Linus Sorg
A Jugend forscht project by Till Eissler and Linus Sorg
Meteors
Studied with video and radio.
How it works
Meteors (shooting stars) can reflect radio signals from transmitters beyond the horizon.
Recording video and radio at the same time lets both signals be compared in time.
To analyse the videos automatically, I developed VAMOS+, software for meteor detection.
Detection relies on an AI trained specifically on meteors.
What is VAMOS+?
Reliable.
Thanks to a specialised AI, VAMOS+ finds up to 40% more meteors than a conventional algorithm without AI.
Open source.
The entire source code of VAMOS+ is public, for more transparency.
Fast.
VAMOS+ analyses up to 8 frames per second on a CPU, and up to 20 with a GPU.
Free.
VAMOS+ is free for any use.
Who is behind it
Till Eissler
Especially into astronomy.
Linus Sorg
Especially into computer science.
Results
- Prize of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for the best space science project at the national finals in BremenEarth and space sciences, with the overall project
- 1st place, Baden-Württemberg state finalsInterdisciplinary, mathematics/computer science
- 1st place, Northern Black Forest regional finalsMathematics/computer science
- 2022Linus Sorg & Till Eissler
- 3rd place, Baden-Württemberg state finalsEarth and space sciences
- 1st place, Northern Black Forest regional finalsEarth and space sciences
- 2021Linus Sorg & Till Eissler
- 3rd place, Baden-Württemberg state finalsEarth and space sciences
- 1st place, Northern Black Forest regional finalsEarth and space sciences
- 2020Linus Sorg & Till Eissler
- 1st place, Northern Black Forest regional finalsEarth and space sciences
More
Written papers
Videos
Thank you
Till Credner
Project supervisor, Progymnasium Rosenfeld
- Martin Eissler
- Bruno & Johanna Nelles
- Denis Mrsa
- Marianne Gaiselmann
- Armin Sorg
- Lucien Smarsly
- Sven-Alexander Schuch
- Klaus Wettki
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