Joan L. Mitchell

Joan L. Mitchell
A JPEG picture of Joan L. Mitchell
Born(1947-05-24)May 24, 1947
Modesto, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 2, 2015(2015-12-02) (aged 68)
Alma materStanford University, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Known forCo-inventor of JPEG digital image format.
RelativesEulalia Richardson Mitchell (grandmother, Physicist)

Joan Laverne Mitchell (May 24, 1947 – December 2, 2015) was an American computer scientist, data compression pioneer, and inventor who, as a researcher at IBM, co-invented the JPEG digital image format.

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