Pattern ensembling fills in missing or inaccurate trajectory data.
problem Incompleteness, missing information, and inaccuracies in geolocation data.
method Probabilistically ensemble similar trajectory patterns from the vicinity.
result Reconstructs missing or unreliable trajectory segments effectively.
This paper discusses challenges and opportunities in vessel behavior detection using machine and deep learning.
problem Real-time analysis of vessel behaviors is crucial for maritime safety and protection.
method Comparison of classical machine learning and deep learning approaches for vessel event and anomaly detection.
result Novel methods and tools are needed to address challenges in vessel behavior detection.
Modeling vessel speed to balance efficiency and environmental risks in Arctic shipping.
problem Balancing vessel speed with environmental and ecological risks in Arctic shipping.
method Inverse control constrained optimization framework with risk parameters estimated from AIS data.
result Distinct decision-making patterns across vessel types and navigational statuses, with varying sensitivity to ice and whale risks.
CNNs accurately measure airways and vessels on CT images, improving lung disease diagnosis.
problem Accurately characterizing small pulmonary structures from CT images for disease diagnosis.
method Generative model combined with Convolutional Neural Regressor (CNR) for cross-sectional measurements.
result CNNs provide accurate measurements with physiological correlates.
Vision impairment due to pathological damage of the retina can largely be prevented through periodic screening using fundus color imaging. However the challenge with large scale screening is the inability to exhaustively detect fine blood vessels crucial to disease diagnosis. In this work we present a computational ima…
Predicting illegal fishing on Patagonian Shelf using machine learning.
problem Improving detection of illegal fishing to conserve fish stocks.
method Combining vessel tracking data with oceanographic seascapes and machine learning models.
result Machine learning models predict illegal fishing with 69-96% confidence.
Study introduces a probabilistic framework for air-sea fluxes using neural networks.
problem Accurately quantifying air-sea fluxes for understanding interactions and improving weather/climate models.
method Gaussian distributions conditioned on input variables, artificial neural networks, eddy-covariance data, minimizing negative log-likelihood loss.
result Trained neural networks provide alternative mean flux estimates and quantify uncertainty.
Generative AI predicts Arctic sea ice dynamics over decades.
problem Reproducing realistic sea ice dynamics from days to decades is computationally challenging.
method Introduced GenSIM, a generative AI model trained on 20 years of sea-ice-ocean simulation data.
result Generative AI predicts realistic sea ice evolution for 30 years, capturing long-term trends and physical consistency.
The installation process of offshore wind turbines requires the use of expensive jack-up vessels. These vessels regularly report their position via the Automatic Identification System (AIS). This paper introduces a novel approach of applying machine learning to AIS data from jack-up vessels. We apply the new method to …
The DEBS Grand Challenge 2018 is set in the context of maritime route prediction. Vessel routes are modeled as streams of Automatic Identification System (AIS) data points selected from real-world tracking data. The challenge requires to correctly estimate the destination ports and arrival times of vessel trips, as ear…
Neural-network emulators predict sea-level changes due to Antarctic ice melt.
problem High computational cost and time in projecting sea-level changes.
method Built neural-network emulators of sea-level change using GRD effects from future Antarctic Ice Sheet mass change.
result Neural-network emulators are as accurate as baseline machine learning emulators and offer substantial computational efficiency.
A new method tracks retinal vessels more accurately than existing methods.
problem Tracking retinal vessels accurately in spherical images.
method Computing cusp-free, crossing-preserving geodesics on spherical positions and orientations.
result Crossing-preserving tracking shows clear advantages over non-crossing-preserving tracking.
The worldwide growth of maritime traffic and the development of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) has led to advances in monitoring systems for preventing vessel accidents and detecting illegal activities. In this work, we describe research gaps and challenges in machine learning for vessel behavior change and …
Researchers shrink U-Net to find limits of retinal vessel segmentation.
problem Improving retinal vessel segmentation with deep learning.
method Modified U-Net with functional blocks, then simplified to extreme conditions.
result U-Net does not degrade until very minimal configurations.
Synthesizing images of the eye fundus is a challenging task that has been previously approached by formulating complex models of the anatomy of the eye. New images can then be generated by sampling a suitable parameter space. In this work, we propose a method that learns to synthesize eye fundus images directly from da…
New method corrects seasonal Arctic sea ice predictions with probabilistic models.
problem Systematic biases and errors in climate model forecasts of Arctic sea ice.
method Conditional Variational Autoencoder model to map observation distribution given biased model predictions.
result Probabilistic adjusted forecasts are better calibrated and have smaller errors.
