Next-Generation Seismology: Leveraging Edge Computing and AI for Real-Time Observation

Session ID#: 281562

Session Description:
The proliferation of large-N seismic acquisition has yielded an explosion in data volumes, challenging traditional telemetry and centralized processing approaches. This session explores edge computing as a transformative paradigm for seismology. By deploying advanced, lightweight AI/ML (TinyML) models directly at the sensor level, edge computing enables real-time signal detection, characterization, and early warning without the severe latency and bandwidth bottlenecks of large data transmission. Timeliness is driven by recent breakthroughs in TinyML, ultra-low-power microprocessors, and inexpensive GPUs which now allow complex signal processing algorithms and neural networks to run autonomously in remote, off-grid environments. We welcome abstracts highlighting innovations in intelligent autonomous research, edge-enabled sensor networks, and the integration of decentralized computing with novel sensing technologies. Topics include: deploying TinyML for on-node seismic processing; applying edge computing to manage high-density fiber-sensing data (DAS, DTS, DSS, SOP...); and case studies demonstrating reduced latency in Earthquake Early Warning systems via edge telemetry.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:

7219 Seismic monitoring and test-ban treaty verification [SEISMOLOGY]
7290 Computational seismology [SEISMOLOGY]
7294 Seismic instruments and networks [SEISMOLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Maeva Pourpoint, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan Blair Ajo-Franklin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Geophysics, Berkeley, CA, United States and Ettore Biondi, Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, United States
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