Since 2012, the Chiba Institute of Technology Planetary Exploration Research Center (PERC) has been promoting the "Meteor Project" for long-term continuous observation of meteors with an ultra-sensitive CMOS color high-definition camera installed at the International Space Station (ISS).This is the world's first attempt to continuously observe meteors from space for a long period of time.

　Since it is not possible to predict when and where a meteor will occur, researchers are currently doing all the work of finding a meteor visually from the videos taken.However, the time it takes for a meteor to emit light is often less than one second, and it is extremely difficult for the human eye to detect the occurrence of a meteor, so there is an urgent need to develop software that detects the occurrence of a meteor. ..

　Against this background, the Chiba Institute of Technology Planetary Exploration Research Center and the Chiba Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence and Software Technology Research Center (STAIR Lab) are researchers based on the recent development of video recognition research and the value of datasets.・ We are holding a machine learning competition "Meteor Search Challenge" to encourage engineers and students to take on this challenge.In the competition, participants will develop an algorithm to detect meteors from the video data of meteors shot so far and compete for their performance.The high school section has been newly established from this time, and is currently recruiting participants.The application period is until June 2018, 6.Details are posted on the STAIR Lab website.

Reference: [STAIR Lab] We have set up a high school student division in the Meteor Search Challenge!