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Project partners: Technical University Vienna, Karslplatz 13, 1040 Wien, Austria.
Contact person: Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. Thomas Neubauer;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Wien, Austria.
Contact person: Dipl. -lng. agr. Dr. med. vet. Michael Iwersen;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Staff: Wagentristl Helmut, Project Staff; Neugschwandtner Reinhard, Project Staff; Bauer Alexander, Project Staff; Kaul Hans-Peter, Project Staff; Gronauer Andreas, Project Staff; Supper Georg, Project Staff (bis 02.11.2022); Barta Norbert, Project Staff; Britz Roland, Project Staff; Kitzler Florian, Project Staff; Motsch Viktoria, Project Staff; Fölser Martin, Project Staff

BOKU Research Units: Experimental Farm Großenzersdorf; Institute of Agricultural Engineering; Institute of Agronomy; Vice Rector for Research and Innovation

Funded by: Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Minoritenplatz 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria

Abstract: Digitization in agriculture is already proceeding at a rapid pace: more and more autonomous machines are being developed and used, machine learning algorithms are being used for isolated tasks, data from sensors are being collected and remote sensing is helping in decision-making. In many cases, this digitization process is strongly driven by international companies.
The aim of this project is to build up a future-oriented experimental infrastructure within the framework of Digital Experimental Farms as "Digital Twins" in order to establish research and teaching on an international level and to develop solutions that can be used as
reference for the partner universities and subsequent use by other university institutions.

Keywords: Cultivation of land; Agricultural engineering; Plant cultivation; Field forage growing; Animal husbandry; Sustainable agriculture;; Digital Twin; Agriculture 4.0;