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ICICLE: Food Supply Networks and AI – A Four Part Webinar Series * WEBINAR II *

March 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Direct Link: https://cias.wisc.edu/news/food-supply-networks-and-ai-a-four-webinar-series/ 

                                                                                            

Webinar 2: “Open knowledge on the U.S. food systems to support decision-making” with Dr. Deniz Berfin Karakoc, Arizona State University

 Abstract: Agricultural and food systems are vital for feeding humanity. Along these complex systems, flow of the perishable goods between the supply and demand locations is facilitated by multi-modal transportation infrastructure. While safeguarding the flow of agri-food commodities against a set of unforeseen threats such as pandemics, socio-political disputes, economic crises, and extreme weather events is paramount, it is also a challenging goal. In this talk, I will propose interdisciplinary approaches to generate fine resolution food flow information. I will further discuss network science and optimization techniques to assess resilience, efficiency, and sustainability characteristics of the U.S. food systems. In particular, I will present three frameworks to (i) estimate the temporal agri-food flows between the U.S counties, (ii) identify the logistics hubs within the U.S. agri-food supply chains, and (iii) assess the agri-food specific load on the U.S. highways, railways, and waterways. These efforts can guide policy- and decision-making regarding food security.

Bio: Deniz Berfin Karakoc is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University. She holds a Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a specialization area in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems. Her research focuses on developing interdisciplinary frameworks to model agri-food systems across spatial scales and enhance their resilience, sustainability, and equity characteristics. During her studies, she was awarded the 2019 Best Thesis Award from the University of Oklahoma and the 2023-2024 Dissertation Completion Fellowship from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was also part of the 2023 CEE Rising Stars cohort at MIT. Her recent publications have been featured in Nature Food, Environmental Research Letters, and Environmental Science & Technology.

 

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