Lotfi A. Zadeh

Lotfi A. Zadeh
(2016)
Born
Lotfi Aliaskerzadeh

(1921-02-04)4 February 1921
Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Died6 September 2017(2017-09-06) (aged 96)[1][3]
Berkeley, California, US[4]
Alma mater
Known forFounder of fuzzy mathematics,
fuzzy set theory, and fuzzy logic, Z numbers, Z-transform
SpouseFay Zadeh
Children2, including Norman Zada
AwardsEringen Medal (1976)
IEEE Hamming Medal (1992)[1]
Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1993)
IEEE Medal of Honor (1995)[1]
2012 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Honorary Doctorate of Tehran University (2016)[2]
ACM Fellow
IEEE Fellow
AAAS Fellow
AAAI Fellow
Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Founding Member of Eurasian Academy
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
ThesisFrequency analysis of variable networks (1949)
Doctoral advisorJohn R. Ragazzini
Doctoral students

Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh[5] (/ˈzɑːdeɪ/; Azerbaijani: Lütfi Rəhim oğlu Ələsgərzadə;[6] Persian: لطفی علی‌عسکرزاده;[2] 4 February 1921 – 6 September 2017)[1][3] was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, and professor[7] 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,[8] fuzzy logic,[9] fuzzy algorithms,[10] fuzzy semantics,[11] fuzzy languages,[12] fuzzy control,[13] fuzzy systems,[14] fuzzy probabilities,[15] fuzzy events,[15] and fuzzy information.[16] Zadeh was a founding member of the Eurasian Academy.[1][17]

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  2. ^ a b "Granting honorary doctorate from Tehran University to professor Lotfizadeh". Official website of University of Tehran (UT) (in Persian). Tehran, Iran. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Lotfi Zadeh dead: Computing revolutionary and founder of fuzzy logic dies aged 96". International Business Times. 12 September 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021. Lotfali Rahim Oglu Asgarzadeh, better known as Lotfi A. Zadeh, was an Iranian mathematician, artificial intelligence researcher and professor of computer science at the University of California. He died on 6 September at 7.30 am it was confirmed by close friend.
  4. ^ Metz, Cade (11 September 2017). "Lotfi Zadeh, Father of Mathematical 'Fuzzy Logic,' Dies at 96". The New York Times. eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021. Lotfi Zadeh, the computer scientist and electrical engineer whose theories of "fuzzy logic" rippled across academia and industry, influencing everything from linguistics, economics and medicine to air-conditioners, vacuum cleaners and rice cookers, died on Wednesday at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 96.
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  10. ^ — (1 February 1968). "Fuzzy algorithms". Information and Control. 12 (2). San Diego, California: Academic Press: 94–102. doi:10.1016/S0019-9958(68)90211-8. ISSN 0019-9958. LCCN 59047612. OCLC 871736339.
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  15. ^ a b — (1984). "Fuzzy probabilities". Information Processing & Management. 20 (3): 363–372. doi:10.1016/0306-4573(84)90067-0.
  16. ^ — (1997). "Toward a theory of fuzzy information granulation and its centrality in human reasoning and fuzzy logic". Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 90 (2): 111–127. doi:10.1016/S0165-0114(97)00077-8.
  17. ^ "Eurasian Academy Official Site". Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.