Seismic waves from earthquakes and other sources are used to infer the structure and properties of Earth’s interior. The availability of large-scale seismic datasets and the suitability of deep-learning techniques for seismic data processing have pushed deep learning to the forefront of fundamental, long-standing research investigations in seismology. However, some aspects of applying deep learning to seismology are likely to prove instructive for the geosciences, and perhaps other research areas more broadly. Deep learning is a powerful approach, but there are subtleties and nuances in its application. We present a systematic overview of trends, challenges, and opportunities in applications of deep-learning methods in seismology. Description Large-scale learning The large amount and availability of datasets in seismology creates a great opportunity to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence to data processing. Mousavi and Beroza provide a comprehensive review of the deep-learning techniques being applied to seismic datasets, covering approaches, limitations, and opportunities. The trends in data processing and analysis can be instructive for geoscience and other research areas more broadly. —BG The ways in which deep learning can help process and analyze large seismological datasets are reviewed. BACKGROUND Seismology is the study of seismic waves to understand their origin—most obviously, sudden fault slip in earthquakes, but also explosions, volcanic eruptions, glaciers, landslides, ocean waves, vehicular traffic, aircraft, trains, wind, air guns, and thunderstorms, for example. Seismology uses those same waves to infer the structure and properties of planetary interiors. Because sources can generate waves at any time, seismic ground motion is recorded continuously, at typical sampling rates of 100 points per second, for three components of motion, and on arrays that can include thousands of sensors. Although seismology is clearly a data-rich science, it often is a data-driven science as well, with new phenomena and unexpected behavior discovered with regularity. And for at least some tasks, the careful and painstaking work of seismic analysts over decades and around the world has also made seismology a data label–rich science. This facet makes it fertile ground for deep learning, which has entered almost every subfield of seismology and outperforms classical approaches, often dramatically, for many seismological tasks. ADVANCES Seismic wave identification and onset-time, first-break determination for seismic P and S waves within continuous seismic data are foundational to seismology and are particularly well suited to deep learning because of the availability of massive, labeled datasets. It has received particularly close attention, and that has led, for example, to the development of deep learning–based earthquake catalogs that can feature more than an order of magnitude more events than are present in conventional catalogs. Deep learning has shown the ability to outperform classical approaches for other important seismological tasks as well, including the discrimination of earthquakes from explosions and other sources, separation of seismic signals from background noise, seismic image processing and interpretation, and Earth model inversion. OUTLOOK The development of increasingly cost-effective sensors and emerging ground-motion sensing technologies, such as fiber optic cable and accelerometers in smart devices, portend a continuing acceleration of seismological data volumes, so that deep learning is likely to become essential to seismology’s future. Deep learning’s nonlinear mapping ability, sequential data modeling, automatic feature extraction, dimensionality reduction, and reparameterization are all advantageous for processing high-dimensional seismic data, particularly because those data are noisy and, from the point of view of mathematical inference, incomplete. Deep learning for scientific discovery and direct extraction of insight into seismological processes is clearly just getting started. Aspects of seismology pose interesting additional challenges for deep learning. Many of the most important problems in earthquake seismology—such as earthquake forecasting, ground motion prediction, and rapid earthquake alerting—concern large and damaging earthquakes that are (fortunately) rare. That rarity poses a fundamental challenge for the data-hungry methods of deep learning: How can we train reliable models, and how do we validate them well enough to rely on them when data are scarce and opportunities to test models are infrequent? Further, how can we operationalize deep-learning techniques in such a situation, when the mechanisms by which they make predictions from data may not be easily explained, and the consequences of incorrect models are high? Incorporating domain knowledge through physics-based and explainable deep learning and setting up standard benchmarking and evaluation protocols will help ensure progress, as is the nascent emergence of a seismological data science ecosystem. More generally, a combination of data science literacy for geoscientists as well as recruiting data science expertise will help to ensure that deep-learning seismology reaches its full potential. Deep-learning processing of seismic data and incorporation of domain knowledge can lead to new capabilities and new insights across seismology. A. MASTIN/SCIENCE, TOP RIGHT: CARA HARWOOD/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS/CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 MIDDLE RIGHT: JOHAN SWANEPOEL/SCIENCE SOURCE

Deep-learning seismology

The continuous rise of the COVID-19 Omicron cases despite the vaccination program available has been progressing worldwide. To mitigate the COVID-19 contraction, different contact tracing applications have been utilized such as Thai Chana from Thailand. This study aimed to predict factors affecting the perceived usability of Thai Chana by integrating the Protection Motivation Theory and Technology Acceptance Theory considering the System Usability Scale, utilizing deep learning neural network and random forest classifier. A total of 800 respondents were collected through convenience sampling to measure different factors such as understanding COVID-19, perceived severity, perceived vulnerability, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, attitude towards using, intention to use, actual system use, and perceived usability. In total, 97.32% of the deep learning neural network showed that understanding COVID-19 presented the most significant factor affecting perceived usability. In addition, random forest classifier produced a 92% accuracy with a 0.00 standard deviation indicating that understanding COVID-19 and perceived vulnerability led to a very high perceived usability while perceived severity and perceived ease of use also led to a high perceived usability. The findings of this study could be considered by the government to promote the usage of contact tracing applications even in other countries. Finally, deep learning neural network and random forest classifier as machine learning algorithms may be utilized for predicting factors affecting human behavior in technology or system acceptance worldwide.

