Yes, I remember well Zadeh and Cheeseman arguing in the old glory days of the Uncertainty in AI Workshop. He will be missed.
Richard Neapolitan Professor Biomedical Informatics From: uai [mailto:uai-boun...@engr.orst.edu] On Behalf Of Kathryn B. Laskey Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 9:51 AM To: uai@engr.orst.edu Subject: [UAI] FWD: Lotfi A.Zadeh passed away The message below was posted to the BISC email list by Shahnaz Shahbazova. Many UAI old-timers have fond memories of interactions with Lotfi. He had a major influence on the UAI community. May he rest in peace. ********************************************************************* Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC) ********************************************************************* Dear friends! I am saddened to inform you that today, September 6th, world-renowned Azerbaijani scientist, founder of the theory of fuzzy logic, professor of the University of California Lotfi A., Zadeh passed away at the age of 97. For the last two months I have spent a lot of time with him. He was feeling well until September 5 and after that, Zadeh stopped talking and reacting. Today he left us peacefully and painlessly. I am confident to say that Professor Lotfi Zadeh was a great man who loved Azerbaijan. He always cared about the events happening in Azerbaijan. He was so proud to be born in Azerbaijan and being a Bakuvian. It was his desire to be buried in Azerbaijan, in his home country. His body will be disposed to Baku soon and buried in the Alley of Honor. His dear memories will remain in hearts of all scholars who worked and will continue to work using his scientific direction, theories and applications in all over the world. I promised him that the conferences dedicated to him will continue and as his close friends we will be working using his directions and theories. Rest in Peace, dear Lotfi.
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