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Lotfi A. Zadeh
Lotfi Aliasger Zadeh was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, and professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Zadeh is best known for proposing fuzzy mathematics, consisting of several fuzzy-related concepts: fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, fuzzy algorithms, fuzzy semantics, fuzzy languages, fuzzy control, fuzzy system…
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science · Azerbaijani scientist (1921–2017) · mathematician · engineer · computer scientist · university teacher · also Lotfi A. Zadeh, Zadeh
Born 4 February 1921 · Died 6 September 2017 · Q92767
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2017· 2 entries
“To what degree is something true or false?”
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2014· 1 entry
The IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society established the "Lotfi A
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2012).
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2009· 1 entry
Won Benjamin Franklin Medal (2009).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award (2000).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1998).
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1996· 3 entries
Awarded Okawa Prize (1996).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Granada (1996).
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Published “Fuzzy logic = computing with words” in IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems — cited 2,552 times.
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1995· 2 entries
Won IEEE Medal of Honor (1995).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Oviedo (1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded ACM Fellow (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Won Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1993).
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1992· 2 entries
Won IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (1992).
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Awarded Kampé de Fériet Award (1992).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded AAAI Fellow (1991).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University (1985).
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1978· 1 entry
Published “Fuzzy sets as a basis for a theory of possibility” in Fuzzy Sets and Systems — cited 7,344 times.
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1976· 1 entry
Won Eringen Medal (1976).
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1975· 3 entries
Published “The concept of a linguistic variable and its application to approximate reasoning—II” in Information Sciences — cited 2,412 times.
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Published “The concept of a linguistic variable and its application to approximate reasoning—I” in Information Sciences — cited 11,494 times.
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Published “The concept of a linguistic variable and its application to approximate reasoning-III” in Information Sciences — cited 2,521 times.
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1973· 3 entries
Won IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal (1973).
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Published “Outline of a New Approach to the Analysis of Complex Systems and Decision Processes” in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics — cited 6,266 times.
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Zadeh received the prestigious (Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers) IEEE Education Award, largely in recognition of his performance as chair of EE and then EECS
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1970· 1 entry
Published “Decision-Making in a Fuzzy Environment” in Management Science — cited 5,899 times.
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1967· 1 entry
For Natural Sciences in Applied Mathematics
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1965· 2 entries
In which he described the motivation of replicating human-like reasoning and detailed the mathematics of fuzzy set theory
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Published “Fuzzy sets” in Information and Control — cited 65,309 times.
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1959· 1 entry
Zadeh joined the electrical engineering faculty at the University of California, Berkeley
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1952· 1 entry
With having pioneered the development of the Z-transform method in discrete-time signal processing and analysis
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1949· 2 entries
Studied at Columbia University, Doctor of Philosophy (1949).
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And became an assistant professor the next year
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1947· 1 entry
As his parents had settled in New York City, Zadeh went to work as an engineer at Columbia University
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1943· 1 entry
Zadeh decided to leave for the United States to continue his education
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1942· 1 entry
Graduated from the University of Tehran with a degree in electrical engineering, one of only three students in that field to graduate that year, due to the turmoil created by World War II, when the United States, Brit
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1931· 1 entry
When Stalin began agricultural collectivization, and Zadeh was ten, his father moved his family back to Tehran, Iran
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1921· 1 entry
Born 1921-02-04.
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