Rachel Yager

Dr. Rachel Yager specializes in developing strategies for using new emerging Web technologies to attain high impact business solutions. She has expertise in computational intelligence, knowledge engineering, and business analytics for decision support. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems, Masters and Bachelor Degree in Engineering. She advises companies on digital architecture, emerging technologies, and new product R&D.

Interview with Lotfi Zadeh: Inventor of Fuzzy Logic

May 27th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under •

My “Interviews with Great Minds” is a series of video blogs with creative people who have original thoughts and who have impacted the world with their vision of future technologies.

My first guest is Professor Lotfi Zadeh.

Lotfi is the inventor of Fuzzy Logic. With every click of your camera, with every turn of your washing machine cycle, you got to give thanks to him. His thoughts and his invention have impacted the world. He changes the way we see numbers and how we analyze information.

The video below is about his sources of inspiration when he invented fuzzy logic.

From Wikipedia, I quote a number of his awards (see below).

Awards
In 1994 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. He was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1995 “For pioneering development of fuzzy logic and its many diverse applications.”

Zadeh has a long list of achievements, but since 2003, Zadeh has received the following awards.

Awards

In 1994 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. He was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1995 “For pioneering development of fuzzy logic and its many diverse applications.”

Zadeh has a long list of achievements, but since 2003, Zadeh has received the following awards.

  • In 1993 Azerbaijan bestowed him an honorary Professorship from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy.
  • Outstanding Contribution Award, Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC), Halifax, Canada, 2003.
  • Wall of Fame, Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF), Paderborn, Germany, 2004.
  • Civitate Honoris Causa, Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution, Budapest, Hungary; Sept. 4, 2004.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Japan; Oct. 29, 2004.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China; Nov. 9, 2004.
  • V. Kaufmann Prize and Gold Medal, International Association for Fuzzy-Set Management and Economy (SIGEF), Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 15, 2004.
  • Foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2005.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2005.
  • J. Keith Brimacombe IPMM Award in recognition of his development of fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic, 2005.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Jan. 29, 2007.
  • Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
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