Surya Science:
A hands-on workshop
Join us to learn how to use Surya:
A foundation model for SDO data in your research
November 3 - 7, 2025
Boulder, Colorado
Workshop (In person and Virtual)
Schedule
Hands on participants: Attendees selected based on downstream application feasibility and commitment (see registration form for details)
Day 1 - Monday Nov 3rd:
Heliolab technical showcase (all participants)
Day 2 Tuesday Nov 4th:
Morning Session (all participants): Introduction to Surya-FM and current downstream applications
Afternoon Session: (hands-on participants only): Datasets and Baselines: tutorial session followed by supported working session .
Evening Discussion (all participants): Presentation of each downstream application with Q&A
Day 3 Wednesday Nov 5th:
Morning Session (hands-on participants): Dataset Preparations and Data Loading
Afternoon Session: (hands-on participants): Fine tuning
Evening Discussion (all participants): Fireside discussion on Foundation Models (TOPIC TBD)
Day 4 Thursday Nov 6th:
Morning Session (hands-on participants): Validation and Benchmarking
Afternoon Session: (hands-on participants): Uncertainty
Evening Discussion (all participants): Fireside discussion on Foundation Models (TOPIC TBD)
Day 5 Friday Nov 7th:
Morning Session (all participants): Presentation of downstream application results
About Surya
Surya is a 360-million-parameter Heliophysics foundation model trained on more than 200 TB of solar data collected over nine years by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Surya leverages advances in AI to analyze vast solar datasets, improving our understanding of solar eruptions and enabling more accurate space weather forecasts that protect satellites, power grids, and communication systems. Surya was developed by NASA in partnership with IBM and a team of researchers from multiple institutions.
In this workshop you will learn all about Surya and get the opportunity to develop downstream applications that use this powerful model.