New model uses heteroscedastic Gaussian process for alkenone SST proxy.
problem Restoring historical sea surface temperatures using proxies.
method Heteroscedastic Gaussian process regression method.
result Nonparametric approach handles variable noise patterns and outliers.
Bayesian Neural ODEs improve vessel trajectory prediction with better uncertainty estimates.
problem Challenges in predicting vessel trajectories from irregular AIS data.
method Adopted a Gaussian process (GP) kernel-based prior on the vector field evaluated at measurement points, combined with probabilistic multiple shooting for long trajectories.
result Improved accuracy and uncertainty quantification in vessel trajectory predictions.
Develops probabilistic forecasting for Sea Level Anomalies using Conformal Prediction on functional time series.
problem Forecasting and uncertainty quantification for Sea Level Anomalies.
method Functional data analysis, Conformal Prediction, Functional Autoregressive Processes.
result Proposed method provides accurate probabilistic predictions and uncertainty quantification for Sea Level Anomalies.
This study aims to predict vessel stay and delay times at ports to optimize logistics.
problem Uncertainties in maritime logistics, including weather, cargo diversity, and port dynamics, lead to increased costs and inefficiencies.
method Developed predictive analytics to address shortcomings in previous works, using feature analysis and SHAP explanations.
result Predictive analytics can assist in efficient planning and scheduling of port operations, reducing costs and improving logistics.
Neural network predicts vessel motions with high accuracy.
problem Real-time prediction of heave and surge motions for improved performance and safety.
method Developed an LSTM-based machine learning model trained on measured waves and motion data.
result The model predicts vessel motions up to 46.5 seconds into the future with an average accuracy of 90%.
Decision tool helps manage biofouling risks for ships in the Baltic Sea.
problem Biofouling of ships causes environmental and economic issues.
method Bayesian networks to identify biofouling management strategies.
result Optimal biofouling management includes biocidal-free coating and in-water cleaning.
Study optimizes climate adaptation strategies for NYC.
problem Catastrophic damages from extreme weather in NYC.
method Real options analysis and extreme value theory.
result Optimal adaptation pathways identified for NYC.
A novel spatio-temporal graph neural network with a learnable Tweedie head improves vessel traffic flow prediction in sparse maritime data.
problem Accurate vessel traffic flow prediction in sparse maritime data.
method A model-agnostic learnable Tweedie head attached to ST-GNN backbones.
result The proposed head consistently improves RMSE across multiple ST-GNN backbones, especially on non-zero events.
The retinal vascular condition is a reliable biomarker of several ophthalmologic and cardiovascular diseases, so automatic vessel segmentation may be crucial to diagnose and monitor them. In this paper, we propose a novel method that combines the multiscale analysis provided by the Stationary Wavelet Transform with a m…
Forecast dam inflow using sea surface feature weights.
problem Accurate dam inflow forecasting for flood mitigation.
method Extracted sea surface features, applied L2-norm ensemble weighting, used PCA and t-SNE for dimensionality reduction, and calibrated regression models.
result The proposed method improves predictor stability and accuracy in dam inflow forecasting.
Study compares machine learning algorithms for predicting SST in the Great Barrier Reef.
problem Predicting sea surface temperature in the Great Barrier Reef region.
method Ridge regression, LASSO, Random Forest, and Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithms were evaluated.
result XGBoost significantly outperforms other algorithms in terms of predictive accuracy and Kullback-Leibler Divergence.
Heat demand prediction is a prominent research topic in the area of intelligent energy networks. It has been well recognized that periodicity is one of the important characteristics of heat demand. Seasonal-trend decomposition based on LOESS (STL) algorithm can analyze the periodicity of a heat demand series, and decom…
In a world of global trading, maritime safety, security and efficiency are crucial issues. We propose a multi-task deep learning framework for vessel monitoring using Automatic Identification System (AIS) data streams. We combine recurrent neural networks with latent variable modeling and an embedding of AIS messages t…
Designing and modifying complex hull forms for optimal vessel performances have been a major challenge for naval architects. In the present study, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is introduced to compress the geometric representation of a group of existing vessels, and the resulting principal scores are manipulated …
Improved regret bounds for online convex optimization under stochastic and adversarial settings.
problem Interpolating between stochastic and adversarial online convex optimization.
method Optimistic online mirror descent (OMD) for the Stochastically Extended Adversarial (SEA) model.
result Established new regret bounds for various function classes.
