Rudolf E. Kálmán

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control theorist electrical engineer mathematician person

Rudolf E. Kálmán was a pioneering Hungarian-American electrical engineer and mathematician best known for developing the Kalman filter, a fundamental algorithm in control theory and signal processing.

Aliases (1)

Rudolf Emil Kálmán ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	control theorist → electrical engineer → mathematician → person →
awardReceived	IEEE Medal of Honor → Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology → National Medal of Science → Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award →
citizenship	Hungary → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Hungary →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1930-05-19 →
dateOfDeath	2016-07-02 →
degree	Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering → Master of Science in electrical engineering → PhD in electrical engineering →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS) → Stanford University → University of Florida →
familyName	Kálmán →
fieldOfWork	applied mathematics → control theory → signal processing → systems theory →
fullName	Rudolf Emil Kálmán →
givenName	Rudolf →
influenced	modern control engineering → navigation and guidance systems → signal processing algorithms → spacecraft trajectory estimation →
knownFor	Kalman filter → controllability concept in control theory → observability concept in control theory → state-space representation of dynamical systems →
memberOf	Hungarian Academy of Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences →
notableWork	“A New Approach to Linear Filtering and Prediction Problems” →
placeOfBirth	Budapest →
placeOfDeath	Gainesville, Florida →
positionHeld	professor of electrical engineering → professor of mathematics →
workLocation	Baltimore → Gainesville, Florida → Stanford, California →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rudolf E. Kálmán ("Rudolf Emil Kálmán") →	fullName
Bell System Technical Journal →	hasNotableAuthor
Rufus Oldenburger Medal →	hasNotableRecipient
Harry Nyquist →	influenced