Lotfi A. Zadeh

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Azerbaijani-American computer scientist electrical engineer person university professor

Lotfi A. Zadeh was an Azerbaijani-American computer scientist and electrical engineer best known for founding fuzzy logic and making pioneering contributions to systems theory and artificial intelligence.

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instanceOf Azerbaijani-American ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ
electrical engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
academicDegree B.S. in electrical engineering ⓘ
M.S. in electrical engineering ⓘ
Ph.D. in electrical engineering ⓘ
awardReceived BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award ⓘ
Honda Prize ⓘ
IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal ⓘ
birthName Lotfi Aliaskerzadeh ⓘ
citizenship Iran ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijan SSR
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-02-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-09-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
University of Tehran ⓘ
employer University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
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fieldOfWork artificial intelligence ⓘ
computer science ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ
fuzzy logic ⓘ
systems theory ⓘ
givenName Lotfi ⓘ
influenced artificial intelligence ⓘ
control systems ⓘ
decision theory ⓘ
pattern recognition ⓘ
knownFor founding fuzzy logic ⓘ
fuzzy sets ⓘ
fuzzy systems ⓘ
soft computing ⓘ
systems theory ⓘ
languageSpoken Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijani

English ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
memberOf Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: Academy of Sciences of the USSR

Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences ⓘ
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ
surface form: IEEE

National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
notableWork Fuzzy Sets (1965) ⓘ
Outline of a New Approach to the Analysis of Complex Systems and Decision Processes (1973) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baku ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley, California
positionHeld chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley ⓘ
professor ⓘ
theoryDeveloped fuzzy logic ⓘ
fuzzy set theory ⓘ
possibility theory ⓘ
workplace Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley ⓘ

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Rufus Oldenburger Medal → hasNotableRecipient → Lotfi A. Zadeh ⓘ
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