# Machine Learning for Planetary Sciences **URL:** https://openplanetary.discourse.group/c/machine-learning-for-planetary-sciences/50.md [Latest](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [About the Machine Learning for Planetary Sciences category](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/about-the-machine-learning-for-planetary-sciences-category/599)
**Author:** [@cmarmo](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/cmarmo)\ **Replies:** 0
Discussions and announcements about Machine Learning applied to Planetary Sciences. Training sessions, workshops, also data preprocessing and standardization and ML workflows. --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - September 29th at 9 AM US Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-september-29th-at-9-am-us-pacific/898)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-september-29th-at-9-am-us-pacific/898 "2026-09-25T16:52:33Z")
Hello everyone, Machine Learning for Planetary Science and Space Physics (ML4PSP) seminar series is happy to host our next talk, which will take place on Tuesday, September 29th at 9:00 AM PT/Noon ET, featuring: Speake… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - August 25th at 9 AM US Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-august-25th-at-9-am-us-pacific/893)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-august-25th-at-9-am-us-pacific/893 "2026-08-21T15:25:44Z")
Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone who participated in July! In case you missed it, please find Xin Cao’s talk on “Neural Network-Based Ionospheric Current Prediction with Focal Loss for Imbalanced Data” online on ou… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - July 21st at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-july-21st-at-9-am-pacific/892)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-july-21st-at-9-am-pacific/892 "2026-07-16T21:33:37Z")
Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone who participated in June! In case you missed it, please find Kacy Hatfield’s talk on “Planetary-Scale Similarity Search for Mars Orbital Imagery with Foundation-Model Embeddings” on… --- ## [\[ML4PSP Reminder\] Seminar TODAY - June 23rd at 9 AM US Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-reminder-seminar-today-june-23rd-at-9-am-us-pacific/890)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-reminder-seminar-today-june-23rd-at-9-am-us-pacific/890 "2026-06-23T14:30:49Z")
Hi everyone Its a gentle reminder of today’s ML4PSP seminar June 23rd at 9:00 AM US Pacific Time, featuring: Speaker: Kacy Hatfield (Arizona State University) Title: “\[Dust\] Devil is in the Details: A Planetary Scienc… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - June 23rd at 9 AM US Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-june-23rd-at-9-am-us-pacific/889)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-june-23rd-at-9-am-us-pacific/889 "2026-06-15T21:39:11Z")
Machine Learning for Planetary Science and Space Physics (ML4PSP) seminar series is happy to host our next talk, which will take place on June 23rd at 9:00 AM US Pacific Time, featuring: Speaker: Kacy Hatfield (Arizona … --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - May 26th at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-may-26th-at-9-am-pacific/865)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-may-26th-at-9-am-pacific/865 "2026-05-26T13:13:52Z")
Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone who participated in April! In case you missed it, please find Jichao Fang’s talk on “Planetary-Scale Similarity Search for Mars Orbital Imagery with Foundation-Model Embeddings” onl… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - April 21st at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-april-21st-at-9-am-pacific/860)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-april-21st-at-9-am-pacific/860 "2026-04-20T13:12:16Z")
Machine Learning for Planetary Science and Space Physics (ML4PSP) Seminar Series 2026 — Relaunch Announcement The Machine Learning for Planetary Science and Planetary Exploration (ML4PSP) Seminar Series is back for 2026… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Reminder: Seminar TODAY June 4th at 9 AM Pacific - in less than 2 hours](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-reminder-seminar-today-june-4th-at-9-am-pacific-in-less-than-2-hours/787)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-reminder-seminar-today-june-4th-at-9-am-pacific-in-less-than-2-hours/787 "2024-06-04T14:09:09Z")
Its a gentle reminder for TODAY’s ML4PSP talk (June 4th at 9 AM Pacific - in less than 2 hours) and we will hear from: Michael Holland (Brigham Young University) on “This Crater Does Not Exist: How Synthetically Created… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - June 4th at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-june-4th-at-9-am-pacific/786)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-june-4th-at-9-am-pacific/786 "2024-05-29T19:11:14Z")
Hello everyone! Thank you everyone for your participation on April ! You can now find Opal Issan talk on “Bayesian Inference and Global Sensitivity Analysis for Ambient Solar Wind Prediction” on our YouTube channel. In… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - April 9th at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-april-9th-at-9-am-pacific/775)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-april-9th-at-9-am-pacific/775 "2024-04-09T14:45:54Z")
