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Last published 2026
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Chase Rainwater

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Professor / Department Chairperson

Also affiliated: University of Florida (2006–2009); Fayetteville Public Library (2025)

Faculty Researcher

15 h-index 58 pubs 971 cited

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  • United States

Biography and Research Information

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Chase Rainwater's research program focuses on the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to address complex problems, particularly in the domains of computer vision and agriculture. His work has explored the development of advanced neural network architectures for tasks such as image segmentation, domain adaptation, and object detection, with a significant portion of his recent publications detailing advancements in aerial image analysis and video captioning. Rainwater has also been involved in projects aimed at improving regional food systems through data-driven approaches. He is a Co-Principal Investigator on two NSF Convergence Accelerator grants totaling over $5.7 million, focusing on cultivating IQ for regional food systems and leveraging data for agriculture to connect small farms with regional supply chains. These grants highlight a commitment to applying technological solutions to agricultural challenges and strengthening food system infrastructure.

His research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville includes collaborators such as Taisei Hanyu, Jackson Cothren, Khoa Luu, and Thanh-Dat Truong, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications. Rainwater's scholarly output is reflected in his h-index of 15 and over 900 citations across nearly 60 publications. His recent activity indicates a continued engagement with research and development in his areas of expertise, including contributions to areas like robotics and sensor-based localization through projects like AerialFormer.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 58
  • Citations: 971

Selected Publications

  • Rethinking Progression of Memory State in Robotic Manipulation: An Object-Centric Perspective (2026)
    Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence DOI OpenAlex
  • Land8Fire: A Complete Study on Wildfire Segmentation Through Comprehensive Review, Human-Annotated Multispectral Dataset, and Extensive Benchmarking (2025)
    Remote Sensing 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • RSSep: Sequence-to-Sequence Model for Simultaneous Referring Remote Sensing Segmentation and Detection (2025)
    Lecture notes in computer science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A Bi-Modular Auto Encoder-Based Unsupervised Degradation Detection Methodology for Remaining Useful Life Prediction (2024)
  • AerialFormer: Multi-Resolution Transformer for Aerial Image Segmentation (2024)
    Remote Sensing 75 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Bi-Modular Auto Encoder-Based Unsupervised Degradation Detection Methodology for Remaining Useful Life Prediction (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • VLCAP: Vision-Language with Contrastive Learning for Coherent Video Paragraph Captioning (2022)
    2022 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • EQAdap: Equipollent Domain Adaptation Approach to Image Deblurring (2022)
    IEEE Access 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Direct Aerial Visual Geolocalization Using Deep Neural Networks (2021)
    Remote Sensing 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • BiMaL: Bijective Maximum Likelihood Approach to Domain Adaptation in Semantic Scene Segmentation (2021)
    2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 36 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A quantitative risk assessment model of Salmonella contamination for the yellow-feathered broiler chicken supply chain in China (2020)
    Food Control 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A computational comparison of cargo prioritization and terminal allocation problem models (2020)
    Computers & Industrial Engineering 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Horizontal collaboration: opportunities for improved logistics planning (2019)
    International Journal of Production Research 146 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Modeling the Reduction of Salmonella spp. on Chicken Breasts and Wingettes during Scalding for QMRA of the Poultry Supply Chain in China (2019)
    Microorganisms 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Markov Decision Process approach for balancing intelligence and interdiction operations in city-level drug trafficking enforcement (2019)
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 10 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 2 $5,742,469 total

NSF Co-PI Dec 2023 - Nov 2026

NSF Convergence Accelerator Track J Phase 2: Cultivate IQ - Empowering Regional Food Systems

Convergence Accelerator Resrch $4,998,818

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