Angelo De Castro

PhD Student, Graduate Research Assistant

Working with dairy precision farming, computer vision, and ML/DL to improve animal health, welfare, and productivity at the University of Florida.

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Angelo De Castro

About Me

Research Interest

My research interest focuses on data-driven precision livestock farming using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to advance dairy cattle management, health, and welfare. I develop deep learning models that integrate sensor, image, and on-farm phenotypic data for disease and fertility prediction. I design AI-based computer vision systems for automated animal tracking and activity monitoring in dairy cattle to support behavior and pen management. I also build cloud-based web applications for heat stress management and real-time data-driven decision support in commercial dairy operations.

Education

Ph.D. in Animal Sciences

University of Florida (08/2024 - Present)

B.S. Electronics Engineering

University of St. La Salle (2022)

Projects

AnimalMotionViz

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

AnimalMotionViz: an interactive software tool for tracking and visualizing animal motion patterns using computer vision

Angelo L De Castro, Jin Wang, Jessica G Bonnie-King, Gota Morota, Emily K Miller-Cushon, and Haipeng Yu

JDS Communications , 2025

Localization and Classification of Space Objects using EfficientDet detector for Space Situational Awareness

Nouar AlDahoul, Hezerul Abdul Karim, Angelo L. De Castro, & Myles Joshua Toledo Tan

Scientific Reports , 2022

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Preprints

Can 3D point cloud data improve automated body condition score prediction in dairy cattle?

Tang, Z., Wang, J., De Castro, A., Zhang, Y., Bastos Primo, V., Montevecchio Bernardino, A.B., Morota, G., Wang, X., Chebel, R.C., and Yu, H.

arXiv:2601.22522 , 2026

Evaluating transfer learning strategies for improving dairy cattle body weight prediction in small farms using depth-image and point-cloud data

Wang, J., De Castro, A., Zhang, Y., Basolli Borsatto, L., Guo, Y., Bastos Primo, V., Montevecchio Bernardino, A.B., Morota, G., Chebel, R.C., and Yu, H.

arXiv:2601.01044 , 2026

Curriculum Vitae

Angelo De Castro

PhD Student, University of Florida

Specializing in dairy precision farming, computer vision, and ML/DL for improving animal health, welfare, and productivity.

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