Preliminary Report on Mantis Shrimp: a Multi-Survey Computer Vision Photometric Redshift Model

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Main Authors: Engel, Andrew, Narayan, Gautham, Byler, Nell
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Published: 2024
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author Engel, Andrew
Narayan, Gautham
Byler, Nell
author_facet Engel, Andrew
Narayan, Gautham
Byler, Nell
contents The availability of large, public, multi-modal astronomical datasets presents an opportunity to execute novel research that straddles the line between science of AI and science of astronomy. Photometric redshift estimation is a well-established subfield of astronomy. Prior works show that computer vision models typically outperform catalog-based models, but these models face additional complexities when incorporating images from more than one instrument or sensor. In this report, we detail our progress creating Mantis Shrimp, a multi-survey computer vision model for photometric redshift estimation that fuses ultra-violet (GALEX), optical (PanSTARRS), and infrared (UnWISE) imagery. We use deep learning interpretability diagnostics to measure how the model leverages information from the different inputs. We reason about the behavior of the CNNs from the interpretability metrics, specifically framing the result in terms of physically-grounded knowledge of galaxy properties.
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spellingShingle Preliminary Report on Mantis Shrimp: a Multi-Survey Computer Vision Photometric Redshift Model
Engel, Andrew
Narayan, Gautham
Byler, Nell
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Artificial Intelligence
The availability of large, public, multi-modal astronomical datasets presents an opportunity to execute novel research that straddles the line between science of AI and science of astronomy. Photometric redshift estimation is a well-established subfield of astronomy. Prior works show that computer vision models typically outperform catalog-based models, but these models face additional complexities when incorporating images from more than one instrument or sensor. In this report, we detail our progress creating Mantis Shrimp, a multi-survey computer vision model for photometric redshift estimation that fuses ultra-violet (GALEX), optical (PanSTARRS), and infrared (UnWISE) imagery. We use deep learning interpretability diagnostics to measure how the model leverages information from the different inputs. We reason about the behavior of the CNNs from the interpretability metrics, specifically framing the result in terms of physically-grounded knowledge of galaxy properties.
title Preliminary Report on Mantis Shrimp: a Multi-Survey Computer Vision Photometric Redshift Model
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03535