Irish data scientists have developed an image recognition algorithm that will save vets and farmers considerable time and money in identifying parasites in their herds. The algorithm, which uses machine learning and has a 95 per cent accuracy rate in identifying evidence of parasitic infection in herds, has been created by data scientists at the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) in partnership with Kilkenny-based start-up Telenostic. “We see this as changing the economics of parasitic treatment for the better, not only nationally but globally,” he added. ICHEC’s senior data scientist Dr Bruno Voisin said that, normally, it is specialists in labs looking at samples through microscopes who recognise parasites. The start-up has been set up specifically to bring the parasitic infection device to market.

Source: The Irish Times February 02, 2020 16:41 UTC