Sasha Haco (born 1992 or 1993)[1] is an English theoretical physicist, entrepreneur and chief executive officer of Unitary, an online content moderation company.
Sasha Haco | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1992 or 1993 (age 31–32) |
| Education | PhD in Theoretical Physics |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Known for | Black hole entropy |
| Awards | Women in Innovation (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Thesis | Large Gauge Transformations and Black Hole Entropy (2019) |
| Doctoral advisor | Malcolm Perry |
Education
editHaco received her PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge in 2019.[2] During her time at Cambridge, she worked with Stephen Hawking, Malcolm Perry and Andrew Strominger on the black hole information paradox. She spent a year as a visiting fellow at Cambridge from 2017 to 2018 and also spent a year at Harvard. In 2020, Haco was heavily featured in the Netflix documentary Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know, which chronicled the use of the Event Horizon Telescope to take the first photograph of a black hole, as well as the work of Haco, Hawking, Perry and Strominger as they attempted to better understand the black hole information paradox.[3][4]
Career
editHaco founded Ditto Software in 2018 and most recently co-founded Unitary, where she currently serves as the chief executive officer.[5] Unitary works to develop tools to identify and moderate abusive online content.[6] In 2021, Haco was honoured with the Women in Innovation award recognizing her efforts addressing challenges in society.[7]
Publications
edit- Haco, Sasha; Hawking, Stephen; Perry, Malcolm; Strominger, Andrew (December 2018). "Black hole entropy and soft hair" (PDF). Journal of High Energy Physics. 2018 (12). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: 1–19. doi:10.1007/JHEP12(2018)098. S2CID 119494931.
- Haco, Sasha; Perry, Malcolm; Bourjaily, Jacob (February 2019). "Kerr-Newman black hole entropy and soft hair". arXiv:1902.02247 [hep-th].
- Haco, Sasha; Hawking, Stephen; Perry, Malcolm; Strominger, Andrew (October 2017). "The conformal BMS group". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2017 (11). arXiv:1701.08110. doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2017)012. S2CID 4603773.
- Haco, Sasha (15 February 2020). Large Gauge Transformations and Black Hole Entropy (PDF) (PhD). University of Cambridge.
References
edit- ^ Cummings, Louise (18 June 2021). "Real Life: The Cambridge women changing the world". Velvet. Iliffe Media Publishing Ltd. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Frankie Cotton (21 June 2021). "Episode 81: Making The Internet Safer with Sasha Haco". Raise the Bar with Frankie Cotton (Podcast). Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Smith, David (26 May 2021). "'Stranger than anything dreamed up by sci-fi': will we ever understand black holes?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Peter Galison (director) (31 May 2021). Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know (Motion picture). United States: Collapsar and Sandbox Films (II).
- ^ "Unitary". unitary.ai. 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Scialom, Mike (4 April 2021). "Women in Innovation award delight for Cambridge trio". Cambridge Independent. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Changing the World: The entrepreneurs tackling society's challenges" (PDF). ktn-uk.org. Innovate UK KTN. 2021. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
External links
edit- Sasha Haco publications indexed by Google Scholar