I’m assuming it wasn’t your goal, but this feels like too much of a personal attack on a particular scientist.
As far as I can tell, Dr. Bouman is just one of many users of the CLEAN algorithm, which Wikipedia says was invented in 1974.
The algorithm she was apparently instrumental in creating is CHIRP, which Wikipedia says is useful exactly because it doesn’t require the user-input that you’re complaining about:
While the BSMEM and SQUEEZE algorithms may perform better with hand-tuned parameters, tests show CHIRP can do better with less user expertise.
Your points about how noisy this data is and the limitations of the algorithms used to construct these images are really interesting, but the narrative of this article puts too much blame for the problems in astrophysics on a single scientist.
The photo especially makes it feel like a personal attack. It is not clear to me what purpose this photo serves other than to make the attack extra personal.
I’m assuming it wasn’t your goal, but this feels like too much of a personal attack on a particular scientist.
As far as I can tell, Dr. Bouman is just one of many users of the CLEAN algorithm, which Wikipedia says was invented in 1974.
The algorithm she was apparently instrumental in creating is CHIRP, which Wikipedia says is useful exactly because it doesn’t require the user-input that you’re complaining about:
Your points about how noisy this data is and the limitations of the algorithms used to construct these images are really interesting, but the narrative of this article puts too much blame for the problems in astrophysics on a single scientist.
The photo especially makes it feel like a personal attack. It is not clear to me what purpose this photo serves other than to make the attack extra personal.