South County Times

The Wolf Prize in Mathematics for 2023 has been awarded to Ingrid Daubechies of Duke University "for work in wavelet theory and applied harmonic analysis," according to the prize citation.

Daubechies, the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, is an AMS member who has received numerous prizes, including the Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research, Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition, Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize, William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics, and the Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award, among others.

“Daubechies is awarded the Wolf Prize for her work in the creation and development of wavelet theory and modern time-frequency analysis. Her work is of tremendous importance in image compression, medical imaging, remote sensing, and digital photography. Daubechies also has made unparalleled contributions to developing real-world applications of harmonic analysis, introducing sophisticated image-processing techniques to fields ranging from art to evolutionary biology and beyond.”

As presented by the work of Professor Daubechies, the wavelet theory has become a crucial tool in many areas of signal and image processing, from the detection of forged documents and fingerprints to the compression of sound sequences into MP3 files.

The Wolf Prize is awarded annually by the Wolf Foundation to outstanding scientists and artists worldwide. The scientific categories of the prize are medicine, agriculture, mathematics, chemistry, and physics. The prize’s art categories are painting and sculpting, music, and architecture. The recipients are selected by international jury committees of world-renowned professionals.

The Wolf Prize will be presented in June 2023 in Jerusalem at a ceremony at the Knesset of Israel. The prize in each field consists of a certificate and a monetary award of $100,000. Since the prize’s inception in 1978, 373 scientists and artists from around the globe have been honored.

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