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Ioannis Athanasiadis

Professor and Chair of Artificial Intelligence
Wageningen University & Research

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    2025

  1. H. Baja, M. G. J. Kallenberg, H. N. C. Berghuijs, I. N. Athanasiadis, Adaptive fertilizer management for optimizing nitrogen use efficiency with constrained reinforcement learning, Computers and electronics in agriculture, 237:110554, 2025, Elsevier BV Paper DOI
  2. R. Knapen, A. de Wit, E. Buyukkaya, P. Petrou, D. Paudel, S. Janssen, I. Athanasiadis, Efficient and scalable crop growth simulations using standard big data and distributed computing technologies, Computers and electronics in agriculture, 236:110392, 2025, Elsevier BV Paper DOI
  3. D. Marcos, R. van de Vlasakker, I. N. Athanasiadis, P. Bonnet, H. Goeau, A. Joly, W. D. Kissling, C. Leblanc, A. S. J. van Proosdij, K. P. Panousis, Fully automatic extraction of morphological traits from the Web: utopia or reality?, Applications in Plant Sciences, 5:1-12, 2025 Paper Open Access DOI
  4. L.-B. Sweet, I. N. Athanasiadis, R. van Bree, A. Castellano, P. Martre, D. Paudel, A. C. Ruane, J. Zscheischler, Transdisciplinary coordination is essential for advancing agricultural modeling with machine learning, One Earth, 8:101233, 2025, Elsevier BV Paper Open Access DOI
  5. J. Han, L. Shi, Q. Yang, J. Yu, I. N. Athanasiadis, Knowledge-guided machine learning with multivariate sparse data for crop growth modelling, Field Crops Research, 328:109912, 2025, Elsevier BV Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  6. I. Tsoumas, V. Sitokonstantinou, G. Giannarakis, E. Lampiri, C. Athanassiou, G. Camps-Valls, C. Kontoes, I. Athanasiadis, Leveraging causality and explainability in digital agriculture, Environmental Data Science, 4:e23, 2025, Cambridge University Press Paper Open Access DOI
  7. K. J. Bagstad, S. Balbi, G. Adamo, I. N. Athanasiadis, F. Affinito, S. Willcock, A. Magrach, K. Hayashi, Z. V. Harmáčková, A. Niamir, B. Smets, M. Buchhorn, E. G. Drakou, A. Alfieri, B. Edens, L. G. Morales, Á. Vári, M.-J. Sanz, F. Villa, Interoperability for ecosystem service assessments: Why, how, who, and for whom?, Ecosystem services, 72:101705, 2025, Elsevier BV Paper Open Access DOI
  8. M. Radulović, M. Markovic, S. Brdar, I. Athanasiadis, G. Mimić, The first geospatial dataset of irrigated fields (2020–2024) in Vojvodina (Serbia), Scientific data, 12:105, 2025 Paper Open Access DOI
  9. R. van Bree, D. Marcos, I. Athanasiadis, Hybrid phenology modeling for predicting temperature effects on tree dormancy, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 37:28458-28466, 2025 Paper Open Access DOI
  10. H. Baja, M. Kallenberg, I. N. Athanasiadis, To measure or not: A cost-sensitive, selective measuring environment for agricultural management decisions with reinforcement learning, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 39:27831-27840, 2025

    11. 2024

  11. J. P. L. F. Brêda, L. A. Melsen, I. Athanasiadis, Al. Van Dijk, V. A. Siqueira, A. Verhoef, Y. Zeng, M. van der Ploeg, Predictor importance for hydrological fluxes of global hydrological and land surface models, Water Resources Research, 60 (9):e2023WR036418, 2024 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  12. C. Pylianidis, M. G.J. Kallenberg, I. N. Athanasiadis, Domain adaptation with transfer learning for pasture digital twins, Environmental Data Science, 3:e8, 2024 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link

