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| Paper: |
VO-supported Active Deep Learning as a New Methodology for the Discovery of Objects of Interest in Big Surveys |
| Volume: |
527, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIX |
| Page: |
163 |
| Authors: |
Škoda, P.; Podsztavek, O.; Tvrdík, P. |
| Abstract: |
Deep neural networks have been proved a very successful method of supervised learning in several research fields.
To perform well, they require a massive amount of labelled data,
which is challenging to get from most astronomical surveys.
To overcome this limitation, we have developed a novel active deep learning method.
It is based on an iterative training of a deep network
followed by relabelling of a small sample
according to a qualified decision of an oracle (usually a human expert).
To maximise the scientific return, the oracle brings to the decision the domain knowledge
not limited only to the data learned by the network.
By combining some external resources to extract the key information by an expert in a field,
much more relevant labels are assigned.
Setup of an active deep learning platform thus requires incorporation of a Virtual Observatory (VO) client infrastructure
as an integral part of a machine learning experiment,
which is quite different from current practices.
As proof of concept, we demonstrate the efficiency of our method for discovery of new emission-line stars in a multimillion spectra archive of the LAMOST DR2 survey. |
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