The second session of the general lecture with the Visiting Professor was held on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10.00-11.00 WIB in the FMIPA UNY Ballroom, Prof. Osval Antonio Montesinos López, Ph.D. delivered material on the theme "Statistical Machine Learning as a Catalyst for Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding". In this lecture, he explained the basic concepts of artificial intelligence, including machine learning and deep learning, as well as their various applications in plant breeding. He also explained the important role in genomic selection, one of which is a process that was previously carried out traditionally, can now be done faster and more efficiently using statistical machine learning. After the presentation of the material, two Statistics students asked questions related to the material that had been presented.