    13. 2023

  13. O. G. Younis, M. Turchetta, D. A. Suarez, S. Yates, B. Studer, I. N. Athanasiadis, A. Krause, J. M. Buhmann, L. Corinzia, ChromaX: a fast and scalable breeding program simulator, Bioinformatics, 39 (12):btad691, 2023 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  14. C. A. Midingoyi, C. Pradal, A. Enders, D. Fumagalli, P. Lecharpentier, H. Raynal, M. Donatelli, D. Fanchini, I. N. Athanasiadis, C. Porter, G. Hoogenboom, F.A.A. Oliveira, D. Holzworth, P. Martre, Crop modeling frameworks interoperability through bidirectional source code transformation, Environmental Modelling & Software, 168:105790, 2023 Paper DOI Code Open Access Link
  15. D. Paudel, D. Marcos, A. de Wit, H. Boogaard, I.N. Athanasiadis, A weakly supervised framework for high-resolution crop yield forecasts, Environmental Research Letters, 18:094062, 2023 Paper Open Access DOI Data Open Access DOI
  16. S.J.Wright, A. Sietsma, S. Korswagen, I. N. Athanasiadis, R. Biesbroek, How do countries frame climate change? A global comparison of adaptation and mitigation in UNFCCC National Communications, Regional Environmental Change, 23:129, 2023 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  17. M. Radulovic, S. Brdar, B. Pejak, P. Lugonja, I. Athanasiadis, N. Pajevic, D. Pavic, V. Crnojevic, Machine learning-based detection of irrigation in Vojvodina (Serbia) using Sentinel-2 data, GIScience and Remote Sensing, 60:2262010, 2023 Paper Open Access DOI
  18. H.R. Maier, S. Galelli, S. Razavi, A. Castelletti, A. Rizzoli, I. N Athanasiadis, M. Sànchez-Marrè, M. Acutis, W. Wu, G.B. Humphrey, Exploding the myths: An introduction to artificial neural networks for prediction and forecasting, Environmental Modelling & Software, 167:105776, 2023 Paper Open Access DOI
  19. E.A. Papoutsoglou, I. N. Athanasiadis, R.G.F. Visser, R. Finkers, The benefits and struggles of FAIR data: the case of reusing plant phenotyping data, Scientific data, 10:457, 2023 Paper Open Access DOI
  20. M.G. Kallenberg, H. Overweg, R. van Bree, I.N. Athanasiadis, Nitrogen management with reinforcement learning and crop growth models, Environmental Data Science, 2:e34, 2023, Cambridge University Press Paper Open Access DOI
  21. D. Paudel, A. de Wit, H. Boogaard, D. Marcos, S. Osinga, I.N. Athanasiadis, Interpretability of deep learning models for crop yield forecasting, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 206:107663, 2023 Paper Open Access DOI
  22. H.-H. Wang, G. van Voorn, W. E. Grant, F. Zare, C. Giupponi, P. Steinmann, B. Mueller, S. Elsawah, H. van Delden, I.N. Athanasiadis, Z. Sun, W. Jager, J.C. Little, A.J. Jakeman, Scale decisions and good practices in socio-environmental systems modelling: guidance and documentation during problem scoping and model formulation, Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 5:18563, 2023 Paper Open Access DOI

    23. 2022

  23. D. Schokker, M. Poppe. J. ten Napel, I.N. Athanasiadis, C. Kamphuis, R.F. Veerkamp, Rapid turnover of sensor data to genetic evaluation for dairy cows in the cloud, Journal of Diary Science, 105 (12):9792-9798, 2022 Paper Open Access DOI
  24. B. Maestrini, G. Mimic, P.A.J. van Oort, K. Jindo, S. Brdar, I. N.Athanasiadis, F. K. van Evert, Mixing process-based and data-driven approaches in yield prediction, European Journal of Agronomy, 139:126569, 2022 Paper Open Access DOI
  25. N. Grujic, S. Brdar, S. Osinga, G. J. Hofstede, I. N. Athanasiadis, M. Pljakic, N. Obrenovic, M. Govedarica, V. Crnojevic, Combining telecom data with heterogeneous data sources for traffic and emission assessments - an agent-based approach, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11 (7):366, 2022 Paper Open Access DOI
  26. C. Pylianidis, V. Snow, H. Overweg, S. Osinga, J. Kean, I. N. Athanasiadis, Simulation-assisted machine learning for operational digital twins, Environmental Modelling & Software, 148:105274, 2022 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  27. D. Paudel, H. Boogaard, A. de Wit, M. van der Velde, M. Claverie, L. Nisini, S. Janssen, S. Osinga, I. N. Athanasiadis, Machine learning for regional crop yield forecasting in Europe, Field Crops Research, 276:108377, 2022 Paper Open Access DOI Data Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  28. R. Biesbroek, S. J. Wright, S. Korswagen Eguren, A. Bonotto, I. N. Athanasiadis, Policy attention to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: a global assessment of National Communications (1994–2019), Climate Policy, 222022 Paper Open Access DOI
  29. S. Osinga, D.Paudel, S. A. Mouzakitis, I. N. Athanasiadis, Big data in agriculture: Between opportunity and solution, Agricultural Systems, 195:103298, 2022 Paper Open Access DOI

    30. 2021

  30. M. Scowen, I.N. Athanasiadis, J.M. Bullock, F. Eigenbrod, S.Willcock, The current and future uses of machine learning in ecosystem service research, Science of The Total Environment, 799:149263, 2021 Paper Open Access DOI
  31. M. van der Voort, D. Jensen, C. Kamphuis, I. N. Athanasiadis, A. De Vries, H.Hogeveen, Invited review: Toward a common language in data-driven mastitis detection research, Journal of Diary Science, 104 (10):10449-10461, 2021 Paper Open Access DOI
  32. R. Dolan, J. M. Bullock, J. P. G. Jones, I. N. Athanasiadis, J. Martinez-Lopez, S. Willcock, The flows of nature to people, and of people to nature: applying movement concepts to ecosystem services, Land, 10 (6):576, 2021 Paper Open Access DOI
  33. C. A. Midingoyi, C. Pradal, A. Enders, D. Fumagalli, H. Raynal, M. Donatelli, I. N. Athanasiadis, C. Porter, G. Hoogenboom, D. Holzworth, F. Garcia, P. Thorburn, P.Martre, Crop2ML: An open-source multi-language modeling framework for the exchange and reuse of crop model components, Environmental Modelling & Software, 142:105055, 2021 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  34. C.Pylianidis, S. Osinga, I. N. Athanasiadis, Introducing digital twins to agriculture, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 184:105942, 2021 Paper Open Access DOI
  35. D.Paudel, H. Boogaard, A. de Wit, S.Janssen, S. Osinga, C. Pylianidis, I. N.Athanasiadis, Machine learning for large-scale crop yield forecasting, Agricultural Systems, 187:103016, 2021 Paper Open Access DOI Data Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link

