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Testing a Neural Network Accelerator on a High-Altitude Balloon
Clark, Gilbert ; Landis, Geoffrey ; Barnes, Ethan ; Lafuente, Blake ; Collins, Kristina
关键词: AEROSPACE ENVIRONMENTS;    COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF PRODUCTS;    COST EFFECTIVENESS;    FLIGHT TESTS;    HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONS;    PAYLOADS;    RADIO FREQUENCIES;    SPACE MISSIONS;    SPACE PLATFORMS;    MACHINE LEARNING;    NEURAL NETWORKS;   
RP-ID  :  GRC-E-DAA-TN69721
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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server
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【 摘 要 】

The cognitive communications project has been working to re d machine learning approaches to support their deployment and sustained use in space environments. It has historically been difficult to implement such techniques on space platforms, however, due to the computational requirements they levy onto general-purpose avionics hardware. While technologies exist to accelerate the computation of aspects of neural networks, such platforms have not historically been deployed in space environments. Given that testing payloads in such environments can be both cost- and time-prohibitive, high-altitude balloons can be used as a way to approximate a space environment at a much lower cost, thus providing a cost-effective way in which to test newer approaches to hardware acceleration for artificial intelligence which may be deployed onto spacecraft more directly. This paper describes a successful test of a commercial off- the-shelf neural network accelerator on a high-altitude balloon. It begins by explaining our selection criteria when evaluating different commercial neural network acceleration techniques: primary considerations include size, weight, and power (SWaP) as well as ease of integration. Next, the paper describes the development and implementation of an experimental flight test platform: flight and ground components are discussed. Afterward, the paper discusses the experimental payload itself: this includes the experimental procedure as well as the specific image and method used for testing. Finally, the paper concludes with an evaluation of both the experimental device tested at altitude as well as the flight test framework itself, identifying how the existing platform can be used to continue tes g commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions for acceleration.

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