Lotfi Zadeh, the computer scientist and electrical engineer whose theories of “fuzzy logic”
rippled across academia and industry, influencing everything from linguistics,
economics and medicine to air-conditioners, vacuum cleaners and rice cookers.
“Fuzzy logic,” as he called it, was an ambitious effort to close the gap between
mathematics and the intuitive way that humans talk, think and interact with the world.
Mr. Zadeh envisioned a mathematical framework that could mimic these human talents — that could deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in similar ways. Rather than creating strict boundaries for real world concepts,
he made the boundaries “fuzzy.” Something was not in or out, for example.
It sat somewhere on the continuum between in and out, and at any given moment
a set of more complex rules defined inclusion.
Discoveries of the outstanding Azerbaijani scientist Lotfi Zadeh have given unprecedented impulse to the development of modern electro-technology. And the advancement of technology has led to the
current nano-innovative phase of digitizing the world.
Today, the world is accelerating every minute we leave behind. There are scientific and technological centers for further optimization of this development. One of such instances is the “Lotfi Zadeh” Technology Center.
As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning and meaningful statements lose precision.
Lotfi A. Zadeh
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