Hello everyone! Thank you everyone for your participation on February ! We are happy to announce our next seminar in the month of April (April 9th at 9 AM Pacific) and we will hear from: Opal Issan from University of … --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - Feb 6th at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-feb-6th-at-9-am-pacific/742)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-feb-6th-at-9-am-pacific/742 "2024-01-16T16:36:08Z")
Hello everyone! We wish you all a very happy and healthy new year !!! I hope you all had a wonderful season and great kick-start to the new year !! We are happy to announce our first seminar of 2024 ! In the month of F… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - Oct 3rd at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-oct-3rd-at-9-am-pacific/715)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-oct-3rd-at-9-am-pacific/715 "2023-10-03T14:18:29Z")
Hello everyone! In the month of October (October 3rd at 9 AM Pacific) we will hear from: Serina Diniega and Umaa Rebbapragada from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) about “Creating a Global Map of Martian Frost, Usi… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - September 12th at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-september-12th-at-9-am-pacific/710)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-september-12th-at-9-am-pacific/710 "2023-09-12T14:19:15Z")
Hello everyone! This month (September 12th at 9 AM Pacific) we will hear from: Mireia Leon-Dasi (Observatoire De Paris, Lesia) about “Using deep learning to characterize explosive volcanism on Mercury” See the full ab… --- ## [ML-ready Dataset for Identification of Frost in Martian HiRISE Images](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml-ready-dataset-for-identification-of-frost-in-martian-hirise-images/692)
**Author:** [@cmarmo](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/cmarmo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml-ready-dataset-for-identification-of-frost-in-martian-hirise-images/692 "2023-08-01T03:01:13Z")
Posted on Slack by Mark Wronkiewicz Hi all, I wanted to make you aware of a new, open ML-ready dataset designed for the application of machine learning techniques to the study of the Martian seasonal frost cycle. It was… --- ## [\[ML4PSP\] Seminar Announcement - TOMORROW - June 13th at 9 AM Pacific](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-tomorrow-june-13th-at-9-am-pacific/667)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-tomorrow-june-13th-at-9-am-pacific/667 "2023-06-12T19:03:20Z")
Hello everyone! This month (June 13th at 9 AM Pacific) we will hear from: Abigail Azari (University of California, Berkeley) about “A Virtual Solar Wind Monitor for Mars Using Gaussian Processes” and Alex Barrett (Th… --- ## [ML4PSP Seminar Announcement - May 2nd 2023 - on Spectroscopy (Also March seminar is online)](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-may-2nd-2023-on-spectroscopy-also-march-seminar-is-online/623)
**Author:** [@Indhu\_Varatharajan](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Indhu_Varatharajan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ml4psp-seminar-announcement-may-2nd-2023-on-spectroscopy-also-march-seminar-is-online/623 "2023-05-02T15:03:00Z")
Hello everyone! Next ML4PSP seminar is on May 2nd at 9 AM Pacific; we will hear from: Cai Ytsma (Cai Consulting / University College London) about “Fundamental analyses of quantification accuracy in rock spectra using … --- ## [Geospatial deep learning with TorchGeo](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/geospatial-deep-learning-with-torchgeo/618)
**Author:** [@cmarmo](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/cmarmo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/geospatial-deep-learning-with-torchgeo/618 "2023-04-06T19:45:20Z")
TorchGeo is designed to make it simple: for machine learning experts to work with geospatial data, and for remote sensing experts to explore machine learning solutions. Worth a try with planetary data? --- ## [Instant Neural Graphics Primitives on Mars Robot images?](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/instant-neural-graphics-primitives-on-mars-robot-images/609)
**Author:** [@cmarmo](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/cmarmo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/instant-neural-graphics-primitives-on-mars-robot-images/609 "2023-03-25T20:44:12Z")
Reconstructing 3D Mars surface views with robot images? If someone with the right hardware is willing to try… --- ## [OGC Seeks Public Comment on New Standard for Training Data for AI/ML Applications](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ogc-seeks-public-comment-on-new-standard-for-training-data-for-ai-ml-applications/608)
**Author:** [@cmarmo](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/cmarmo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/ogc-seeks-public-comment-on-new-standard-for-training-data-for-ai-ml-applications/608 "2023-03-25T20:29:57Z")
Relevant to some planetary Machine Learning applications.