Andrew Durso of FGCU joined a team to develop Snake ID, an algorithm that automatically identifies snakes in photos. The goal is to decrease deaths and disabilities caused by snakebites by allowing people to identify the type of snake that bit them via a mobile app.

“One big way we tested these algorithms is that we compared them to the performance of people. We did that by asking people on the internet to help us identify snakes,” explained Durso. “We compared the performance. The punchline: the computer version is better in some circumstances, but humans are still better in other circumstances.”

• Andrew Durso