Lotfi A. Zadeh

Lotfi A. Zadeh
Lotfi A. Zadeh
	(2016)
Born	Lotfi Aliaskerzadeh; 4 February 1921; Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Died	6 September 2017 (aged 96); Berkeley, California, US
Alma mater	University of Tehran; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Columbia University;
Known for	Founder of fuzzy mathematics, ; fuzzy set theory, and fuzzy logic, Z numbers, Z-transform
Spouse	Fay Zadeh
Children	2, including Norman Zada
Awards	Eringen Medal (1976); IEEE Hamming Medal (1992); Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1993); IEEE Medal of Honor (1995); 2012 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award; Honorary Doctorate of Tehran University (2016) ; ACM Fellow ; IEEE Fellow ; AAAS Fellow ; AAAI Fellow; Member of the National Academy of Engineering; Founding Member of Eurasian Academy
	Scientific career
Fields	Artificial intelligence; Computer science; Electrical engineering; Mathematics;
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Thesis	Frequency analysis of variable networks (1949)
Doctoral advisor	John R. Ragazzini
Doctoral students	Joseph Goguen; John Yen;

Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (/ˈzɑːdeɪ/; Azerbaijani: Lütfi Rəhim oğlu Ələsgərzadə; Persian: لطفی علی‌عسکرزاده; 4 February 1921 – 6 September 2017) 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 systems, fuzzy probabilities, fuzzy events, and fuzzy information. Zadeh was a founding member of the Eurasian Academy.

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