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Rudolf Emil Kálmán was a Hungarian-American electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor. He is most noted for his co-invention and development of the Kalman filter, a mathematical algorithm that is widely used in signal processing, control systems, and guidance, navigation and control. For this work, U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Kálmán the National Medal of Science on October 7, 2009.
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science · Hungarian-American mathematician (1930–2016) · mathematician · inventor · university teacher · electrotechnician · also Rudolf E. Kálmán, Kálmán Rudolf Emil, Rudy Emil Kálmán, Rudolf E. Kalman, Kalman Rudolf Emil, Rudy Emil Kalman
Born 19 May 1930 · Died 2 July 2016 · Q384687
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Died 2016-07-02.
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Awarded Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013).
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Became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society
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Won National Medal of Science (2009).
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Awarded Charles Stark Draper Prize (2008).
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Awarded Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1997).
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And the National Academy of Engineering's Charles Stark Draper Prize in 2008
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Awarded Leroy P. Steele Prize (1986).
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Awarded Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (1985).
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Won IEEE Centennial Medal (1984).
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Won Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1976).
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Won IEEE Medal of Honor (1974).
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The IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984, the Inamori foundation's Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology in 1985, the Steele Prize of the American Mathematical Society in 1987, the Richard E
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Also held the chair of Mathematical System Theory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland
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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1970).
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Studied at Columbia University (1954–1958).
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Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1954).
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Earned his bachelor's degree in 1953 and his master's degree in 1954, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in electrical engineering
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Born 1930-05-19.
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To Otto and Ursula Kálmán (née Grundmann)
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