Katie Bouman's Algorithm Behind First Black Hole Image Explained in TED Talk

Katie Bouman, a PhD student at MIT, developed the algorithm that enabled the reconstruction of the first-ever image of a black hole from 10,000 terabytes of data collected by 10 synchronized radio telescopes worldwide. The image, revealed by scientists days ago, is not a traditional photograph but a computer-generated reconstruction. It validates Einstein's general relativity equations. In a TED talk recorded two years ago in the US, Bouman explains the research process in accessible language, noting that black holes predicted by Einstein's theory had not been directly observed until now. The project involved a large team over two years.