    36. 2020

  36. S. Gummadi, M.D.M. Kadiyala, K.P.C. Rao, I. Athanasiadis, R. Mulwa, M. Kilavi, G. Legesse, T. Amede, Simulating adaptation strategies to offset potential impacts of climate variability and change on maize yields in Embu County, Kenya, PLOS One, 15 (11):e0241147, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI Data Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  37. C.A. Midingoyi, C. Pradal, I.N. Athanasiadis, M. Donatelli, A. Enders, D. Fumagalli, F. Garcia, D. Holzworth, G. Hoogenboom, C. Porter, H. Raynal, P. Thorburn, P. Martre, Reuse of process-based models: automatic transformation into many programming languages and simulation platforms, in silico Plants, 2 (1):diaa007, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  38. E.M.M. van der Heide, C. Kamphuis, R.F. Veerkamp, I. N. Athanasiadis, G.Azzopardi, M.L. van Pelt, B.J. Ducro, Improving predictive performance on survival in dairy cattle using an ensemble learning approach, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 177:105675, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI
  39. C. Salma, B.Tekinerdogan, I. N. Athanasiadis, Software architectures for big data: a systematic literature review, Big Data Analytics, 5:5, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI
  40. R. Biesbroek, S. Badloe, I. N. Athanasiadis, Machine learning for research on climate change adaptation policy integration: an exploratory UK case study, Regional Environmental Change, 20:85, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI Data Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  41. D. Schokker, I. N. Athanasiadis, B. Visser, R. F. Veerkamp, C. Kamphuis, Storing, combining and analysing turkey experimental data in the Big Data era, Animal, 14 (11):2397-2403, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI Data Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link
  42. E. A. Papoutsoglou, D. Faria, D. Arend, E. Arnaud, I. N. Athanasiadis, I. Chaves, F. Coppens, G. Cornut, B.V. Costa, H. Cwiek-Kupczynska, B.V. Droesbeke, R. Finkers, K. Gruden, A. Junker, G.J. King, P. Krajewski, M. Lange, M.A. Laporte, C. Michotey, M. Oppermann, R. Ostler, H. Poorter, R. Ramirez-Gonzalez, Z. Ramsak, J.C. Reif, P. Rocca-Serra, S.A. Sansone, U. Scholz, F. Tardieu, C. Uauy, B. Usadel, R. G.F. Visser, S. Weise, P.J. Kersey, C.M. Miguel, A.F. Adam-Blondon, C. Pommier, Enabling reusability of plant phenomic datasets with MIAPPE 1.1, New Phytologist, 227 (1):260-273, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI
  43. G. Motta, B. Tekinerdogan, I. N. Athanasiadis, Blockchain applications in the agrifood domain: the first wave, Frontiers in Blockchain, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI
  44. A. Samourkasidis, I. N. Athanasiadis, A semantic approach for timeseries data fusion, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 169:105171, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link Download statistics
  45. S. Elsawah, T. Filatova, A. J. Jakeman, A. J. Kettner, M. L. Zellner, I. N. Athanasiadis, S. H. Hamilton, R. L. Axtell, D. G. Brown, J. M. Gilligan, M. A. Janssen, D. T. Robinson, J. Rozenberg, I. I. T. Ullah, S. J. Lade, Eight grand challenges in socio-environmental systems modeling, Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 2:16226, 2020 Paper Open Access DOI

    46. 2019

  46. A. Samourkasidis, E. Papoutsoglou, I. N. Athanasiadis, A template framework for environmental timeseries data acquisition, Environmental Modelling and Software, 117:237-249, 2019 Paper Open Access DOI Code Open Access Link Download statistics
  47. E.M.M. van der Heide, R.F. Veerkamp, M.L. van Pelt, C. Kamphuis, I. N. Athanasiadis, B.J. Ducro, Comparing regression, naive Bayes, and random forest methods in the prediction of individual survival to second lactation in Holstein cattle, Journal of Diary Science, 102:9409–9421, 2019 Paper Open Access DOI
  48. J. Martínez-López, K. J. Bagstad, S. Balbi, A. Magrach, B. Voigt, I. N. Athanasiadis, M. Pascual, S. Willcock, F. Villa, Towards globally customizable ecosystem service models, Science of the Total Environment, 650:2325-2336, 2019 Paper Open Access DOI

