This is Dr Katie Bouman the computer scientist behind the first ever image of a black-hole. She developed the algorithm that turned telescopic data into the historic photo we see today.
Katie Bouman has worked on the imaging project for the Event Horizon Telescope for about 12 years. Katie first learned about the Event Horizon Telescope in 2007, back in high school in West Lafayette, Indiana, then pursued it as work in college at the University of Michigan. Now, Ms. Bouman is a post-doctoral fellow at MIT and Assistant Professor at CalTech, the California Institute Of Technology.
She put a lot of effort into what finally happened today.
TooShiftyForYou on April 10th, 2019 at 20:23 UTC »
Katie Bouman has worked on the imaging project for the Event Horizon Telescope for about 12 years. Katie first learned about the Event Horizon Telescope in 2007, back in high school in West Lafayette, Indiana, then pursued it as work in college at the University of Michigan. Now, Ms. Bouman is a post-doctoral fellow at MIT and Assistant Professor at CalTech, the California Institute Of Technology.
She put a lot of effort into what finally happened today.
Sumit316 on April 10th, 2019 at 20:30 UTC »
She did a ted talk in 2017 "How to take a picture of a black hole" - https://youtu.be/BIvezCVcsYs
And today it happened. Huge Congratulations to her and her team. It is a wonderful achievement.
NanoDucks on April 10th, 2019 at 20:56 UTC »
The blackboard in the back looks exactly like you think it would. Covered in triangles and dotted lines and shit