Machine Learning Techniques for Predicting the Geoeffectiveness of Coronal Mass Ejections

When (times in MT)
Wed, May 3 2023, 2pm - 1 hour
Event Type
Speaker
Andreea Pricopi
Affiliation
University College Dublin
Building & Room
Virtual

Machine Learning techniques are a powerful tool for addressing various types of issues. This presentation aims to demonstrate how they have been applied to predict the geoeffectiveness of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). Our research focused on experimenting with various binary classification models on white-light coronagraph data sets of close-to-Sun CMEs. In this presentation, algorithms such as logistic regression, k-nearest neighbors, artificial neural networks, and ensemble models will be discussed, together with their performances. Additionally, the challenges encountered during the research, such as the extreme imbalance between the number of geoeffective and ineffective events in our data set, as well as insights into the approaches taken to overcome them, will be addressed.

About the Speaker

Andreea is a 24 year old Computer Science graduate from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She has started working on this research as part of her Bachelor's Thesis. She is currently pursuing a Computer Science Master's at the University College Dublin, in Ireland, while also working part-time as a Machine Learning Engineer.