Katie BoumanLast week, the world got its first direct look at a black hole, but controversy over credit for the work nearly overshadowed the wonder of the moment. It started with another photo -- a young computer scientist and electrical engineer named Katie Bouman looking on in glee at the result of years of hard work. The narrative quickly circulated that she was singlehandedly responsible for the black hole image. Bouman led the development of a computer program called CHIRP, or Continuous High-resolution Image Reconstruction using Patch priors. There are at least 200 amazing stories like Katie Bouman's behind the now-famous black hole image, and Bouman's viral experience has helped highlight the diversity of those stories.

Source: Forbes April 15, 2019 02:26 UTC