Awards & Honors
Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award
International Fudan University and Zhongzhi Enterprise Group · 2018 Ingrid Daubechies, James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, 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. The award is presented for her work on the orthogonal Daubechies wavelet and the biorthogonal CDF (Cohen-Daubechies-Feauveau) wavelet, her leadership in developing wavelet theory and modern time-frequency analysis which fundamentally changed image and signal processing, her deep influence on many areas of data analysis and scientific computing, and her contribution to image compression, analog-to-digital conversion and thresholding-based algorithms for inverse problems. Now in its third year, the Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award was jointly founded by Fudan University and Zhongzhi Enterprise Group in 2015 in recognition of global scientists who have made fundamental and distinguished achievements in the fields of biomedicine, physics and mathematics. Daubechies will be honored at a ceremony to be held December 16, 2018 in Shanghai, China. She will receive a certificate, a trophy, and 3 million yuan ($440,000) donated by Zhongzhi Enterprise Group. More about this awardHighly Cited Researcher
National Thomson Reuters · 2014Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
National American Mathematical Society · September 2013Emily Noether Lecturer
National Association for Women in Mathematics · September 2013BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
International BBVA Foundation Frontiers · September 2013Louis Empain Prize for Physics
Other Unknown · September 2013Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation
National IEEE Information Theory Society · September 2013Fellow
National Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · September 2013National Academy of Sciences Award in Mathematics
National National Academy of Sciences · September 2013Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
National Northwestern University · September 2013Pioneer Prize
International International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · September 2013Basic Research Award
International German Eduard Rhein Foundation · September 2013Ruth Little Satter Prize in Mathematics
National American Mathematical Society · September 2013Jack S.Kilby Signal Processing Medal
National Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · September 2013Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
National American Mathematical Society · September 2013American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fellow
National American Academy of Arts & Sciences · September 2013John von Neumann Lectureship
National Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · 2011Leroy P. Steele Prize Seminal Contribution to Research
National American Mathematical Society · 2011Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
National Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 2011Fellow
National Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · 2009Highly Cited Researcher
National Thomson Reuters · 2001Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectureship
National Mathematical Association of America · 2001Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences
Scholarly Society American Mathematical Society · 2000 This was formerly called the NAS Award in Mathematics. More about this awardFellows
National Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 1999School of Mathematics/Members
National Institute for Advanced Study · 1999Members/ Foreign Associates
National National Academy of Science · 1998 Primary Section: 32, Applied Mathematical Sciences Secondary Section: 11, Mathematics More about this awardRuth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics
National American Mathematical Society · 1997Leroy P. Steele Prize Mathematical Exposition
National American Mathematical Society · 1994Fellows
National American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1993 Area: Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Specialty: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics More about this awardSchool of Mathematics/ Members
National Institute for Advanced Study · 1990In the News

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