    49. 2018

  49. B. Kolosz, I. N. Athanasiadis, G. Cadisch, T. Dawson, C. Giupponi, M. Honzák, J. M. Lopez, A. Marvuglia, V. Mojtahed, K. B. Z. Ogutu, H. van Delden, F. Villa, S. Balbi, Conceptual advancement of socio-ecological modelling of ecosystem services for re-evaluating Brownfield land, Ecosystem Services, 33:29-39, 2018 Paper DOI
  50. K. Gibert, J. S. Horsburgh, I. N. Athanasiadis, G. Holmes, Environmental Data Science, Environmental Modelling and Software, 106:4-12, 2018 Paper DOI
  51. S. Willcock, J. Martínez-López, D. A. Hooftman, K. J. Bagstad, S. Balbi, A. Marzo, C. Prato, S. Sciandrello, G. Signorello, B. Voigt, F. Villa, J. M. Bullock, I. N. Athanasiadis, Machine Learning for Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Services, 33:165-174, 2018 Paper Open Access DOI
  52. D. Kremmydas, I. N. Athanasiadis, S. Rozakis, A review of Agent Based Modeling for agricultural policy evaluation, Agricultural Systems, 164:95-106, 2018 Paper DOI

    53. 2017

  53. F. Villa, S. Balbi, I. N. Athanasiadis, C. Caracciolo, Semantics for interoperability of distributed data and models: Foundations for better-connected information, F1000Research, 62017 Paper Open Access DOI
  54. T. Klein, A. Samourkasidis, I. N. Athanasiadis, G. Bellocchi, P. Calanca, webXTREME: R-based web tool for calculating agroclimatic indices of extreme events, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 116:111-116, 2017 Paper DOI
  55. S. J. Janssen, C. H. Porter, A. D. Moore, I. N. Athanasiadis, I. Foster, J. W. Jones, J. M. Antle, Towards a new generation of agricultural system data, models and knowledge products: Information and communication technology, Agricultural Systems, 155:200-212, 2017 Paper DOI
  56. A. Samourkasidis, I. N. Athanasiadis, A Miniature Data Repository on a Raspberry Pi, Electronics, 6:1, 2017, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Paper DOI

    57. 2016

  57. P. S. Efraimidis, G. Drosatos, A. Arampatzis, G. Stamatelatos, I. N. Athanasiadis, A Privacy-by-Design Contextual Suggestion System for Tourism, Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 5:10, 2016, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Paper DOI

    58. 2015

  58. D. P. Holzworth, V. Snow, S. Janssen, I. N. Athanasiadis, M. Donatelli, G. Hoogenboom, J. W. White, P. Thorburn, Agricultural production systems modelling and software: Current status and future prospects, Environmental Modelling and Software, 72:276-286, 2015 Paper DOI

    59. 2014

  59. C. H. Porter, C. Villalobos, D. Holzworth, R. Nelson, J. W. White, I. N. Athanasiadis, S. Janssen, D. Ripoche, J. Cufi, D. Raes, M. Zhang, R. Knapen, R. Sahajpal, K. J. Boote, J. W. Jones, Harmonization and translation of crop modeling data to ensure interoperability, Environmental Modelling and Software, 62:495–508, 2014 Paper DOI
  60. F. Villa, K. J. Bagstad, B. Voigt, G. W. Johnson, I. N. Athanasiadis, S. Balbi, The misconception of ecosystem disservices: How a catchy term may yield the wrong messages for science and society, Ecosystem Services, 10:52-53, 2014 Paper DOI
  61. G. Drosatos, P. Efraimidis, I. Athanasiadis, M. Stevens, E. D'Hondt, Privacy-Preserving Computation of Participatory Noise Maps in the Cloud, Journal of Systems and Software, 92:170-183, 2014 Paper DOI

    62. 2012

  62. S. Nesic, A. E. Rizzoli, I. N. Athanasiadis, Publishing agro-environmental resources as linked data, International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 7:25-36, 2012 Paper DOI

    63. 2011

  63. S. Janssen, I. N. Athanasiadis, I. Bezlepkina, R. Knapen, H. Li, I. P. Dominguez, A. E. Rizzoli, M. K. van Ittersum, Linking Models for Assessing Agricultural Land Use Change, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 76:148-160, 2011 Paper DOI
  64. I. N. Athanasiadis, A. E. Rizzoli, M. Donatelli, L. Carlini, Enriching environmental software model interfaces through ontology-based tools, International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 4:94-105, 2011 Paper DOI

