Katie Bouman
Katie Bouman, PhD | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Harvard University |
| Thesis | Extreme imaging via physical model inversion : seeing around corners and imaging black holes (2017) |
Katherine Louise Bouman is an imaging scientist and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology. She researches computational methods for imaging, and developed an algorithm that made possible the first visualization of a black hole using the Event Horizon Telescope.[1]
Early life and education
Bouman grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana and graduated from West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School in 2007.[2] As a high school student, she did imaging research with Purdue University professors.[2] She first learned about the Event Horizon Telescope in school in 2007.[3]
Bouman studied electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and graduated summa cum laude in 2011.[4] She earned a master's degree in electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she also completed her doctorate. Bouman was a member of the MIT Haystack Observatory.[5] She was supported by an National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. Her master's thesis, Estimating Material Properties of Fabric through the observation of Motion, was awarded the Ernst Guillemin Award for best Masters Thesis.[6] Bouman joined Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow on the Event Horizon Telescope Imaging team.[7][8][9] In 2017 Bouman delivered a TED Talk, How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole.[10][11]
Research and career
Bouman developed an algorithm known as Continuous High-resolution Image Reconstruction using Patch priors, or CHIRP.[12] This algorithm was used to image the supermassive black hole inside the core of the galaxy Messier 87.[13]
Bouman was responsible at MIT for an algorithm using in creating the first images of a black hole, published in April 2019,[14] providing computational support to learn about general relativity in the strong-field regime.[5][15][16] Bouman theorized that black holes leave a background shadow of hot gas.[8] The machine learning algorithm fills in gaps in data produced by telescopes from around the world.[1][17] Bouman led efforts in "the verification of images and selection of imaging parameters" for the Event Horizon Telescope.[14]
Bouman joined the California Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2019. She works on new systems for computational imaging.[15][18]
References
- ^ a b "A method to image black holes". MIT News. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ a b Bangert, Dave (10 April 2019). "That first-ever black hole picture? A West Lafayette grad played a big part". Journal & Courier. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ Abraham, Zennie (2019-04-10). "About Katie Bouman Creator Of First Black Hole Image From Event Horizon Telescope". Oakland News Now Today | SF Bay Area Blog. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "Katie Bouman aka Katherine L. Bouman". people.csail.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ a b "Working together as a "virtual telescope," observatories around the world produce first direct images of a black hole". MIT News. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "EECS Celebrates - Fall 2014 Awards | MIT EECS". www.eecs.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "Katie Bouman". bhi.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ a b "Professor Katie Bouman (Caltech): " Imaging a Black Hole with the Event Horizon Telescope"". Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "Project bids to make black hole movies". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ Bouman, Katie. "Katie Bouman | Speaker | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "Katie Bouman". TEDxBeaconStreet. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "Earth Sees First Image Of A Black Hole". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ Laviola, Erin (2019-04-10). "Katie Bouman: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ a b Lou, Michelle; Ahmed, Saeed (April 10, 2019). "That image of a black hole you saw everywhere today? Thank this grad student for making it possible". CNN. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ a b "Caltech Computing + Mathematical Sciences | Katherine L. Bouman". cms.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ Science Editor, Tom Whipple (2019-04-10). "First image of black hole revealed". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "First-ever picture of a black hole unveiled". Science & Innovation. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "Imaging the Invisible". www.ee.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
