/news/Recent posts from USF Newsen-usFri, 15 Nov 2024 02:05:46 -05:00http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssOmniUpdate (OU Publish)/news/2021/wanted-campaign-mosquito-photos-for-ai-project.aspxUSF researchers have launched a social media campaign inviting citizen scientists to upload images of mosquitoes found in the Tampa Bay region to the iNaturalist platform, a smartphone app. The app will automatically identify disease-carrying species such as Aedes aegypti, a known transmitter of Zika, dengue and yellow fever.Rocky D. BullFri, 20 Aug 2021 17:00:00 USF researchers launch social media campaign to identify risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Tampa BayUSF researchers have launched a social media campaign inviting citizen scientists to upload images of mosquitoes found in the Tampa Bay region to the iNaturalist platform, a smartphone app. The app will automatically identify disease-carrying species such as Aedes aegypti, a known transmitter of Zika, dengue and yellow fever.Graphic of the social media campaign poster that says: Wanted Dead or Alive, Aedes aegypti/news/2021/wanted-campaign-mosquito-photos-for-ai-project.aspxResearch and InnovationCollege of Arts and Sciences,MyUSF,Ryan Carney/news/2020/ai-mosquitos.aspxUSF researchers have been awarded a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Ryan Carney, assistant professor of integrative biology, and Sriram Chellappan, professor of computer science and engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary effort to collect data through smartphone apps such as NASA’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper.Rocky D. BullTue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 USF researchers develop new technologies to fight mosquito-borne diseasesUSF researchers have been awarded a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Ryan Carney, assistant professor of integrative biology, and Sriram Chellappan, professor of computer science and engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary effort to collect data through smartphone apps such as NASA’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper.USF researchers hold up a mosquito and smart phone to demonstrate their new artificial intelligence technology that will help fight mosquito-borne diseases./news/2020/ai-mosquitos.aspxResearch and InnovationResearch,Ryan Carney,Sriram Chellappan,artificial intelligence/news/2020/dinosaur-feather-story-debunked.aspxA new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861.Rocky D. BullWed, 30 Sep 2020 08:30:00 Dinosaur feather study debunkedA new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861.A drawking of the bird-like dinosaur, Archaeopteryx/news/2020/dinosaur-feather-story-debunked.aspxResearch and InnovationDinosaurs,Research,Ryan Carney