Deep Learning for Active Region Classification: A Systematic Study from Convolutional Neural Networks to Vision Transformers

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Main Authors: Legnaro, Edoardo, Guastavino, Sabrina, Piana, Michele, Massone, Anna Maria
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Published: 2024
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author Legnaro, Edoardo
Guastavino, Sabrina
Piana, Michele
Massone, Anna Maria
author_facet Legnaro, Edoardo
Guastavino, Sabrina
Piana, Michele
Massone, Anna Maria
contents A solar active region can significantly disrupt the Sun Earth space environment, often leading to severe space weather events such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections. As a consequence, the automatic classification of active region groups is the crucial starting point for accurately and promptly predicting solar activity. This study presents our results concerned with the application of deep learning techniques to the classification of active region cutouts based on the Mount Wilson classification scheme. Specifically, we have explored the latest advancements in image classification architectures, from Convolutional Neural Networks to Vision Transformers, and reported on their performances for the active region classification task, showing that the crucial point for their effectiveness consists in a robust training process based on the latest advances in the field.
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spellingShingle Deep Learning for Active Region Classification: A Systematic Study from Convolutional Neural Networks to Vision Transformers
Legnaro, Edoardo
Guastavino, Sabrina
Piana, Michele
Massone, Anna Maria
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
68T07, 85-10
A solar active region can significantly disrupt the Sun Earth space environment, often leading to severe space weather events such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections. As a consequence, the automatic classification of active region groups is the crucial starting point for accurately and promptly predicting solar activity. This study presents our results concerned with the application of deep learning techniques to the classification of active region cutouts based on the Mount Wilson classification scheme. Specifically, we have explored the latest advancements in image classification architectures, from Convolutional Neural Networks to Vision Transformers, and reported on their performances for the active region classification task, showing that the crucial point for their effectiveness consists in a robust training process based on the latest advances in the field.
title Deep Learning for Active Region Classification: A Systematic Study from Convolutional Neural Networks to Vision Transformers
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
68T07, 85-10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17816