Ian Stavness is the Director of the Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Center, a Research Chair at the Global Institute for Food Security, and an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to joining USask, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University with the NIH Center for Biomedical Computation. His research involves image analysis, machine learning and computer modelling for biological, biomedical and agricultural applications. His research group is currently focused on the application of deep learning in plant breeding, agronomy, and economic and environmental sustainability in food production.