Watson Lecture: Katie Bouman Discusses Imaging the Invisible

How can we extend the limits of observation to “see” the seemingly invisible? On Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Katie Bouman, professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; and a Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, will share how her lab combines physics and machine learning to see things in the universe that are invisible to traditional sensors. In a public talk titled “Illuminating the Hidden Universe with Physics and AI,” Bouman will explain how scientific images are increasingly constructed rather than simply captured,