Ingrid Daubechies

Ingrid Daubechies

James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Daubechies came to Duke in 2010 after being on faculty at Princeton University. She served as the first female president of the International Mathematical Union from 2011 to 2014. Daubechies’ work in applied mathematics is well-known, particularly in regard to the “Daubechies wavelets”—which are integral to the JPEG image compression format.

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The mathematician Ingrid Daubechies’ pioneering work in signal processing helped make our electronic world possible — and beat a path for women in the field.

Mathemalchemy, a “Collaborative sculptural art installation using textile and other media to illustrate mathematical creativity” is the brainchild of Duke Mathematics professor Ingrid Daubechies and Dominique Ehrmann, a Canadian fiber artist specializing in unusual quilting techniques that involve kinetics, transparency, light, and other elements. Watch their amazing universe unfold below: Mathemalchemy releases teaser of their […]

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Duke Professor of Mathematics Ingrid Daubechies was among the scientists honored with a 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research for groundbreaking contributions to modern theories and techniques of mathematical data and signal processing.

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Mathemalchemy, a “Collaborative sculptural art installation using textile and other media to illustrate mathematical creativity” is the brainchild of Duke Mathematics professor Ingrid Daubechies and Dominique Ehrmann, a Canadian fiber artist specializing in unusual quilting techniques that involve kinetics, transparency, light, and other elements. The Mathemalchemy installation will feature various mathematical objects and craft techniques. […]

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The Duke professor, best known for her work on wavelets, wants to reduce the obstacles to women entering the sciences.

During a ceremony on June 19, 2019, the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute dedicated its auditorium after Duke mathematician and physicist Ingrid Daubechies.

Ingrid Daubechies presented examples of how her work in image analysis has been used to restore, rejuvenate, and uncover lost works at this year’s International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro. 

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Professor Ingrid Daubechies is the first female recipient of the William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics.

Ingrid Daubechies, James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering and iiD faculty member, has been awarded the 2018 Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award for her contribution to wavelet theory, a refinement of the Fourier technique frequently used to shrink digital photos and movies so that they take up fewer kilobytes without noticeably losing detail.

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A Data+ team led by Ingrid Daubechies explored the feasibility of building an app that museum visitors could use to virtually restore paintings in museums.

Ingrid Daubechies, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, was named a recipient of the 2023 Wolf Prize in Mathematics for her work in wavelet theory and applied harmonic analysis.

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Undergraduate students Ellie Burton (BioPhysics/Math, Johns Hopkins University), Kevin Kuo (Electrical and Computer Engineering), and GiSeok Choi (Electrical and Computer Engineering/Math) joined a research group led by Douglas Boyer and Professor Ingrid Daubechies, testing and developing mathematical and statistical methodology for measuring similarities between bones and teeth. Faculty Lead: Ingris Daubechies Project Mentor: Tingran Gao, […]

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Platypus is a software solution that comes both as a standalone application and a Photoshop plugin. It is specifically designed to digitally remove cradling artifacts in X-ray images of paintings on panel. This project was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Kress foundation. Read more and download the software below. Questions? Check […]

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This is an overview of intellectual and technical adventures rooted in the project of organizing an exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) that reunites, for the first time in more than 100 years, the panels of the 14th-century Italian St. John altarpiece by Francescuccio Ghissi. A more extensive write-up can be downloaded […]

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