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Also known as Baroness Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

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Ingrid Daubechies is a person associated with the field of wavelets. Her published works include *Wavelets, Reunited*, *Different perspectives on wavelets*, and *Ten lectures on wavelets*. She has been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

Daubechies was born on August 17, 1954. Her professional background is linked to Germany. She has an Erdős number of 3. Her academic contributions have been referenced by 742 other encyclopedia articles.

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Key facts

Born
( 1954-08-17 ) 17 August 1954 (age 71) , Houthalen-Helchteren , Belgium
Alma mater
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Known for
Wavelets
Fields
Mathematician, Physicist
Institutions
Duke University , Princeton University , Rutgers University
Doctoral advisor
Jean Reignier , Alex Grossmann
Doctoral students
Anna Gilbert , Rachel Ward , Cynthia Rudin

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C.V. de Ingrid Daubechies - Associ� �tranger de l'Acad�mie des sciences

academie-sciences.fr

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ingrid
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Houthalen-Helchteren
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
Daubechies wavelet
Noble title
baron
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor
Alex Grossmann
Field of work
mathematics
Image
Ingrid Daubechies (2005).jpg
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date of birth
1954-08-17
Erdős number
3
Commons category
Ingrid Daubechies
name in native language
Ingrid Daubechies
interested in
image compression
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview

Baroness Ingrid Daubechies (/doʊbəˈʃiː/ doh-bə-SHEE; French: [dobʃi]; born 17 August 1954) is a Belgian-American physicist and mathematician at Duke University. She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression.

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.

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