A BRAIN Study to Tackle Image Analysis with Artificial Intelligence in the ALMA 2030 Era

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An ESO internal ALMA development study, BRAIN, is addressing the ill-posed inverse problem of synthesis image analysis, employing astrostatistics and astroinformatics. These emerging fields of research offer interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of observational astronomy, statistics, algorithm development, and data science. In this study, we provide evidence of the benefits of employing these approaches to ALMA imaging for operational and scientific purposes. We show the potential of two techniques, RESOLVE and DeepFocus, applied to ALMA-calibrated science data. Significant advantages are provided with the prospect to improve the quality and completeness of the data products stored in the science archive and the overall processing time for operations. Both approaches evidence the logical pathway to address the incoming revolution in data rates dictated by the planned electronic upgrades. Moreover, we bring to the community additional products through a new package, ALMASim, to promote advancements in these fields, providing a refined ALMA simulator usable by a large community for training and testing new algorithms.
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  • ESO (05A20W01)
  • Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF) (05A20W01)
  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (05A20W01)

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