MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTER VISION
IN HELIOPHYSICS
07-09 April, 2025
Sofia, Bulgaria
and online
This hybrid conference focuses on applications of Computer Vision and Machine / Deep Learning techniques to heliophysics research and forecasting frameworks, as well on the integration of these techniques into modeling and operational efforts for solar activity and heliospheric phenomena.
Check out the website of the first MCH conference in 2023
Conference Topics
– Computer Vision and Machine Learning applications in heliophysics, including:
– Solar magnetism
– Solar activity (flares, CMEs, particles)
– Solar wind
– Space weather and space climate, gaps and applications to be tackled with CV and ML
– Heliospheric radio emissions
– Computer Vision and Machine Learning techniques
– Explainable Machine Learning and Physics-informed networks
– Tools for CV and ML (based on Python, OpenCV, scikit-learn, TF/Pytorch, etc)
– Research to Operations augmented by CV/AI
Scientific Organising Committee
Jorge Amaya (ESA)
Manolis Georgoulis (Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Robert Jarolim (HAO, USA)
Shane Maloney (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland)
Michele Piana (Università di Genova, Italy)
Pietro Zucca (ASTRON, Netherlands)
Kamen Kozarev (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
Invited Speakers
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Deadlines
Abstract Submission: 1 February, 2025
Early Registration: 20 February, 2025
Regular Registration: 20 March, 2025
Late Registration (on site): 1 April, 2025
Late Registration (online): 7 April, 2025
Local Organizing Committee
Kamen Kozarev, Rositsa Miteva, Momchil Dechev, Oleg Stepanyuk, Artem Epifanov, Vergil Yotov, Dimitar Sotirov
Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
For questions and inquiries, email mch@nao-rozhen.org
Abstracts
Register
TO BE UPDATED
Conference Venue
The Workshop will be held at thе Grand Hotel Millennium in Sofia, Bulgaria. The hotel is situated in downtown Sofia, close to tourist attractions, museums and galleries, restaurants and shopping. It is easily accessible by subway from Sofia Airport.
A number of rooms will be blocked for conference participants – to be updated soon!
Grand Hotel Millennium Sofia embodies an elegant combination of gilded brilliance, innovation, and service at the highest heights. The striking 30-story building includes 400 bright, spacious, and gracefully furnished rooms. The 3,200 sq. m. Millennium Spa and Wellness centre welcomes you with a complete range of treatments, therapies, and a 1,500 sq. m. cutting-edge Fitness Centre. The hotel presents 10 restaurants and lounges which will be remarkable for their location, view, interior, and the various culinary experiences they will offer. Among the various dining outlets are a fine dining restaurant and conceptual Mediterranean restaurant, а moon kissed rooftop bar with opening roofs and a lounge on the 30th floor with a 360º view.
Program
The Program will be uploaded here.
Participants
THE LIST OF REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL BE UPLOADED HERE.
INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS
Oral Presentations
Contributed oral talks will have 20-minute duration (15 + 5 min Q&A). Invited oral talks will have 40-minute duration (35 + 5 min Q&A). Presentations will only be accepted in .ppt/.pptx or .pdf formats and landscape orientation; 16:9 aspect ratio is preferred, but we can accommodate 4:3 as well. Please submit your presentation in advance, sending it to mch@nao-rozhen.org.
Poster Presentations
TO BE UPDATED SOON
