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Ingrid DaubechiesUS mathematician
Date of Birth: 17.08.1954
Country:  USA |
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Early Life and Education
Inge Daubechies was born in Geel, Belgium, in 1954. She earned her undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Free University of Brussels, where she subsequently taught for over a decade.
AT&T Bell Labs and Academia
In 1987, Daubechies joined AT&T Bell Labs, where she specialized in wavelets. She concurrently held teaching positions at the University of Michigan and Rutgers University. In 1994, she became the first female mathematics professor at Princeton University. Since 2011, she has been a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Duke University.
Scientific Contributions
Daubechies is renowned for her work in wavelet analysis and image compression. She is credited with developing the theory of compactly supported wavelets, including the Daubechies family of wavelets and the Cohen-Daubechies-Feauveau biorthogonal wavelet.
Accolades and Honors
Daubechies has received numerous awards, including:Louis Empain Prize in Physics (1984)
Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (1994)
Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics (1997)
Euler Lecture (1998)
IEEE Golden Jubilee Awards for Technological Innovation (1998)
National Medal of Science in Mathematics (2000)
Eduard Rhein Award (2000)
Gibbs Lecture (2005)
Noether Lecturer (2006)
John von Neumann Lecture (2011)
Steele Prize for Fundamental Contributions to Research (2011)
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering (2011)
Okawa Prize (2011)
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2012)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards (2012)
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Oxford (2013)
