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Ingrid Daubechies

Ingrid Daubechies

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Mathematics
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
76
Citations
102249
World Ranking
1305
National Ranking
690

Mathematics

D-Index
81
Citations
105718
World Ranking
129
National Ranking
73

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematics
  • 2015 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the mathematics and applications of wavelets.
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2012 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2011 - Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal For pioneering contributions to the theory and applications of wavelets and filter banks.
  • 2011 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 2011 - Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
  • 2011 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2010 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the theory of wavelets and computational harmonic analysis.
  • 1999 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Ingrid Daubechies is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their research covers several subfields including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Social Psychology, Ecology, Paleontology, and Archeology.

The scientist has contributed notably to multiple research topics, including:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Digital Media Forensic Detection
  • Conservation Techniques and Studies
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage

Ingrid Daubechies has published papers in venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  • Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis
  • Paleobiology
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine

Recent papers include:

  • "Reconstructing dietary ecology of extinct strepsirrhines (Primates, Mammalia) with new approaches for characterizing and analyzing tooth shape," 2021, Paleobiology
  • "Stable phase retrieval from locally stable and conditionally connected measurements," 2021, Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis
  • "Mixed X-Ray Image Separation for Artworks With Concealed Designs," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  • "Insights from macroevolutionary modelling and ancestral state reconstruction into the radiation and historical dietary ecology of Lemuriformes (Primates, Mammalia)," 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • "Revealing and Reconstructing Hidden or Lost Features in Art Investigation," 2022, IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors including Barak Sober, Ethan Fulwood, Shan Shan, Julia M. Winchester, and Henry Kirveslahti.

Ingrid Daubechies holds several awards and honors, which include:

  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 2019, Mathematics
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2015
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2015, for contributions to the mathematics and applications of wavelets
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, 2012
  • Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal, 2011, for pioneering contributions to the theory and applications of wavelets and filter banks
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research, 2011
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute, 2011
  • John von Neumann Lecturer, 2011
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2010
  • SIAM Fellow, 2009, for contributions to the theory of wavelets and computational harmonic analysis
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1998
  • Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition, 1994
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 1992

Best Publications

  • Ten lectures on wavelets

    Ingrid Daubechies

  • Orthonormal bases of compactly supported wavelets

    Ingrid Daubechies

  • The wavelet transform, time-frequency localization and signal analysis

    I. Daubechies

  • An Iterative Thresholding Algorithm for Linear Inverse Problems with a Sparsity Constraint

    Ingrid Daubechies;Michel Defrise;Christine De Mol

  • Image coding using wavelet transform

    M. Antonini;M. Barlaud;P. Mathieu;I. Daubechies

  • Biorthogonal bases of compactly supported wavelets

    A. Cohen;Ingrid Daubechies;J.-C. Feauveau

  • Factoring wavelet transforms into lifting steps

    Ingrid Daubechies;Wim Sweldens

  • Synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms: An empirical mode decomposition-like tool

    Ingrid Daubechies;Jianfeng Lu;Hau Tieng Wu

  • PAINLESS NONORTHOGONAL EXPANSIONS

    Ingrid Daubechies;A. Grossmann;Y. Meyer

  • Wavelet Transforms That Map Integers to Integers

    A.R. Calderbank;Ingrid Daubechies;Wim Sweldens;Boon-Lock Yeo

  • Iteratively reweighted least squares minimization for sparse recovery

    Ingrid Daubechies;Ronald DeVore;Massimo Fornasier;C. Si̇nan Güntürk

  • Wavelets on the Interval and Fast Wavelet Transforms

    Albert Cohen;Ingrid Daubechies;Pierre Vial

  • Iteratively re-weighted least squares minimization for sparse recovery

    Ingrid Daubechies;Ronald DeVore;Massimo Fornasier;C. Sinan Gunturk

  • Framelets: MRA-based constructions of wavelet frames☆☆☆

    Ingrid Daubechies;Bin Han;Amos Ron;Zuowei Shen

  • Time-frequency localization operators: a geometric phase space approach

    I. Daubechies

  • Two-scale difference equations I: existence and global regularity of solutions

    Ingrid Daubechies;Jeffrey C. Lagarias

  • Two-scale difference equations II. local regularity, infinite products of matrices and fractals

    Ingrid Daubechies;Jeffrey C. Lagarias

  • Sparse and stable Markowitz portfolios

    Joshua Brodie;Ingrid Daubechies;Christine De Mol;Domenico Giannone

  • Data compression and harmonic analysis

    D.L. Donoho;M. Vetterli;R.A. DeVore;I. Daubechies

  • Orthonormal bases of compactly supported wavelets II: variations on a theme

    Ingrid Daubechies

Frequent Co-Authors

Guust Nolet
Guust Nolet Université Côte d'Azur
Frederik J. Simons
Frederik J. Simons Princeton University
Aleksandra Pizurica
Aleksandra Pizurica Ghent University
Ronald A. DeVore
Ronald A. DeVore Texas A&M University
Massimo Fornasier
Massimo Fornasier Technical University of Munich
Yaron Lipman
Yaron Lipman Facebook (United States)
Jianfeng Lu
Jianfeng Lu Duke University
Gitta Kutyniok
Gitta Kutyniok Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert E. Schapire
Robert E. Schapire Microsoft (United States)
Cynthia Rudin
Cynthia Rudin Duke University

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