Thursday 8 July 2021
Scientists have developed an AI system that can classify tens of thousands of galaxies in a few seconds, a process that can take months to do manually. Up front: Astronomers classify galaxies by shape to understand how they form and evolve. But this can be a time-consuming job. The researchers used convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures to hasten the task. Per the preprint paper: The key strengths of automated classification techniques, such as our CNN approach, ultimately lie in their speed and ability to generalise. Although training a CNN can be a computationally expensive undertaking, the speed with which it…
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