首次构建地球数据公平性评估数据集,揭示隐式表示模型在偏远区域表现差的问题。
No Location Left Behind: Measuring and Improving the Fairness of Implicit Representations for Earth Data
- 构建分层元数据的FAIR-Earth数据集,按陆地面积与人口密度划分评估维度
- 发现现有隐式神经表示对岛屿、海岸线等高频信号区域建模性能显著下降
- 提出球面小波编码,在多尺度下提升偏远地区建模精度,适合气候与环境建模研究者
隐式神经表示(INRs)在地球数据建模中展现巨大潜力,涵盖排放监测到气候模拟。然而,现有方法过度关注全局平均性能,忽视了模型在局部区域的偏差。为此,我们提出首个专为评估地球表示公平性设计的FAIR-Earth数据集,包含多种高分辨率地球信号,并沿陆地面积、人口密度等维度聚合丰富元数据以分析模型公平性。在该数据集上评估主流INRs,发现特定子群体(尤其是高频率信号区域如岛屿、海岸线)建模表现显著落后。针对此问题,我们提出球面小波编码,利用小波的多分辨率特性,在不同尺度与位置上实现一致性能,显著改善这些被忽视群体的建模精度。开源贡献推动地球领域隐式表示的公平评估与部署。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Implicit neural representations (INRs) exhibit growing promise in addressing Earth representation challenges, ranging from emissions monitoring to climate modeling. However, existing methods disproportionately prioritize global average performance, whereas practitioners require fine-grained insights to understand biases and variations in these models. To bridge this gap, we introduce FAIR-Earth: a first-of-its-kind dataset explicitly crafted to examine and challenge inequities in Earth representations. FAIR-Earth comprises various high-resolution Earth signals and uniquely aggregates extensive metadata along stratifications like landmass size and population density to assess the fairness of models. Evaluating state-of-the-art INRs across the various modalities of FAIR-Earth, we uncover striking performance disparities. Certain subgroups, especially those associated with high-frequency signals (e.g., islands, coastlines), are consistently poorly modeled by existing methods. In response, we propose spherical wavelet encodings, building on previous spatial encoding research. Leveraging the multi-resolution capabilities of wavelets, our encodings yield consistent performance over various scales and locations, offering more accurate and robust representations of the biased subgroups. These open-source contributions represent a crucial step towards the equitable assessment and deployment of Earth INRs.
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