Ebrahim (Abe) H. Mamdani (1 June 1942 – 22 January 2010) was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, and artificial intelligence researcher from Tanzania. Covering the fields of mathematics, artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, and telecommunication, he worked at Queen Mary College and Imperial College London.[1] Known for Mamdani-Type Fuzzy Inference and his association with Nick Jennings, he was recognized as an IEEE Fellow, an International Fuzzy Systems Association Fellow, an RAEng Fellow, and an IEE Fellow.
Life
Abe Mamdani was born in Tanzania in June 1942. He was educated in India and went to the UK in 1966. He obtained his PhD at Queen Mary College, University of London, and subsequently 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 has elements like human instincts, works 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.[1]
Awards and honors
Abe Mamdani was an Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London.[1] 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.
