About Lotfi A. Zadeh
Lotfi Aliasger Zadeh (; Azerbaijani: Lütfəli 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. It also instilled in me a deep desire to live in the United States." During this time, Zadeh was awarded several patents. Zadeh was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 for Natural Sciences in Applied Mathematics. As a student, he ranked first in his class in his first two years.
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