Rapid Distributed Fine-tuning of a Segmentation Model Onboard Satellites

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Autores principales: Plumridge, Meghan, Maråk, Rasmus, Ceccobello, Chiara, Gómez, Pablo, Meoni, Gabriele, Svoboda, Filip, Lane, Nicholas D.
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Publicado: 2024
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author Plumridge, Meghan
Maråk, Rasmus
Ceccobello, Chiara
Gómez, Pablo
Meoni, Gabriele
Svoboda, Filip
Lane, Nicholas D.
author_facet Plumridge, Meghan
Maråk, Rasmus
Ceccobello, Chiara
Gómez, Pablo
Meoni, Gabriele
Svoboda, Filip
Lane, Nicholas D.
contents Segmentation of Earth observation (EO) satellite data is critical for natural hazard analysis and disaster response. However, processing EO data at ground stations introduces delays due to data transmission bottlenecks and communication windows. Using segmentation models capable of near-real-time data analysis onboard satellites can therefore improve response times. This study presents a proof-of-concept using MobileSAM, a lightweight, pre-trained segmentation model, onboard Unibap iX10-100 satellite hardware. We demonstrate the segmentation of water bodies from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and integrate MobileSAM with PASEOS, an open-source Python module that simulates satellite operations. This integration allows us to evaluate MobileSAM's performance under simulated conditions of a satellite constellation. Our research investigates the potential of fine-tuning MobileSAM in a decentralised way onboard multiple satellites in rapid response to a disaster. Our findings show that MobileSAM can be rapidly fine-tuned and benefits from decentralised learning, considering the constraints imposed by the simulated orbital environment. We observe improvements in segmentation performance with minimal training data and fast fine-tuning when satellites frequently communicate model updates. This study contributes to the field of onboard AI by emphasising the benefits of decentralised learning and fine-tuning pre-trained models for rapid response scenarios. Our work builds on recent related research at a critical time; as extreme weather events increase in frequency and magnitude, rapid response with onboard data analysis is essential.
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spellingShingle Rapid Distributed Fine-tuning of a Segmentation Model Onboard Satellites
Plumridge, Meghan
Maråk, Rasmus
Ceccobello, Chiara
Gómez, Pablo
Meoni, Gabriele
Svoboda, Filip
Lane, Nicholas D.
Machine Learning
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Segmentation of Earth observation (EO) satellite data is critical for natural hazard analysis and disaster response. However, processing EO data at ground stations introduces delays due to data transmission bottlenecks and communication windows. Using segmentation models capable of near-real-time data analysis onboard satellites can therefore improve response times. This study presents a proof-of-concept using MobileSAM, a lightweight, pre-trained segmentation model, onboard Unibap iX10-100 satellite hardware. We demonstrate the segmentation of water bodies from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and integrate MobileSAM with PASEOS, an open-source Python module that simulates satellite operations. This integration allows us to evaluate MobileSAM's performance under simulated conditions of a satellite constellation. Our research investigates the potential of fine-tuning MobileSAM in a decentralised way onboard multiple satellites in rapid response to a disaster. Our findings show that MobileSAM can be rapidly fine-tuned and benefits from decentralised learning, considering the constraints imposed by the simulated orbital environment. We observe improvements in segmentation performance with minimal training data and fast fine-tuning when satellites frequently communicate model updates. This study contributes to the field of onboard AI by emphasising the benefits of decentralised learning and fine-tuning pre-trained models for rapid response scenarios. Our work builds on recent related research at a critical time; as extreme weather events increase in frequency and magnitude, rapid response with onboard data analysis is essential.
title Rapid Distributed Fine-tuning of a Segmentation Model Onboard Satellites
topic Machine Learning
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.17831