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SUMMARY:Frontier of Black Hole Imaging with the Event Horizon Telescope
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Kazunori Akiyama\n\nTitle: Frontier of Black Hole Im
 aging with the Event Horizon TelescopeTime: 10:00-11:00 (UTC+8)\, 27 Octob
 er 2026\, TuesdayHost: Yosuke MizunoJoin Tencent Meeting：https://meeting
 .tencent.com/dm/AIwDq1kQFQUoMeeting ID: 793254914 (no password)\nAbstract:
 The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a premier facility for exploring the 
 Universe at the highest angular resolution\, utilising a global millimetre
  and submillimetre VLBI array. The EHT has opened a new era in black hole 
 astrophysics through landmark achievements\, including the first horizon-s
 cale images of the supermassive black holes M87* and Sgr A*\, as well as s
 patiotemporally resolved studies of the dynamics and magnetic field struct
 ures in the immediate vicinity of event horizons. The EHT community envisi
 ons a new generation of black hole science enabled by substantial upgrades
 \, including multi-frequency capabilities and extensions of the array on t
 he ground and in space\, such as the proposed Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) m
 ission. These developments are driving the creation of next-generation alg
 orithms and software to meet the rapidly growing demand for larger-scale a
 nd more sophisticated modelling of black holes. This talk will provide a b
 rief overview of current EHT results and introduce future science opportun
 ities with next-generation arrays\, including both ground-based upgrades a
 nd space-based extensions such as BHEX. I will also briefly discuss the em
 erging AI-enabled frontier of computational imaging and its role in addres
 sing the challenges posed by future facilities.\nShort bio:Kazunori (Kazu)
  Akiyama is a Professor and Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellow at Heri
 ot-Watt University in Edinburgh\, UK. His research lies at the intersectio
 n of astronomy\, fundamental physics\, and computational imaging\, with a 
 particular focus on black holes at the highest angular resolutions. He rec
 eived his BSc in Physics from Hokkaido University and his MSc and PhD in A
 stronomy from the University of Tokyo in Japan. Before joining Heriot-Watt
  in March 2026\, he spent over a decade at MIT Haystack Observatory\, wher
 e he held positions as a JSPS Overseas Fellow\, NRAO Jansky Fellow\, and l
 ater MIT Research Scientist and principal investigator. Akiyama is Deputy 
 Project Scientist of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration and s
 erved as its inaugural Imaging Working Group Lead\, co-leading the imaging
  efforts that delivered the first images of the black holes M87* and Sagit
 tarius A*. He also holds leadership roles within the Black Hole Explorer (
 BHEX) mission concept. His work develops novel observational and computati
 onal techniques for probing black holes and strong gravity.\n\n\nhttps://i
 ndico-tdli.sjtu.edu.cn/event/5395/
LOCATION:Tsung-Dao Lee Institute/S4F-SW - Open Area (Tsung-Dao Lee Institu
 te)
URL:https://indico-tdli.sjtu.edu.cn/event/5395/
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