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Session Proposal: From task specific Machine Learning to Foundation Models in Seismology and Geodesy (AGU25)

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From task specific Machine Learning to Foundation Models in Seismology and Geodesy

Session ID#: 247860

Session Description:
Machine learning is rapidly advancing scientific research and solid Earth geophysics has benefited in this data driven modeling transformation. Many existing models are task-specific without a generalization of the data, therefore limiting widespread application across different settings. Inspired by natural language processing and computer vision, we can extend the foundation model concept to seismology and geodesy. Foundation models are large-scale, pre-trained deep neural networks that learn general representations from vast amounts of data and easily adapt to a range of downstream task-specific applications. This session aims to highlight advancements in foundation models for solid Earth geophysics. We invite contributions that explore machine learning architectures, domain adaptation strategies, large-scale pretraining methodologies, evaluation methods, and downstream applications of foundation models (even existing ones) in seismology and geodesy. We aim to foster discussions on the impact of foundation models on seismology and geodesy research, as well as their contribution to scientific progress.
Index Terms:

1299 General or miscellaneous [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1942 Machine learning [INFORMATICS]
4315 Monitoring, forecasting, prediction [NATURAL HAZARDS]
7230 Seismicity and tectonics [SEISMOLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Laura Laurenti, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, EAPS, Zurich, Switzerland
Convener:  Christopher W Johnson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
 
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Yiyu Ni1, Marine Denolle1, Mars Gao2 and Nathan Kutz3, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States, (2)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Seattle, United States, (3)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Departments of Applied Mathematics and Electrical & Computer Engineering, Seattle, United States
 
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Zhengfa Bi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Xinming Wu, USTC University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Xiaohua Xu, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States and Nori Nakata, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
 
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