Analyzing Social Network Images with Deep Learning Models to Fight Zika Virus

Pedro H. Barros, Bruno G.C. Lima, Felipe C. Crispim, Tiago Vieira*, Paolo Missier, Baldoino Fonseca

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Abstract

Zika and Dengue are viral diseases transmitted by infected mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) found in warm, humid environments. Mining data from social networks helps to find locations with highest density of reported cases. Differently from approaches that process text from social networks, we present a new strategy that analyzes Instagram images. We use two customized Deep Neural Networks. The first detects objects commonly used for mosquito reproduction with 85% precision. The second differentiates mosquitoes as Culex or Aedes aegypti with 82.5% accuracy. Results indicate that both networks can improve the effectiveness of current social network mining strategies such as the VazaZika project.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationImage Analysis and Recognition - 15th International Conference, ICIAR 2018, Proceedings
EditorsBart ter Haar Romeny, Fakhri Karray, Aurelio Campilho
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages605-610
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783319929996
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event15th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, ICIAR 2018 - Povoa de Varzim, Portugal
Duration: 27 Jun 201829 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10882 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, ICIAR 2018
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPovoa de Varzim
Period27/06/1829/06/18

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. The authors would like to thank: (1) National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, grant 447336/2014-2). (2) Deep Learning program provided by the Nervana Academy (Intel©R). (3) FAPEAL grant 60030 1201/2016.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords

  • Aedes aegypti
  • Deep Neural Networks
  • Social networks
  • Zika

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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