Facai Purdue

Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence (FACAI) lab at Purdue FNR has two parallel foci. The ecological focus (FACAI-ECO) is supervised by Prof. Jingjing Liang, and the economic focus (FACAI-ECON) is supervised by Prof. Mo Zhou. FACAI employs the paradigm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) encompassing different state-of-the-art machine learning and statistical methods to study global, regional, and local forest resource management and biodiversity conservation. It focuses on path-defining research that has a positive impact on local people, firms, communities, and ecosystems. The FACAI team is the founding and supporting team of Science-i, a transparent and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) web platform for international research collaboration. FACAI's research findings are published on international journals Science, Nature, and PNAS, and it is a Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative (GFBI) continental center of research, education, and public outreach for North America, a strong advocate for international collaboration.