Publications

Data Poisoning and Leakage Analysis in Federated Learning

Book Chapter in Handbook on Trustworthy Federated Learning

Minor contributions to work published by my lab.

Wenqi Wei, Tiansheng Huang, Zachary Yahn, Anoop Singhal, Margaret Loper, and Ling Liu. Data Poisoning and Leakage Analysis in Federated Learning. Handbook on Trustworthy Federated Learning. Springer.

Rapid Automated Mapping of Clouds on Titan Using Instance Segmentation

Under Review - Journal of Geophysical Research (Machine Learning Edition)

Culmination of my work with NASA. We demonstrate a novel application of instance segmentation to identification of clouds on Titan and present our work to encourage the broader planetary science community to embrace machine learning in image analysis.

Zachary Yahn, Douglas M. Trent, Ethan Duncan, Benoit Seignovert, John Santerre, Conor A. Nixon. Automated Mapping of Clouds on Titan Using Semantic Segmentation. Planetary Science Journal. 2024.

Titan Cloud Identification with Deep Transfer Learning

Presented at International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2023

Poster presentation at the workshop for Machine Learning and Remote Sensing.

Zachary Yahn, Douglas M. Trent, Ethan Duncan, John Santerre, Conor A. Nixon. Titan Cloud Identification with Deep Transfer Learning. International Conference on Learning Representations 2023. May 1-5, 2023. Kigali, Rwanda.

Feature Extraction and Classification from Planetary Science Datasets enabled by Machine Learning

Published in IEEE Aerospace

Wrote Titan sections for conference paper on applications of deep computer vision to planetary science projects as part of Conor Nixon’s research group.

Conor A. Nixon, Zachary Yahn, Ethan Duncan, Ian Neidel, Alyssa C. Mills, Benoit Seignovert, Andrew Larson, Kathryn Gansler, Charles Liles, Catherine C. Walker, Douglas M. Trent, John Santerre. Feature Extraction and Classification from Planetary Science Datasets enabled by Machine Learning. 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference. March 4-8, 2023. Big Sky, Montana.

Detection and Segmentation of Ice Blocks in Europa’s Chaos Regions Using Deep Learning

Published in LPI Contributions, Outer Planets Assessment Group

Contributed to secondary project on detecting and segmenting ice floes on Europa.

Marina M. Dunn, Ethan Duncan, Alyssa C. Mills, John Santerre, Andrew Larson, Douglas M. Trent, Ian Neidel, Zachary Yahn, Conor A. Nixon. Detection and Segmentation of Ice Blocks in Europa’s Chaos Regions Using Deep Learning. LPI Contributions. May 5, 2023. Greenbelt, Maryland.