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Jerry M. Mendel
Engineer, academic, and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jerry M. Mendel is an engineer, academic, and author. He is professor emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California.[1]
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Occupation(s) | Engineer, academic and author |
Academic background | |
Education | BS., Mechanical Engineering MS., Electrical Engineering Ph.D., Electrical Engineering |
Alma mater | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Southern California |
Website | jmmprof |
Mendel has authored and co-authored 600 technical papers and 13 books including Uncertain Rule-based Fuzzy Logic Systems: Introduction and New Directions, Explainable Uncertain Rule-Based Fuzzy Systems, Perceptual Computing: Aiding People in Making Subjective Judgments, and Introduction to Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control: Theory and Application. He is the recipient of several awards, including the 1984 IEEE Centennial Medal, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society's Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award in 2008,[2] the 2015 USC Viterbi School of Engineering Senior Research Award,[3] and the IEEE Lotfi A. Zadeh Pioneer Award for developing and promoting type-2 fuzzy logic in 2021.[4]
Mendel is a Life Fellow of the IEEE,[5] a Distinguished Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society,[6] a Fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems Association,[7] the Asia-Pacific AI Association,[8] and an elected member of Sigma Xi.[9]