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/10/6111/pdf?version=1652793051

Utilization of Random Forest and Deep Learning Neural Network for Predicting Factors Affecting Perceived Usability of a COVID-19 Contact Tracing Mobile Application in Thailand “ThaiChana”

Utilization of random forest classifier and artificial neural network for predicting the acceptance of reopening decommissioned nuclear power plant

The progress brought by the deep learning technology over the last decade has inspired many research domains, such as radar signal processing, speech and audio recognition, etc., to apply it to their respective problems. Most of the prominent deep learning models exploit data representations acquired with either Lidar or camera sensors, leaving automotive radars rarely used. This is despite the vital potential of radars in adverse weather conditions, as well as their ability to simultaneously measure an object's range and radial velocity seamlessly. As radar signals have not been exploited very much so far, there is a lack of available benchmark data. However, recently, there has been a lot of interest in applying radar data as input to various deep learning algorithms, as more datasets are being provided. To this end, this paper presents a survey of various deep learning approaches processing radar signals to accomplish some significant tasks in an autonomous driving application, such as detection and classification. We have itemized the review based on different radar signal representations, as it is one of the critical aspects while using radar data with deep learning models. Furthermore, we give an extensive review of the recent deep learning-based multi-sensor fusion models exploiting radar signals and camera images for object detection tasks. We then provide a summary of the available datasets containing radar data. Finally, we discuss the gaps and important innovations in the reviewed papers and highlight some possible future research prospects.

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/6/1951/pdf

Application of Deep Learning on Millimeter-Wave Radar Signals: A Review.

DeepQuake — An application of CNN for seismo-acoustic event classification in The Netherlands

A deep learning approach for automatic recognition of seismo-volcanic events at the Cotopaxi volcano

Target detection is one of the most important applications of radar systems. However, the task of processing echoed signals to determine whether a valid target exists, or if it is just noise, is not simple. Constant false alarm rate detectors have traditionally been used in radar processors using classical hypothesis testing methods, and moving target indicator (MTI) or moving target detector (MTD) algorithms to discriminate targets from clutter (i.e., unwanted noise). On the other hand, machine learning research has significantly improved the performance and application of classifiers that I earn by example. Thus, this paper evaluates the implementation of target detection using radar processors based on machine learning classifiers, namely random decision forests and recurrent neural networks (deep learning). The experimental comparison implemented in this work is based on a testbed that replicates the configuration of the Oerlikon Skyguard surveillance radar. Obtained results are also compared with advanced MTI/MTD detectors, showing that machine learning algorithms discriminate targets from clutter with remarkable precision. In particular, deep learning helps to improve radar detection rates at very low signal-to-clutter ratios mainly, keeping false alarm rates under predetermined values.

Target Detection using Radar Processors based on Machine Learning

The continuous growth of traffic in the telecommunication networks has motivated the search for optimal source codes that can achieve high percentages of compression of the information to be transmitted. However, the compression rates are limited in the practice for the type of messages to encode. For this reason, new techniques have been developed in order to improve the compression rates of the traditional algorithms. In particular, source coding techniques based on computational intelligence algorithms are being studied lately. Hence, this paper proposes a new source coding technique for text compression based on two stages: the initial stage uses a deep neural network, called Text Embedding Neural Network, and the second stage uses a Canonical Huffman Code. The deep neural network increases the compression rate by controlling the level of syntax loss allowed in each message through a single adjustable parameter. This combination is able to reduce the size of the transmitted messages up to 30% with relation to only use traditional source coding algorithms.

Source Coding for Text Transmission using a Deep Neural Network as a Lossy Compression Stage

Knowing the location of military personnel and vehicles plays an essential role in military operations, especially when these operations take place in jungles or places of dense vegetation. In this article, the use of the GPS network for the positioning of military vehicles is proposed, in addition, this location is reported through the Iridium satellite network. After the tests, the location of the device is sent, received and stored, with an approximate error of 2m using geodesic points to verify the accuracy of the equipment.

Low Cost Equipment for Military Vehicle Location in Forest Areas

Antennas are basic elements within communication systems, getting antennas with adequate directivity and high bandwidth for each application has been a challenge for different research groups. Within that context, the frequency independent antennas have been studied for their good results in terms of bandwidth and directivity.This article presents the design and construction of an Archimedean Spiral Antenna that operates in the UHF band, for military applications, such as electronic warfare (EW), drones detection when they use the ISM bands as communication channel. The main characteristic parameters of the proposed antenna are characterized in the simulation step and measured after its construction.

Fernando Lara

Papers

A deep learning approach for automatic recognition of seismo-volcanic events at the Cotopaxi volcano

Target Detection using Radar Processors based on Machine Learning

Source Coding for Text Transmission using a Deep Neural Network as a Lossy Compression Stage

Low Cost Equipment for Military Vehicle Location in Forest Areas

Archimedean Spiral Antenna in UHF band for Military Applications