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Lotfi A. Zadeh

US Mathematician

Died when: 96 years 214 days (1159 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Lotfi A. Zadeh

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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