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Sep
13
mar
David Cornu – Winning the SKA Science Data Challenge 2 with a fast Deep Learning object detector @ B18N, Salle Univers
Sep 13 @ 11 h 00 min – 12 h 00 min
Séminaire

Speaker : David Cornu (Obs de Paris)

Title: Winning the SKA Science Data Challenge 2 with a fast Deep Learning object detector

Abstract:
With its 1 TB simulated data cube of HI line emission, the SKA Science Data Challenge 2 (SDC2) is getting closer to the difficulty of real upcoming SKA observation analysis. Even if the type of task to perform in the SKA SDCs are rather classical (detection, classification, parameter extraction, etc.) modern datasets have become heavily demanding for classical approaches due to size and dimensionality. It is not a surprise then, that many astronomers started to focus their work on Machine Learning approaches that demonstrated their efficiency in similar applications. However, hyperspectral images from astronomical interferometers are in fact very different from images used to train state-of-the-art pattern recognition algorithms, especially in terms of noise level, contrast, object size, class imbalance, spectral dimensionality, etc. As a direct consequence, these methods do not perform as well as expected when directly applied to astronomical datasets. In this context, the MINERVA (MachINe lEarning for Radioastronomy at obserVatoire de PAris) project has assembled a team to participate in the SDC2 with the objective of developing innovative Machine Learning methods that better suit the needs of astronomical images.

In this presentation, I will describe the work we have made on implementing a modern YOLO (You Only Look Once) CNN object detector inside our custom framework CIANNA (Convolutional Interactive Artificial Neural Networks by/for Astrophysicists) and describe the modifications and tuning that allowed us to reach the first place of the SKA SDC2. I will start by discussing the strengths and weaknesses of this type of method in comparison to more widely adopted Region-Based CNN detectors (Faster R-CNN, Mask R-CNN, …). I will also review the motivation and the effect of the numerous changes we made on the method (data quantization, 3D convolution, layer architecture, detection layout to manage blending, objectness decomposition, IoU selection, additional parameter inference, …) in order to apply it to both SDC1 and SDC2, and identify what are the present limits as well as some tracks for further improvements. I will detail the computational efficiency of the method (with GPU acceleration) and discuss its scaling capabilities for upcoming challenges or datasets. Finally, we will comment on how this methodology could be used to analyze the actual data from SKA pathfinders or any other similar astronomical dataset and how it could be used to merge knowledge and information from multiple datasets at the same time.

 

Sep
15
jeu
Codir 07 @ Salle Chandon
Sep 15 @ 10 h 00 min – 12 h 00 min
Institutionnel
Sep
27
mar
Comitech 07 @ Salle Chandon
Sep 27 @ 14 h 00 min – 16 h 00 min
Institutionnel
Oct
4
mar
Martin Turbet – Le modèle « générique » de climats planétaires et panorama de ses applications @ B18N, Salle Univers
Oct 4 @ 11 h 00 min – 12 h 00 min
Séminaire

Speaker : Martin Turbet

Title: Le modèle « générique » de climats planétaires et panorama de ses applications

Abstract:   Le modèle générique de climats planétaires ou « Generic PCM » est un code communautaire, développé principalement et historiquement au LMD, et dont l’objectif est de simuler l’ensemble des processus physiques et chimiques opérant dans les atmosphères planétaires. Ses applications sont nombreuses : étude de la dynamique atmosphérique de Jupiter, Saturne et des géantes glacées, formation de brumes photochimiques sur Titan, évolution couplée de l’atmosphère et des glaces sur Pluton et Triton, paléoclimats de Mars, la Terre et Vénus, climats et observabilité des exoplanètes (des plus froides et petites aux plus grandes et chaudes), etc.
Après un bref aperçu du modèle et des briques qui le constituent, je vous présenterai un panorama de ses applications, avec une attention toute particulière sur les planètes et exoplanètes telluriques.

Oct
6
jeu
CLAB 04 @ Salle Univers
Oct 6 @ 9 h 30 min – 12 h 30 min
Institutionnel
Oct
11
mar
Louis Amard – The evolution of young low-mass stars : focus on rotation and activity @ B18N, Salle Univers
Oct 11 @ 11 h 00 min – 12 h 00 min
Séminaire

Speaker : Louis Amard

Title: The evolution of young low-mass stars : focus on rotation and activity

Abstract: Between its formation stage as an active accreting seed and today, the Sun underwent large structural changes as well as variation in magnetic activity, rotation rate and its relation to the surrounding environment. I will go through the different processes that are responsible for these changes and present our latest results on the subject. We will go from the early interaction between the star and its proto-planetary disc bathing in UV radiations emitted from the massive neighbours, to the internal mixing happening in the inner layers of solar-like stars and probed by asteroseismology. Finally, I will try to review the possible applications of this work to other types of stars at different stages of the evolution in the context of the current or future surveys.

Oct
20
jeu
Codir 08 @ Salle Chandon
Oct 20 @ 10 h 00 min – 12 h 00 min
Institutionnel
Oct
25
mar
Olivia Venot – On the importance of chemical data for warm exoplanet atmospheres @ B18N, Salle 306
Oct 25 @ 11 h 00 min – 12 h 00 min
Séminaire

Speaker : Olivia Venot (LISA)

Title: On the importance of chemical data for warm exoplanet atmospheres

Abstract: The very first data from JWST are finally arriving and show us the full potential of this telescope for the characterisation of exoplanet atmospheres. The interpretation of these data relies on atmospheric models, so it is of paramount importance that these models are reliable and robust. In this context I will show you the methodology applied to develop kinetic models adapted to the atmospheres of hot exoplanets, with physico-chemical data at high temperatures. I will also talk about the Hot Jupiter WASP-43b and the insights that JWST can give us into its atmosphere.

Nov
8
mar
Comitech 08 @ Salle Chandon
Nov 8 @ 14 h 00 min – 16 h 00 min
Institutionnel
Nov
10
jeu
AG des projets @ Agora
Nov 10 @ 9 h 30 min – 17 h 00 min
Institutionnel