Ingrid Daubechies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ingrid Daubechies

physicist, mathematician

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1954

Place of Birth: Houthalen-Helchteren, Flemish Region, Belgium

Profession: professor, physicist, mathematician

Nationality: United States, Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ingrid Daubechies ( doh-b?-SHEE; French: [dob?i]; born 17 August 1954) is a Belgian physicist and mathematician.
She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression. Daubechies is one of the world's most cited mathematicians, 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 also a 1992 MacArthur Fellow. 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 like 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.