This is her youtube channel. If you haven’t read the paper on this algorithm, I think you can get a good intuitive understanding by watching the two videos she has on there from (what looks like) her thesis, and I think it becomes clear why she was selected.
Specifically, these two videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGvPinTJUs
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NhQ7WkbHms
So, consider that these two videos are basically the “one-dimensional” solution, or one pin-hole camera example. In the approach that her and her team to image the black hole, they used many, many radio antennas’, all acting in concert in a not-too different version of what she did her for the work on her YT channel.
UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 6 months ago
She was on one of the teams that did if I remember correctly. I believe they split up into three teams and developed algorithms independently from one another. What surprised everyone was when they came back, all three teams had more or less the same image. It’s been a while so I may be wrong on some details. But it wasn’t just her is my point.
1984@lemmy.today 6 months ago
The media loves to make single people heroes because it’s easier to sell.
I think in reality, nobody makes anything alone.
trolololol@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s the hero myth that came to life at the time of Beethoven, of a misunderstood genius. Yes that guy was pretty good at what he did, but it was simply that he got progressively deaf and couldn’t socialize with people anymore.
From that to marvel movies stereotype of one man prodigy and media idolizing individuals with sob stories.
Look at Nobel prizes in science, they’re often multiple names, and behind each names there’s countless decades of graduate students contributions and their teams.
Worx@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
She was even quote vocal about it not just being her work at the time
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Cute woman doing cool science stuff is a more engaging story though
angrystego@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That doesn’t mean she was not important, just that she’s modest. Good for her and her team!
Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 months ago
For the number of times women were straight up erased from their scientific achievements I think we can keep choosing them to represent the team for a bit.
GottaKnowYourCHKN@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This. Men got so angry when this story dropped and took personal offense to the fact a woman did something important and valuable. The amount of times women have had their work stolen and taken credit for by some bro far outweighs the recognition.
toasteecup@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m fine with this.
As long as the team gets recognition in the more formal documents then let the media have whoever they’d like.
It’s like doing set up for a show. Let the headliner be the focus but acknowledging the people who made it happen is really nice.
angrystego@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s almost never just one person, science is teamwork, but that doesn’t mean she’s not an excellent scientist and project leader worthy of the buzz surrounding her research. Let’s let her have the spotlight she deserves.