Prof. Benedikt Diemer, Computational astrophysicist as the University of Maryland
In this episode I spoke with Prof. Benedikt Diemer about his work using computational tools to research dark matter halos. He is an assistant professor as the University of Maryland.
In this episode we looked at how astrophysical simulations can never be completely realistic due to the sheer scale of the universe, and how computational astrophysicists have to work around that. Prof. Diemer also spoke about his project with a textile specialist, fabricoftheuniverse.org, which tries to visualise dark matter data in a unique ways, such as representing the data as 3D woven textiles.