August 7, 2017 NSF grant aims to use big data to improve crops By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU researchers are leading a multi-university effort to improve crop management in the age of big data. Ananth Kalyanaraman, big data, computer science, corn, crops, genes, grand challenges, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture