Ebrahim (Abe) H. Mamdani (1 June 1942[2] – 22 January 2010) was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer and artificial intelligence researcher. He worked at the Imperial College London.[1]

Ebrahim Mamdani
Born
Ebrahim (Abe) Mamdani

(1942-06-01)1 June 1942
Died22 January 2010(2010-01-22) (aged 67)
Known forMamdani-Type Fuzzy Inference
AwardsIEEE Fellow
International Fuzzy Systems Association Fellow
RAEng Fellow
IEE Fellow
Scientific career
Fieldsmath, artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, telecommunication
InstitutionsQueen Mary College
Imperial College London[1]
Doctoral studentsNick Jennings

Life

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Abe Mamdani was born in Tanzania in June 1942. He was educated in India and in 1966 he went to the UK.[2]

He obtained his PhD at Queen Mary College, University of London. After that he joined its Electrical Engineering Department[2]

In 1975 he introduced a new method of fuzzy inference systems, which was called 'Mamdani-Type Fuzzy Inference'.[3] Mamdani-Type Fuzzy Inference have elements like human instincts, working under the rules of linguistics, and has a fuzzy algorithm that provides an approximation to enter mathematical analysis.[4]

In July 1995, he moved from Queen Mary College to Imperial College London.

Awards and honors

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Abe Mamdani was an Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London. He received the "European Fuzzy Pioneer Award" from the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT) in 1999, and the "Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award" from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society in 2003. He was also a Fellow of the IEEE, the International Fuzzy Systems Association, and of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the IEE in the UK.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mamdani, Ebrahim II" Scopus, accessed 15 February 2022
  2. ^ a b c d Magdalena, Luis (2010) "Abe Mamdani, in Memoriam" Elsevier, accessed 15 February 2022
  3. ^ Mamdani, Ebrahim H (1974). "Application of fuzzy algorithms for control of simple dynamic plant". Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. 121 (12): 1585–1588. doi:10.1049/piee.1974.0328.
  4. ^ Nursikuwagus, Agus (March 2017). "A Mamdani Fuzzy Model to Choose Eligible Student Entry". Telkomnika. 15 (1): 365–372. doi:10.12928/telkomnika.v15i1.4893.