aeon

Aeon Time Series Machine Learning

Overview

Aeon is a scikit-learn compatible Python toolkit for time series machine learning (aeon-toolkit.org). It provides algorithms across classification, regression, clustering, forecasting, anomaly detection, segmentation, similarity search, distances, transformations, benchmarking, and visualization — with a consistent estimator API.

Version note: Examples target aeon 1.x (stable docs: v1.4.0, March 2026). The v1.0 release reworked forecasting and transformations; import paths differ from aeon 0.x/sktime-era code.

When to Use This Skill

Apply this skill when:

• Classifying or predicting from time series data
• Detecting anomalies or change points in temporal sequences
• Clustering similar time series patterns
• Forecasting future values
• Finding repeated patterns (motifs) or unusual subsequences (discords)
• Comparing time series with specialized distance metrics
• Extracting features from temporal data

Installation

Requires Python 3.10+ (3.11+ recommended). Pin a 1.x release for reproducibility:

uv pip install "aeon>=1.4,<2"

For deep learning forecasters/classifiers and other optional estimators:

uv pip install "aeon[all_extras]>=1.4,<2"

On zsh, quote the extras: uv pip install "aeon[all_extras]>=1.4,<2".

Experimental modules

Upstream treats forecasting, anomaly_detection, segmentation, similarity_search, and visualisation as experimental — interfaces may change between minor releases. Prefer stable modules (classification, regression, clustering, distances, transformations) for production pipelines unless you need these tasks.

Core Capabilities

1. Time Series Classification

Categorize time series into predefined classes. See references/classification.md for complete algorithm catalog.

Quick Start:

from aeon.classification.convolution_based import RocketClassifier
from aeon.datasets import load_classification

# Load data
X_train, y_train = load_classification("GunPoint", split="train")
X_test, y_test = load_classification("GunPoint", split="test")

# Train classifier
clf = RocketClassifier(n_kernels=10000)
clf.fit(X_train, y_train)
accuracy = clf.score(X_test, y_test)