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Katie Bouman

1989 - Today

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Katherine Louise Bouman (; born 1989) is an American engineer and computer scientist working in the field of computational imaging. She led the development of an algorithm for imaging black holes, known as Continuous High-resolution Image Reconstruction using Patch priors (CHIRP), and was a member of the Event Horizon Telescope team that captured the first image of a black hole. The California Institute of Technology, which hired Bouman as an assistant professor in June 2019, awarded her a named professorship in 2020. In 2021, asteroid 291387 Katiebouman was named after her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katie Bouman is the 175th most popular computer scientist (up from 234th in 2019), the 10,703rd most popular biography from United States (up from 17,084th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Katie Bouman ranks 175 out of 245. Before her are Noga Alon, Edward F. Moore, Randy Pausch, Andy Hertzfeld, Luis von Ahn, and Bruce Schneier. After her are Bassel Khartabil, David Marr, David Karp, Peter Shor, Jean E. Sammet, and Michael Dertouzos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Katie Bouman ranks 119. Before her are Teddy Riner, Aleix Vidal, Miroslav Stoch, Seiko Yamanaka, Ki Sung-yueng, and Adèle Haenel. After her are Salomón Rondón, Erin Heatherton, Bebe Rexha, Kwon Yu-ri, Yu Wenxia, and Agnieszka Radwańska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katie Bouman ranks 10,705 out of 20,380. Before her are Sara Foster (1981), Dan Gilroy (1959), John Thune (1961), Gauge (1980), Kerr Smith (1972), and William Dickey (1874). After her are Keith Szarabajka (1952), Amory Lovins (1947), Elizabeth Dole (1936), Kate Smith (1907), Bret Michaels (1963), and Nelson W. Aldrich (1841).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Katie Bouman ranks 99. Before her are James H. Clark (1944), Brewster Kahle (1960), Edward F. Moore (1925), Randy Pausch (1960), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), and Bruce Schneier (1963). After her are David Karp (1986), Peter Shor (1959), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Scott Fahlman (1948), Grady Booch (1955), and Dave Cutler (1942).

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