Geneviève Jourdain

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.

Early life and education

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.

Publications

  • "Synthèse de signaux certains dont on connait la fonction d'ambiguïté de type Woodward ou de type en compression". Annales Des Télécommunications (in French). 32 (1): 19–23. 1977-01-01. doi:10.1007/BF02999820. ISSN 1958-9395. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  • with G. Ginolhac, G.; Jourdain (2002). "Principal component inverse algorithm for detection in the presence of reverberation". IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 27 (2): 310–321. doi:10.1109/JOE.2002.1002486. ISSN 0364-9059. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

Awards and recognition

In 1999, Jourdain was appointed Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite.[6]

In 2016, a CROUS student residence on the Presqu'île de Grenoble science campus was opened, named for Geneviève Jourdain.[7]

In 2026, Jourdain was announced as one of 72 historical women in STEM whose names have been proposed to be added to the 72 men already celebrated on the Eiffel Tower. The plan was announced by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo following the recommendations of a committee led by Isabelle Vauglin of Femmes et Sciences and Jean-François Martins, representing the operating company which runs the Eiffel Tower.[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sciences. Qui était la Grenobloise Geneviève Jourdain, dont le nom va être écrit sur la tour Eiffel ?". www.ledauphine.com (in French). 2026-01-27. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  2. ^ Paul Jacquet, Hommages à Geneviève Jourdain
  3. ^ Notice du Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ J.L. Lacoume; B. Faure; J.Y.Jourdain (September 2007). "Geneviève Jourdain - Sa carrière et son œuvre" (PDF). gretsi.fr. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  5. ^ Geneviève Jourdain. Sa carrière et son œuvre, Colloque GRETSI, 11-14 septembre 2007, Troyes, p. 977-996
  6. ^ "Geneviève Jourdain - JORFSearch". jorfsearch.steinertriples.ch. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  7. ^ "Qui sont Geneviève Jourdain et Cécile DeWitt-Morette, dont les noms seront bientôt inscrits sur la tour Eiffel ?". France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French). 2026-01-30. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  8. ^ "Eiffel Tower: a list of 72 women scientists will soon be inscribed on the Parisian monument". www.sortiraparis.com. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  9. ^ "Eiffel Tower to honor 72 women scientists for posterity". 2026-01-26. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  10. ^ "Les noms des 72 femmes pour la Tour Eiffel ont été révélés". Femmes & Sciences (in French). Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  11. ^ 72 femmes de sciences pour la tour Eiffel Femmes & Sciences (in French). Retrieved 2026-03-07
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