Fuzzy Logic, Clear Impact: Lotfi Zadeh, 2017 Golden Goose Award (VIDEO)
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It often seems that we’re surrounded by fuzzy logic. We are. Fuzzy logic and fuzzy sets were the brainchild of Lotfi Zadeh, who worked for many years as a computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley. With support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation, Zadeh proposed these revolutionary concepts in 1965 to deal with the mathematics and logic of imprecise information, receiving a skeptical response and howls of 'complete nonsense.' He even drew the attention of Senator William Proxmire and the infamous Golden Fleece Award. But since the concept’s debut, the original research paper has become one of the most widely cited in history, used in more than 16,000 patents and applied to efficiency improvements for HVAC systems, healthcare devices and more. This award recognizes Zadeh’s significant contributions to society posthumously.
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