    65. 2009

  65. S. Janssen, F. Ewert, H. Li, I. N. Athanasiadis, J. Wien, O. Thérond, M. Knapen, I. Bezlepkina, J. Alkan-Olsson, A. Rizzoli, H. Belhouchette, M. Svensson, M. van Ittersum, Defining assessment projects and scenarios for policy support: use of ontology in Integrated Assessment and Modelling, Environmental Modelling and Software, 24:1491-1500, 2009 Paper DOI
  66. I. N. Athanasiadis, M. Milis, P. A. Mitkas, S. C. Michaelides, A multi-agent system for meteorological radar data management and decision support, Environmental Modelling and Software, 24:1264-1273, 2009 Paper DOI
  67. S. Janssen, E. Andersen, I. N. Athanasiadis, M. K. van Ittersum, A database for integrated assessment of European agricultural systems, Environmental Science and Policy, 12:573-587, 2009 Paper DOI
  68. F. Villa, I. N. Athanasiadis, A. E. Rizzoli, Modelling with knowledge: a review of emerging semantic approaches to environmental modelling, Environmental Modelling and Software, 24:577-587, 2009 Paper DOI

    69. 2008

  69. D. D. Pennington, I. N. Athanasiadis, S. Bowers, S. Krivov, J. Madin, M. Schildhauer, F. Villa, Indirectly driven knowledge modelling in ecology, International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 3:210-225, 2008 Paper DOI
  70. A. E. Rizzoli, M. Donatelli, I. N. Athanasiadis, F. Villa, D. Huber, Semantic links in integrated modelling frameworks, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 78:412-423, 2008 Paper DOI
  71. I. N. Athanasiadis, S. Janssen, Semantic mediation for environmental model components integration, Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering, 1:3-11, 2008

    72. 2007

  72. A. L. Symeonidis, K. C. Chatzidimitriou, I. N. Athanasiadis, P. A. Mitkas, Data mining for agent reasoning: a synergy for training intelligent agents, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 20:1097-1111, 2007 Paper DOI
  73. I. N. Athanasiadis, P. A. Mitkas, Knowledge discovery for operational decision support in air quality management, Journal of Environmental Informatics, 9:100-107, 2007 Paper DOI
  74. P. A. Mitkas, A. L. Symeonidis, D. K. Kehagias, I. N. Athanasiadis, Application of data mining and intelligent agent technologies to concurrent engineering, International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 2:173-186, 2007 Paper DOI
  75. V. G. Kaburlasos, I. N. Athanasiadis, P. A. Mitkas, Fuzzy Lattice Reasoning (FLR) classifier and its application for ambient ozone estimation, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 45:152-188, 2007 Paper DOI
  76. A. L. Symeonidis, I. N. Athanasiadis, P. A. Mitkas, A retraining methodology for enhancing agent intelligence, Knowledge-based Systems, 20:388-396, 2007 Paper DOI

    77. 2006

  77. I. N. Athanasiadis, An intelligent service layer upgrades environmental information management, IT Professional, 8:34-39, 2006 Paper DOI

    78. 2005

  78. I. N. Athanasiadis, A. K. Mentes, P. A. Mitkas, Y. A. Mylopoulos, A hybrid agent-based model for estimating residential water demand, Simulation - Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 81:175-187, 2005 Paper DOI
  79. I. N. Athanasiadis, P. A. Mitkas, Social influence and water conservation: An agent-based approach, IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, 7:65-70, 2005 Paper DOI

    80. 2004

  80. I. N. Athanasiadis, P. A. Mitkas, An agent-based intelligent environmental monitoring system, Management of Environmental Quality, 15:238-249, 2004 Paper DOI