Mathematics Pioneer Ingrid Daubechies Has More Barriers to Break

Back in 2014 I went to a seminar she gave about, among other things, the forgery detection work. The basic idea seemed both simple and clever: a forger is trying to match the original painting or style as exactly as possible, and so paints more slowly and carefully, and this introduces more slight wobble in the strokes.

Non-paywalled version:

http://archive.is/N8vpp

I think the climate in departments at big universities has significantly improved now that the oldest faculty members are dying off in earnest. People who deserve tenure are unable to get it due to decades of administrative creep, while the worst offenders often remain protected by it. Daubechies is brilliant and was also involved in the "Eigenfaces" work that made the rounds a few years ago, and is also an excellent instructor and lecturer. Her presence has elevated the Duke math department for years.

It's nice to read about Daubechies here on HN. I remember reading a few of her papers circa 2006 for an academic project. At the time I was accustomed (prejudiced, maybe) to see mostly male authors in all the papers I used, and I was a bit surprised to learn that the I in "I. Daubechies" meant Ingrid. I'm happy to see her still going, her work is awesome.

Here's a radical request.

A living wage for non-tenured faculty.