New Vector Control Tools: UAS and Artificial Intelligance

Moderator(s)

• GW

  Greg Williams, M.S., Ph.D.

  Superintendent
  Mosquito and Vector Control Program
  Hudson Regional Health Commission, California, United States

Presentations:

• 1:45 PM – 1:55 PM AST

  Challenges of Operating Unmanned Aerial Systems in Rural Areas
  

  Presenter: Rick Ortiz – Coachella Valley Mosquito Vector Control District

  Co-Author: iver Romero – CVMVCD

  Co-Author: Gregorio Alvarado – Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

  Co-Author: Edward Prendez – Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

  Co-Author: Kim Y. Hung, PhD, BCE – Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District

  Co-Author: Marko Petrovic – Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
• 1:55 PM – 2:05 PM AST

  Improving IDX artificial intelligence vector identification tool for the identification of cryptic species: Culex pipiens pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus
  

  Co-Author: Autumn Goodwin, MSE – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Roy Faiman, PhD – Vectech

  Presenter: Hannah Markle, MS – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Allysa Schultz, BS – Vectech

  Co-Author: Sameerah Talafha, PhD – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Thomas Jenkins, BS – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Margaret Glancey, MSPH – Vectech

  Co-Author: Andrea Gloria-Soria, PhD – Yale

  Co-Author: Norah Saarman, PhD – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Tristan Ford, MSE – Vectech, Inc.
• 2:05 PM – 2:15 PM AST

  Predicting Geographic Expansion and Genetic Adaptation of Aedes aegypti in Southern Nevada using Machine Learning Techniques
  

  Presenter: Karen L. Figueroa Chilito, MsC – University of Nevada Las Vegas

  Co-Author: William Bendik, MPH – Southern Nevada Health District

  Co-Author: Vivek Raman, MPH (he/him/his) – Southern Nevada Helth District

  Co-Author: Chad L L. Cross, MSc, PhD – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  Co-Author: Louisa A. Messenger, PhD, MSc – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• 2:15 PM – 2:25 PM AST

  A revised model to predict Rift Valley fever virus transmission risk for livestock
  

  Presenter: Assaf Anyamba, PhD – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Co-Author: Lory Willard, PhD – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Heidi Tubbs – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Co-Author: Karlyn Harrod, PhD – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Co-Author: Bhaskar Bishnoi – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Co-Author: Stephanie S. Uz, PhD – NASA

  Co-Author: Claudia Pittiglio, PhD – FAO

  Co-Author: Seth Gibson, PhD – USDA-ARS
• 2:25 PM – 2:35 PM AST

  From Bites to Bytes: The opportunities, successes, and challenges of mosquito Big Data
  

  Presenter: Samuel SC Rund, PhD – University of Notre Dame
• 2:35 PM – 2:45 PM AST

  Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Increasing Mosquito Surveillance Efficiency: An Update on the Aedes Egg Counter App
  

  Presenter: Kyndall Dye-Braumuller, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Andre L. Da Costa Silva, PhD – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Jun Zhou, PhD – University of South Carolina, Research Computing

  Co-Author: Matthew DeGennaro, PhD – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Sarah M. Gunter, MPH, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Melissa S. Nolan, PhD, MPH – University of South Carolina
• 2:45 PM – 2:55 PM AST

  Technical progress of Scout, an imaging attachment using artificial intelligence for remote automated assessment of vector abundance and species diversity in mosquito traps
  

  Presenter: Jewell Brey, MSE (they/them/theirs) – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Jaykob Cave-Stevens, BSE – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Hannah Markle, MS – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Khushi Gupta, MS – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Sameerah Talafha, PhD – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Thomas Jenkins, BS – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Vicky Ikonomidou, PhD – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Sanket Padmanabhan, BS – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Mohan Pushadapu, MSE – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: George Constantine, BS – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Tristan Ford, MSE – Vectech, Inc.

  Co-Author: Roy Faiman, PhD – Vectech

  Co-Author: Autumn Goodwin, MSE – Vectech, Inc.
• 2:55 PM – 3:05 PM AST

  Using Birdsong Surveillance and Machine Learning via BirdNET to Help Identify Reservoirs of West Nile Virus
  

  Presenter: Heather Penton, MPH – STPMAD

  Co-Author: Mark Myer – M Consulting

  Co-Author: Nicholas DeLisi – STPMAD

  Co-Author: Kevin A. Caillouet, Ph.D. – St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement