Mila Nikolova

Mila Nikolova (1962 – 20 June 2018) was a Bulgarian applied mathematician, known for her research in image processing, inverse problems, and compressed sensing.[1][2][3][4]

Education and career

After working as a science journalist and engineer in Bulgaria, Nikolova completed a Ph.D. in 1995 in signal and image processing at the University of Paris-Sud.[1] In 2006, she earned a habilitation in mathematics at Pierre and Marie Curie University.[5]

She did postdoctoral research with Électricité de France, and then joined the faculty at Paris Descartes University in 1996. In 1999 she was given a position as senior research fellow at CNRS, associated at first with the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications and since 2003 with the École normale supérieure Cachan. She became a director of research at CNRS in 2009.[5]

Recognition

Nikolova won the Michel-Monpetit Prize [fr] of the French Academy of Sciences in 2010, "for the originality and depth of her research in mathematical image processing and in solving certain inverse problems".[1][6]

The Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision has published a posthumous special issue in honor of Nikolova.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Steidl, Gabriele (August 22, 2018), "A Tribute to Mila Nikolova", SIAM News
  2. ^ "A tribute to Professor Mila Nikolova (1962–2018)", INI news, Isaac Newton Institute, June 28, 2018
  3. ^ a b "Special Issue on Memory of Mila Nikolova", Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 62 (6–7), July 2020
  4. ^ Mila Nikolova : une vie dans la recherche... (in French), Centre de Mathématiques et Leurs Applications, École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
  5. ^ a b Curriculum vitae, retrieved May 29, 2019
  6. ^ Prix Michel Monpetit, Lauréats Précédents (PDF) (in French), French Academy of Sciences, retrieved May 29, 2019