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“ 29-year-old computer scientist” She’s not an astronomer?
by melling 8y ago
“ 29-year-old computer scientist”
She’s not an astronomer?
- sohkamyung 8y agoBest to see her bio [1]: I am a postdoctoral fellow with the Event Horizon Telescope and will be an Assistant Professor in the CMS department at Caltech beginning in 2019. [1] https://people.csail.mit.edu/klbouman/ https://people.csail.mit.edu/klbouman/
- inflatableDodo 8y agoMaybe not on paper, but she is definitely an astronomer.
- Canada 8y agoShe is definitely not an astronomer. A lot of highly specialized and talented people who aren't astronomers or physicists are are critical to the success of big science projects.
- dmurray 8y agoAstronomy is about computers to the same extent that computer science is about telescopes, as I think Dijkstra said.