Joan L. Mitchell
American computer scientist and inventor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joan Laverne Mitchell (May 24, 1947 – December 2, 2015)[1][2] was an American computer scientist, data compression pioneer, and inventor who, as a researcher at IBM, co-invented the JPEG digital image format.[3]
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Joan L. Mitchell | |
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Born | (1947-05-24)May 24, 1947 |
Died | December 2, 2015(2015-12-02) (aged 68) |
Alma mater | Stanford University, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
Known for | Co-inventor of JPEG digital image format. |
Relatives | Eulalia Richardson Mitchell (grandmother, Physicist) |
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