Anomaly Detection and RFI Classification with Unsupervised Learning in Narrowband Radio Technosignature Searches

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16556v1
• Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:40:19 GMT
• Title: Anomaly Detection and RFI Classification with Unsupervised Learning in Narrowband Radio Technosignature Searches
• Authors: Ben Jacobson-Bell, Steve Croft, Carmen Choza, Alex Andersson, Daniel Bautista, Vishal Gajjar, Matthew Lebofsky, David H. E. MacMahon, Caleb Painter, Andrew P. V. Siemion,
• Abstract summary: We present GLOBULAR clustering, a signal processing method that uses HDBSCAN to reduce the false-positive rate and isolate outlier signals. When combined with a standard narrowband signal detection and spatial filtering pipeline, GLOBULAR clustering offers significant improvements in the false-positive rate. We benchmark our method against the Choza et al. (2024) turboSETI-only search of 97 nearby galaxies at L-band, demonstrating a false-positive hit reduction rate of 93.1% and a false-positive event reduction rate of 99.3%.
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• Abstract: The search for radio technosignatures is an anomaly detection problem: candidate signals represent needles of interest in the proverbial haystack of radio-frequency interference (RFI). Current search frameworks find an enormity of false-positive signals, especially in large surveys, requiring manual follow-up to a sometimes prohibitive degree. Unsupervised learning provides an algorithmic way to winnow the most anomalous signals from the chaff, as well as group together RFI signals that bear morphological similarities. We present GLOBULAR (Grouping Low-frequency Observations By Unsupervised Learning After Reduction) clustering, a signal processing method that uses HDBSCAN to reduce the false-positive rate and isolate outlier signals for further analysis. When combined with a standard narrowband signal detection and spatial filtering pipeline, such as turboSETI, GLOBULAR clustering offers significant improvements in the false-positive rate over the standard pipeline alone, suggesting dramatic potential for the amelioration of manual follow-up requirements for future large surveys. By removing RFI signals in regions of high spectral occupancy, GLOBULAR clustering may also enable the detection of signals missed by the standard pipeline. We benchmark our method against the Choza et al. (2024) turboSETI-only search of 97 nearby galaxies at L-band, demonstrating a false-positive hit reduction rate of 93.1% and a false-positive event reduction rate of 99.3%.

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