Geneviève Jourdain
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Geneviève Jourdain | |
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| Born | March 31, 1945 |
| Died | October 19, 2006 (aged 61) |
| Alma mater | Grenoble Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Development of signal processing |
Geneviève Jourdain (31 March 1945 – 19 October 2006) was a French engineer, professor and researcher who played a prominent role in the development of signal processing.[1] She was particularly active in the field of underwater acoustics and, from 1970 onwards, taught information theory, signal processing and telecommunications.
Geneviève Jourdain was born on 31 March 1945 in Entre-deux-Guiers. She graduated as an engineer in 1966 from the Grenoble Institute of Technology (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble or INP) – then known as ENSERG.[1]
Career
Jourdain was a specialist in signal processing and telecommunications systems. Her 1970 engineering doctoral thesis on "la conception des signaux" (signal design), in which she made original use of random signals, made a significant contribution to the recognition of the discipline of signal processing.[2] Her innovations continued in her 1976 scientific doctoral thesis Random and non-stationary linear filters: models, simulations and applications at the Grenoble Institute of Technology.[3] Her wider work investigated integrating non-stationary data into the modelling of underwater acoustics.[4]
From 1973 she taught at the Grenoble Institute of Technology.[5]
Jourdain died on 19 October 2006 in La Tronche.
