6 papers
AI-Driven Controlled Environment Agriculture as Resilient Infrastructure for U.S. Fresh-Produce Supply Chains
Andrii Vakhnovskyi
Climate volatility, regional production concentration, labor constraints, cyber risk, and dependence on long-distance fresh-produce supply chains expose vulnerabilities in U.S. fre…
Dual-Radio BLE-LoRa Hierarchical Mesh for Infrastructure-Free Emergency Communication
Andrii Vakhnovskyi
We present a dual-radio hierarchical mesh architecture for infrastructure-free emergency communication that exploits the complementary strengths of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and L…
VPD-Centric Cascading Control with Neural Network Optimization for Energy-Efficient Climate Management in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Andrii Vakhnovskyi
Conventional climate control in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) uses independent PID loops for temperature and humidity, creating cross-coupling conflicts that waste 20-40…
HierFedCEA: Hierarchical Federated Edge Learning for Privacy-Preserving Climate Control Optimization Across Heterogeneous Controlled Environment Agriculture Facilities
Andrii Vakhnovskyi
Cross-facility knowledge transfer in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) can reduce HVAC energy consumption by 30-38% and accelerate new facility commissioning from months to…
Threat Modeling and Attack Surface Analysis of IoT-Enabled Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems
Andrii Vakhnovskyi
The United States designates Food and Agriculture as one of sixteen critical infrastructure sectors, yet no mandatory cybersecurity requirements exist for agricultural operations a…
IOGRUCloud: A Scalable AI-Driven IoT Platform for Climate Control in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Andrii Vakhnovskyi
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) demands precise, adaptive climate management across distributed infrastructure. This paper presents IOGRUCloud, a scalable three-tier IoT p…