New model combines physics and machine learning for ocean dynamics.
problem Discovering hidden laws governing ocean dynamics.
method Develops Deep Neural Numerical Models (DNNMs) to learn hidden variables of physical laws.
result Illustrates DNNMs applied to Sea Surface Height dynamics, connecting to QG model.
Improved retinal vessel segmentation with topology preservation trade-off.
problem Retinal vessel segmentation accuracy and topology preservation trade-off.
method Topology preserving term in the loss function and orientation score guided convolutional module.
result Model achieves higher topological accuracy at the expense of lower overlap metrics.
Dual-edge spatial Jacobian image graph for interpretable diabetic retinopathy grading
problem Automated diabetic retinopathy grading from color fundus photographs
method Dual-edge spatial-Jacobian image graph
result 0.8076 accuracy, 0.8312 quadratic weighted kappa, 0.5915 macro-F1, 0.9330 adjacent-grade accuracy
YOLOv3 detects ships in real-time with high accuracy.
problem Real-time target detection in maritime scenarios.
method YOLOv3 model trained on a large dataset of marine vessels.
result Average Precision up to 96% for IoU of 0.5.
Existing supervised approaches didn't make use of the low-level features which are actually effective to this task. And another deficiency is that they didn't consider the relation between pixels, which means effective features are not extracted. In this paper, we proposed a novel convolutional neural network which mak…
BALLAST optimizes Lagrangian observer placement for ocean vector fields.
problem Optimizing Lagrangian observer placement for time-dependent ocean vector fields.
method Bayesian active learning with look-ahead amendment for sea-drifter trajectories using a physics-informed spatio-temporal Gaussian process surrogate model.
result Noticeable benefits of BALLAST-aided observer placement strategies on synthetic and high-fidelity ocean models.
Super-resolution is a classical problem in image processing, with numerous applications to remote sensing image enhancement. Here, we address the super-resolution of irregularly-sampled remote sensing images. Using an optimal interpolation as the low-resolution reconstruction, we explore locally-adapted multimodal conv…
We investigate three-dimensional surfaces where the normal vector forms a constant angle with the radius vector. These surfaces naturally extend equiangular (logarithmic) spirals in the plane.
GeoTrackNet detects maritime anomalies from AIS tracks using neural networks and a contrario detection.
problem Detecting anomalies in maritime traffic patterns for better situational awareness.
method Probabilistic neural network representation of AIS tracks and a contrario detection.
result Demonstrated relevance compared to state-of-the-art schemes on a large AIS dataset.
New data-driven Cartan connection tracks complex vascular structures.
problem Tracking complex vascular structures in multi-orientation images.
method Formulated a data-driven Cartan connection on M2 for geodesic tracking. result Improved geodesic tracking of vascular trees with globally optimal curves.
Extends Shifts dataset for MS lesion segmentation and marine vessel power estimation.
problem Distributional shift in training and deployment data for ML models.
method Develops new datasets for high-risk industrial applications.
result Demonstrates robustness and uncertainty estimation in new industrial tasks.
Large vessel occlusion (LVO) plays an important role in the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke. Identifying LVO of patients in the early stage on admission would significantly lower the probabilities of suffering from severe effects due to stroke or even save their lives. In this paper, we utilized both structural and …
The forecasting and reconstruction of ocean and atmosphere dynamics from satellite observation time series are key challenges. While model-driven representations remain the classic approaches, data-driven representations become more and more appealing to benefit from available large-scale observation and simulation dat…
CNFs model conditional densities efficiently and avoid mode collapse.
problem Capturing strong correlations between output dimensions in structured prediction tasks.
method Conditional normalizing flows (CNFs) with a likelihood-based objective.
result CNFs achieve competitive performance in super-resolution and vessel segmentation tasks.
New neural network enforces mass conservation for better ice flow predictions.
problem Reliably project future sea level rise by improving ice sheet model inputs.
method Proposes divergence-free neural networks (dfNNs) enforcing local mass conservation.
result dfNNs yield more reliable ice flux estimates compared to other models.
Understanding local currents in the North Atlantic region of the ocean is a key part of modelling heat transfer and global climate patterns. Satellites provide a surface signature of the temperature of the ocean with a high horizontal resolution while in situ autonomous probes supply high vertical resolution, but horiz…
Study uses ANFIS to assess wind power under climate change.
problem Tackles climate change impact on wind power potential.
method Employed ANFIS to match climate model data with reference data.
result Real wind power potential lower than projected.