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Building an Astronomy Code for VLBI in Julia by Paul Tiede
PreTalx: pretalx.com/juliacon-2025/talk/NSZLHS
As Julia's use case in astronomy is increasing, it is essential to review successes and areas of improvement in the language. Specifically, I will discuss my experience in writing a rather large code, `Comrade` as well as the larger `EHTJulia` ecosystem that is poised to become the software stack for the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) and future projects like the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX). The talk will discuss where Julia has enabled breakthrough science, including the first analysis of Sgr A*, images of M87* in 2018, and ongoing EHT analyses. I'll also discuss my experience convincing a larger astronomy organization to use Julia and teaching early career scientists how to use and contribute to this software.
Building an Astronomy Code for VLBI in Julia by Paul Tiede
PreTalx: pretalx.com/juliacon-2025/talk/NSZLHS
As Julia's use case in astronomy is increasing, it is essential to review successes and areas of improvement in the language. Specifically, I will discuss my experience in writing a rather large code, `Comrade` as well as the larger `EHTJulia` ecosystem that is poised to become the software stack for the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) and future projects like the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX). The talk will discuss where Julia has enabled breakthrough science, including the first analysis of Sgr A*, images of M87* in 2018, and ongoing EHT analyses. I'll also discuss my experience convincing a larger astronomy organization to use Julia and teaching early career scientists how to use and contribute to this software.
