A3D3 seminar: The Real AI Revolution in Astronomy Hasn't Happened Yet by Josh Bloom

As a data deluge swamped traditional approaches, Astronomy, by necessity began to leverage AI/ML methods to facilitate discovery and inference at scale. Despite ongoing successes in the midstream (just after data is collected), I argue that our field sits just at the beginning of the real revolution where AI/ML becomes integrated and integral to the entire scientific workflow. From telescope and instrument design, to real-time control, to survey optimization, there is tremendous potential for AI/ML to improve the upstream efficiencies of data collection. Likewise, downstream from data are exciting opportunities for AI-enabled hypothesis generation and human-centered exploration. I will ground this talk with specific examples of ongoing work in simulation based inference, self-supervised ML, foundation models, neural compression, and reinforcement learning.

Agenda: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1365684/

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