3rd Workshop
ngEHT History Philosophy Culture Working Group
28 May 2024
The History Philosophy Culture Working Group (HP&C) of the next generation Event Horizon Telescope collaboration (ngEHT) is organizing another workshop on humanities & social science perspectives on the ngEHT collaboration. This workshop follows up on the 1st HP&C Workshop and a dedicated responsible siting workshop in 2022, and the 2nd HP&C Workshop in 2023.
The 3rd HP&C workshop takes places on the 28th of May 2024, and is in a hybrid format. It is possible to attend via Zoom, or physically at the Black Hole Initiative, Harvard, Boston. It is directly followed by the annual BHI conference (29-31 May).
Registration (online & in-person) is free but required. Please register by May 15th via this form.
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All times below are Eastern time.
10:00-12:00
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (30 min)
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"A discussion of some solution-generating techniques in General Relativity", Helen Meskhidze (BHI) & Prashant Kocherlakota (BHI)
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"Informed Consent & Responsible Siting", Shannon Sylvie Abelson (Stanford)
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"Fundamental antinomy of the individual-collective: Who benefits from collaborations speaking with one voice?", Vitaly Pronskikh (University of Pittsburgh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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"Network Epistemology in Practice", Adrian Wüthrich, Arno Simmons & Michael Zichert (Technische Universität Berlin)
12:00-12:30
Lunch
12:30-13:30
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (30 min)
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"The 'Pivotal' Images of Black Holes and Their Epistemic Power", Paula Muhr (University of Zurich)
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"Levels of abstraction in art & science", Silvina Maestro (University of the Arts London/ Central Saint Martins)
13:30-14:00
FLASH TALKS (10 min)
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"Metavisualizations: Interactive Demonstrations of Imaging Algorithms, Parameters & Colors", Rodrigo Ochigame (Leiden University)
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"Governing Big Science Collaborations: A Comparative Assessment of Risk Mitigation Strategies", Saakshi Dulani (Johns Hopkins University)
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"An update on ngEHT", Dom Pesce (CfA Harvard & Smithsonian)
14:00-14:15
Coffee break
14:15-15:00
PANEL
Foundations - ​Helen Meskhidze (BHI)
Algorithms, Inference & Visualization - Juliusz Doboszewski (Uni Bonn & BHI)
Responsible Siting - Daniel Palumbo (BHI)
Collaborations - Niels Martens (Utrecht University & BHI)
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15:00
Group Photo
17:00
DINNER FOR SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
Harvest
In case you have any questions, please contact emeskhidze[at]g.harvard.edu
