PhD Student · South China Agricultural University

Yingdong Qin

PhD Student · Doctoral Researcher

College of Electronic Engineering (College of Artificial Intelligence), South China Agricultural University — and the National Center for International Collaboration Research on Precision Agricultural Aviation Pesticide Spraying Technology (NPAAC), Guangzhou, China.

Yingdong Qin

About

Hi, I'm Yingdong Qin.

I am a PhD student at the College of Electronic Engineering (College of Artificial Intelligence), South China Agricultural University, and a doctoral researcher at the National Center for International Collaboration Research on Precision Agricultural Aviation Pesticide Spraying Technology (NPAAC).

My research sits at the intersection of precision agricultural aviation, electronic nose (E-nose) sensing, and machine learning. I work on unmanned aerial spraying systems (UASS) and intelligent sensing technologies for smart agriculture and Agri-IoT — from optimizing droplet deposition and drift control to building data-driven detection models for food quality and crop protection.

Beyond research, I am an active student leader: I serve as Co-Chair of the Guangzhou Students' Federation and was formerly Co-Chair (Research Affairs) of the SCAU Graduate Student Union, where I founded and presided over the university's 1st Graduate Academic Conference, which drew over 1,000 participants and more than 800 conference submissions. I am also one of the Technological Innovation Spokespersons of Guangzhou TV Station.

Recognized as a Beijing Outstanding Graduate and a recipient of the First-Class Doctoral Scholarship, I have earned nearly 20 honors and hold memberships in the China Association of Agricultural Science Societies (Smart Agriculture) and IEEE Agricultural Robotics and Automation.

Electronic Nose

UAV / UASS

Machine Learning

Agri-IoT

Research Interests

What I work on

Applying sensing, robotics, and learning to make agriculture more precise and sustainable.

Electronic Nose

Gas-sensor arrays and pattern recognition for rapid, non-destructive detection of food freshness and quality.

Precision Agricultural Aviation

Unmanned aerial spraying systems (UASS): droplet-size control, deposition quality, and drift-risk optimization.

Machine Learning

Data-fusion models, time-series prediction, and zero-shot large models for detection and quantification.

Agri-IoT

Smart monitoring systems (e.g., NB-IoT) and portable spectroscopy for connected, data-driven agriculture.

Education

Academic background

Experience

Research positions

Publications

Selected publications

Full list on ORCID and Scopus.

2026

Application of Zero-Shot Large Models for Fruit Object Detection in Smart Agriculture

INMATEH: Agricultural Engineering

2026

Optimization of spraying quality and drift risk in unmanned aerial spraying systems (UASS) based on multi-gradient droplet size control

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

2025

Field Evaluation of Different Unmanned Aerial Spraying Systems Applied to Control Panonychus citri in Mountainous Citrus Orchards

Agriculture (MDPI)

2025

Time series model for predicting the disturbance of lychee canopy by wind field in unmanned aerial spraying system

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

2024

Automated detection of stale beef from electronic nose data

Food Science & Nutrition

2024

Rapid detection of adulterated lamb meat using near infrared and electronic nose: A F1-score-MRE data fusion approach

Food Chemistry

2024

Using a Portable Visible-Near Infrared Spectrometer and Machine Learning to Distinguish and Quantify Mold Contamination in Wheat

Smart Agriculture

2023

Development of electronic nose for detection of micro-mechanical damages in strawberries

Frontiers in Nutrition

2023

Real-Time Monitoring System for Rabbit House Environment Based on NB-IoT Network

Smart Agriculture

2023

A method and device for detecting the occurrence time of mechanical damage in strawberries

China National Intellectual Property Administration · Patent

Peer Review

Journal reviewer

I serve as a peer reviewer for the following journals.

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Smart Agricultural Technology
npj Science of Food
Food Control
Food and Bioprocess Technology
Food Analytical Methods
Neural Processing Letters
Scientific Reports
Sensing and Imaging
Signal, Image and Video Processing

Contact

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Laboratory NPAAC · SCAU
Location Guangzhou, Guangdong, China