Meet the black hole image scientist, 29, lauded for making pic a reality
Katie Bouman, 29, posted this photo of her reaction to the news that her work had led to the first ever real image of a black hole in spaceDr Bouman is an MIT graduate from Indiana. She led a team developing the algorithms needed to help make the black hole image a realitySince that historic moment there there have been worldwide calls for Dr Bouman to get her due.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Bouman should take her “rightful seat in history.” MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab tweeted: “3 years ago MIT grad student Katie Bouman led the creation of a new algorithm to produce the first-ever image of a black hole.Dr Bouman hails from West Lafayette, Indiana - the same Midwestern state that produced another leading female figure in space science.
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