NSF award 2606920 · Columbia University
Collaborative Research: CDS&E: Using Transients and Variable Stars to Spur Interpretability of Foundation Models in the Rubin LSST Era
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29 December 2029
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- Award number
- 2606920
- Period of support
- 1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2029
- Amount
- $271,229
- Awardee
- Columbia University, NEW York, NY
- Program
- STELLAR ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSC, OFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AC
- Directorate
- MPS
Abstract
In science, the deeper a physical truth, the more widely it applies. A similar principle is thought to hold for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)—the more deeply a model has “learned”, the more generalizable it is. Generalizability therefore sits at the heart of AI/ML. To test and improve astronomy foundation models (FMs), a research team at CUNY Hunter College and Columbia University will…
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