Project detail
Big Data Era in Sky and Earth Observation (BIG-SKY-EARTH)
Duration: 1.10.2015 — 31.12.2017
Funding resources
Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR - COST
On the project
Since the identified challenges are similar in astronomy and Earth observations, with computer science as the common denominator, the Action proposal aims at boosting the communication within and between disciplines by identifying and clustering relevant common solutions developed within research and industrial environments. These solutions can be aided by methodologies and tools for large distributed data management and processing, developed by computer scientists in academia or industry. For example, metadata is extensively exploited in multimedia Digital Asset Management to provide effective access to deep repositories of audio-visual content. This approach can contribute a valuable know-how to natural scientists working with similar type of data structures in large databases. Visual Analytics is another example of a growing field in computer science, with interesting implications for astronomy and Earth observation that inherently depend on visual datasets. Therefore, the objectives are set in a logical framework where a diverse network of experts identifies the issues to be addressed, followed by joint utilization of their existing resources to tackle the problems related to these issues, with the emphasis on building bridges between disciplines needed for success and disseminating the acquired knowledge, know-how and results to a wider circle of stakeholders.
Description in Czech
Předmětem projektu je využití znalostních technologií pro analýzu rozsáhlých
astronomických dat. Důraz bude kladen na moderní metody strojového učení (např.
konvoluční neuronové sítě) a statistickou inferenci s cílem odhalit skryté
souvislostí v chování vybraných astronomických objektů či hledat zajímavé
souvislosti v gigantických objemech dostupných astronomických dat. Řešení
zahrnuje i paralelizaci algoritmů a nové metody vizualizace.
Keywords
Big data, astronomical catalogues; Earth remote sensing; GPU acceleration
Key words in Czech
Velká data; astronomické katalogy; dálkový průzkum Země; urychlování obecných
výpočtů na GPU
Default language
English
People responsible
Smrž Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. - principal person responsible
Polok Lukáš, Ing., Ph.D. - fellow researcher
Škoda Petr, RNDr. - fellow researcher
Vrábelová Pavla, Ing. - fellow researcher
Units
Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia
- responsible department (29.3.2016 - not assigned)
Knowledge Technology Research Group
- internal (29.3.2016 - 31.12.2017)
Department of Information Systems
- co-beneficiary (29.3.2016 - 31.12.2017)
Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia
- beneficiary (29.3.2016 - 31.12.2017)
Link
Responsibility: Smrž Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D.