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The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be a formidable instrument for the detailed study of neutral hydrogen (HI) in external galaxies and in our own Galaxy and Local Group. The sensitivity of the SKA, its wide receiver bands, and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Lister Staveley-Smith , Tom Oosterloo

[Edited for arXiv] Source extraction in HI radio surveys is still often performed using visual inspection, but the efficacy of such procedures lacks rigorous quantitative assessment due to their laborious nature. Algorithmic methods are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-09 Rhys Taylor

Along with the nearing completion of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), comes an increasing demand for accurate and reliable automated solutions to extract valuable information from the vast amount of data it will allow acquiring. Automated…

Nowadays, software artifacts are ubiquitous in our lives being an essential part of home appliances, cars, cell phones, and even in more critical activities like aeronautics and health sciences. In this context software failures may produce…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-01-07 Manuel Giménez , Mariano M. Moscato , Carlos G. Lopez Pombo , Marcelo F. Frias

Simulating sonar devices requires modeling complex underwater acoustics, simultaneously rendering time-efficient data. Existing methods focus on basic implementation of one sonar type, where most of sound properties are disregarded. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-13 Rômulo Cerqueira , Tiago Trocoli , Jan Albiez , Luciano Oliveira

The upcoming Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is expected to produce humongous amount of data for undertaking H{\sc i}~science. We have developed an MPI-based {\sc Python} pipeline to deal with the large data efficiently with the present…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-28 Abinash Kumar Shaw , Manoj Jagannath , Aishrila Mazumder , Arnab Chakraborty , Narendra Nath Patra , Rajesh Mondal , Samir Choudhuri

The accuracy in position and flux density of 19 large radio continuum source catalogues has been determined using SPECFIND, a new tool recently made available through the CDS. The ~67000 radio continuum spectra with three or more…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Vollmer , E. Davoust , P. Dubois , F. Genova , F. Ochsenbein , W. van Driel

We present the Signal Detection using Random-Forest Algorithm (SIDRA). SIDRA is a detection and classification algorithm based on the Machine Learning technique (Random Forest). The goal of this paper is to show the power of SIDRA for quick…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-12 D. Mislis , E. Bachelet , K. A. Alsubai , D. M. Bramich , N. Parley

Context. In the current era of multi-wavelength and multi-messenger astronomy, international organisations are actively working on the definition of new standards for the publication of astronomical data, and substantial effort is devoted…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-13 Fabrizio Giordano , Yago Ascasibar , Luca Cortese , Ivan Valtchanov , Bruno Merín

We present Hubble multi-wavelength photometric catalogs, including (up to) 17 filters with the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 from the ultra-violet to near-infrared for the Hubble Frontier Fields and associated…

The Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey has performed a multi-epoch near-infrared imaging of the inner Galactic plane. High-fidelity photometric catalogs are needed to utilize the data. We aim at producing a deep,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-11 Miaomiao Zhang , Jouni Kainulainen

Traditional ship detection methods primarily rely on single-modal approaches, such as visible or infrared images, which limit their application in complex scenarios involving varying lighting conditions and heavy fog. To address this issue,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Yanyin Guo , Runxuan An , Junwei Li , Zhiyuan Zhang

Sonar radar captures visual representations of underwater objects and structures using sound wave reflections, making it essential for exploration, mapping, and continuous surveillance in wild ecosystems. Real-time analysis of sonar data is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-29 Chi Xu , Rongsheng Qian , Hao Fang , Xiaoqiang Ma , William I. Atlas , Jiangchuan Liu , Mark A. Spoljaric

Underwater imaging grapples with challenges from light-water interactions, leading to color distortions and reduced clarity. In response to these challenges, we propose a novel Color Balance Prior \textbf{Guided} \textbf{Hyb}rid…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Xiaojiao Guo , Xuhang Chen , Shuqiang Wang , Chi-Man Pun

We present an analysis of 152,355 radio sources identified in the second data release of the LOFAR Two Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS-DR2) with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic redshifts in the range 0.00 < z < 0.57. Using Monte Carlo…

The most direct way to confront observed galaxies with those formed in numerical simulations is to forward-model simulated galaxies into synthetic observations. Provided that synthetic galaxy observations include similar constraints and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-16 Connor Bottrell , Maan H. Hani

Hydrodynamic simulations are powerful tools for studying galaxy formation. However, it is crucial to test and improve the sub-grid physics underlying these simulations by comparing their predictions with observations. To this aim,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-30 A. Cornejo-Cárdenas , E. Sillero , P. B. Tissera , M. Boquien , J. Vilchez , G. Bruzual , P. Jofré

Over the last decades, radio detection of air showers has been established as a promising detection technique for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos. Very large or dense antenna arrays are necessary to be proficient at collecting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 Anne Zilles , Olivier Martineau-Huynh , Kumiko Kotera , Matias Tueros , Krijn de Vries , Washington Carvalho , Valentin Niess

In the era of large photometric surveys, the importance of automated and accurate classification is rapidly increasing. Specifically, the separation of resolved and unresolved sources in astronomical imaging is a critical initial step for a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-07 Yutaro Tachibana , A. A. Miller

Satellite-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images can be used as a source of remote sensed imagery regardless of cloud cover and day-night cycle. However, the speckle noise and varying image acquisition conditions pose a challenge for…

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