Ingrid Daubechies
Baroness Ingrid Daubechies (/doʊbəˈʃiː/ doh-bə-SHEE; French: [dobʃi]; born 17 August 1954) is a Belgian-American physicist and mathematician. She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression.
Ingrid Daubechies | |
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Daubechies at the ICM 2018 | |
| Born | 17 August 1954 Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| Known for | Wavelets |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (1992) NAS Award in Mathematics (2000) Noether Lecturer (2006) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2011) Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2012) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2012) L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award (2019) Princess of Asturias Award (2020) Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician Physicist |
| Institutions | Duke University Princeton University Rutgers University |
| Doctoral advisor | Jean Reignier Alex Grossmann |
| Doctoral students | Anna Gilbert Rachel Ward Cynthia Rudin |
Daubechies is recognized for her study of the mathematical methods that enhance image-compression technology. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a 1992 MacArthur Fellow. She also served on the Mathematical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize from 2011 to 2013.
The name Daubechies is widely associated with the orthogonal Daubechies wavelet and the biorthogonal CDF wavelet. A wavelet from this family of wavelets is now used in the JPEG 2000 standard.
Her research involves the use of automatic methods from both mathematics, technology, and biology to extract information from samples such as bones and teeth. She also developed sophisticated image processing techniques used to help establish the authenticity and age of some of the world's most famous works of art, including paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Rembrandt.
Daubechies is on the board of directors of Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE), a program that helps women entering graduate studies in the mathematical sciences. She was the first woman to be president of the International Mathematical Union (2011–2014). She became a member of the Academia Europaea in 2015.