BISC The Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department
Fuzzy Set: 1965 … Fuzzy Logic: 1973 … BISC: 1990 … Human-Machine Perception: 2000 - … Welcome to the BISC Program The basic ideas underlying soft computing in its current incarnation have links to many earlier influences, among them Prof. Zadeh’s 1965 paper on fuzzy sets; the 1973 paper on the analysis of complex systems and decision processes; and the 1979 report (1981 paper) on possibility theory and soft data analysis. BISC Program is the world-leading center for basic and applied research in soft computing. The principal constituents of soft computing (SC) are fuzzy logic (FL), neural network theory (NN) and probabilistic reasoning (PR), with the latter subsuming belief networks, evolutionary computing including DNA computing, chaos theory and parts of learning theory. Some of the most striking achievements of BISC Program are: fuzzy reasoning (set and logic), new soft computing algorithms making intelligent, semi-unsupervised use of large quantities of complex data, uncertainty analysis, perception-based decision analysis and decision support systems for risk analysis and management, computing with words, computational theory of perception (CTP), and precisiated natural language (PNL).  Professional affiliation and title Professor in the Graduate School, Computer Science Division Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 -1776 Director, Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC) Address: Computer Science Division University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-1776 zadeh@cs.berkeley.edu BISC Program URL: http://www-bisc.cs.berkeley.edu/ http://zadeh.cs.berkeley.edu/ Tel.(office): (510) 642-4959 Fax (office): (510) 642-1712 Tel.(home): (510) 526-2569 Fax (home): (510) 526-2433 Fax (home): (510) 526-5181 Number of citations in the Citation Index: over 11,000. Optimized for Web browsers Version 5+. For optimal display use resolution-mode of 1600x1200 dpi. JavaScript and style sheets should be enabled in your browser.	Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh Short Curriculum Vitae Principal employment and affiliations Editorial affiliations Advisory committees Awards, fellowships, honors  Achievement and principal contributions Summary of principal contributions Primary publications Statistics on the impact of Fuzzy Logic Publications Continue
Fuzzy Set: 1965 … Fuzzy Logic: 1973 … BISC: 1990 … Human-Machine Perception: 2000 - …