Yvette Everingham

yvette.everingham@jcu.edu.au
Professor, Promotional Chair

Projects

0

Publications

52

Awards

3

Biography

Yvette is a specialist in multi-model data fusion who is dedicated to (i) identifying strategies that will deliver better student learning outcomes in STEM education, and (ii) researching agtech solutions to help agricultural industries increase profits with a smaller environmental footprint under challenging climates.

Currently, Yvette holds positions as Director of AgTAC (Agriculture, Technology and Adoption Centre) and Professor in Data Science at James Cook University.

Previous positions include Climate Impacts Scientist (CSIRO), Associate Dean Graduate Research Studies (JCU), Focus Area Chair for Agricultural Weather and Climate Services (World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva) and Associate Editor for the Journal of Agronomy for Sustainable Development.

Teaching

Research Advisor Accreditation

Advisor Type

Mentor

Current JCU Research Students

Development of a Smart irrigation system using IOT and Remote Sensing integrated with Machine Learning Algorithms to improve water efficiency in Agriculture

Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering and Related Technologies)

Searching for Pulsating Stars in the Gap Between the SPB and d Scuti Domains Through Machine Learning and Data Mining Techniques

Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)

Merging Rain Gauge and Weather Radar Data to Produce Rainfall Grids in Australia

Master of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)

Enhancing Explainability in Large Language Models through Attention Visualization and Rule-Based Explanation.

Doctorate by Research - time-based

Completed JCU Research Students

The non-invasive assessment of avocado maturity and quality

Doctorate by Research - time-based- 2018

Statistical data mining algorithms for optimising analysis of spectroscopic data from on-line NIR mill systems

Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2020

Benthic irradiance in the Great Barrier Reef: model, spatiotemporal patterns, and index of water quality

Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2022

Harnessing seasonal GCM forecasts for crop yield forecasting through multivariate forecast post-processing methods

Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2019

Activities

Associations

Standing Committee for Agricultural Services in the World Meteorological Organisation to review and update standards on drought and agrometeorological services across agricultural value chains including fisheries.

2020

Expert Team Leader, World Meteorological Organisation (Weather and Climate Extremes and Agricultural Industry Needs)

2015

Invited speaker to address the 12th African-Caribbean-Pacific Island Ministerial Conference on Climate Resilience of Sugarcane Production Systems.

2011

Associate Editor: Agonomy for Sustainable Development

2010 - 2022

World Meteorological Focus Area Chair for ‘Weather and Climate Services for Agriculture'.

2018 - 2019

Delivered the Last Lecture for James Cook University

2014

Awards

Office for Learning and Teaching Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning.

2014

JCU Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning.

2014

Sugar Research and Development Award for outstanding research contributions to the Australian sugar industry.

2008

Output

Hybrid Transformer Network for Soil Moisture Estimation in Precision Irrigation

2024

Madhukumar, Neethu; Wang, Eric; Everingham, Yvette; Xiang, Wei (2024) 'Hybrid Transformer Network fo. IEEE Access, 12 :48898-48909. [DOI] ...