Sasha Haco

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	Applied mathematics Theoretical physics
Thesis	Large Gauge Transformations and Black Hole Entropy (2019)
Doctoral advisor	Malcolm Perry

Education

Haco 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

Haco 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

• 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Peter Galison (director) (31 May 2021). Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know (Motion picture). United States: Collapsar and Sandbox Films (II).
5. "Unitary". unitary.ai. 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
6. 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.
7. "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

• Sasha Haco publications indexed by Google Scholar