Astrophysics Visualization

The Event Horizon Telescope: From the First Images to the First Movies of Black Holes

Laurent Loinard, Professor of Astronomy, Institute for Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Sep 7, 16:00 - 17:00

B20 Auditorium

Astrophysics Visualization High Performance Computing algorithms telescope statistical inference computational analysis galaxy black holes astrometry

This lecture explores the Event Horizon Telescope's groundbreaking achievements in imaging supermassive black holes, details the complex global and computational infrastructure enabling these discoveries, and outlines the future transition from static images to dynamic, real-time movies of the universe's most extreme environments.

Reem Alghamdi

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Scientific Visualization Astrophysics Visualization real-time rendering

Reem Alghamdi is a Ph.D student in VCCVIS group under the supervision of Professor Markus Hadwiger. Education Profile MS in Computer Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. B.Sc. in Computer Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia.