ceyang@umn.edu
+1 612 626 6419

Education

B.S. 2007 China Agricultural University Electrical Engineering
M.S. 2009 China Agricultural University Agricultural Electrification and Automation
M.S. 2014 University of Florida Computer Engineering
Ph.D. 2013 University of Florida Agricultural and Biological Engineering
photo of Ce Yang

People

Research

My research areas span precision agriculture, remote sensing, machine vision, spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging, machine learning and pattern recognition, big data in agriculture.

Teaching

  • SOIL 4111: Introduction to Precision Agriculture (Spring 2015)

Select Publications

  • Ce Yang, Won Suk Lee, and Paul Gader. “Hyperspectral band selection for detecting different blueberry fruit maturity stages.” Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.08.009
  • Ce Yang, Won Suk Lee, and Jeffrey G. Williamson. "Classification of blueberry fruit and leaves based on spectral signatures." Biosystems Engineering 2012,113(4): 351-362.
  • Ruijiao Zhao, Minzan Li, Ce Yang, Wei Yang, and Hong Sun. “The canopy and leaf spectral characteristics and nutrition diagnosis of tomato in greenhouse.” Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi. 2010, 30(11): 3103-6.
  • Ce Yang, Won Suk Lee, Paul Gader, and Han Li. “Hyperspectral band selection using Kullback-Leibler divergence for blueberry fruit detection.” Proceedings IEEE WHISPERS 2013.
  • Ce Yang, Won Suk Lee, and Paul Gader. “Band selection of hyperspectral images for the detection of blueberry fruit with different growth stages.” International conference of American Association of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE), 2013. Paper Number: 1593276.
  • Anurag R. Katti, Won Suk Lee, and Ce Yang. 2013. Laser weeding system for elimination of in-row weeds. In Proceedings of the 5th Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture (ACPA), June 25-28, 2013, Jeju, Korea.
  • Ce Yang and Won Suk Lee. “Blueberry fruit detection by Bayesian classifier and support vector machine based on visible to near-infrared multispectral imaging.” International conference of ASABE, 2012. Paper Number: 12-1338433.
  • Ce Yang and Won Suk Lee. “Spectral signature of blueberry fruit and leaves.” International conference of ASABE, 2011. Paper Number: 1110582.