USF receives nearly $1M to use AI to fight mosquito-borne viruses

The University of South Florida has received a $900,000 grant to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. The university announced Wednesday it received a four-year grant from the National Science Foundation. Researchers will collect data through smartphone apps, uploading images of mosquitos that will then be identified with their species and potential to transmit viruses, such as Zika. When the phot os are uploaded, the researchers' algorithm analyzes the photos and, over…
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