Janusz Kacprzyk (born 12 July 1947) is a Polish

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...

and

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, notable for his contributions to the field of computational and

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

tools like

fuzzy sets Fuzzy or Fuzzies may refer to: Music * Fuzzy (band), a 1990s Boston indie pop band * Fuzzy (composer), Danish composer Jens Vilhelm Pedersen (born 1939) * Fuzzy (album), ''Fuzzy'' (album), 1993 debut album of American rock band Grant Lee Buffalo ...

mathematical optimization Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled ''optimisation'') or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element, with regard to some criteria, from some set of available alternatives. It is generally divided into two subfiel ...

, decision making under uncertainty,

computational intelligence In computer science, computational intelligence (CI) refers to concepts, paradigms, algorithms and implementations of systems that are designed to show " intelligent" behavior in complex and changing environments. These systems are aimed at m ...

, intuitionistic fuzzy sets,

data analysis Data analysis is the process of inspecting, Data cleansing, cleansing, Data transformation, transforming, and Data modeling, modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making. Da ...

and

data mining Data mining is the process of extracting and finding patterns in massive data sets involving methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database systems. Data mining is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science and ...

, with applications in

databases In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and ana ...

, ICT, mobile robotics and others. Kacprzyk is a professor of computer science at the Systems Research Institute and an academician (full member) of the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences (, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars a ...

. Currently he is president of the Polish Operational and Systems Research Society and past president of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) in 2009-2011. He is a foreign member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences (2007), of the

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; , ''Bŭlgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy, with headquarters in Sofia, is autonomous and consists of a S ...

(2013), of the

Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters (, , ) is a Finnish learned society for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is a bilingual (Swedish and Finnish) science academy and the oldest of the four science academies in Finland. ...

(2018), of the

Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (, , abbr. KVAB) is an independent learned society of science and arts of the Flemish Community in Belgium. It is one of Belgium's numerous academies and traces its origin to 1772 when ...

(2019), as well as member of

Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of humanities, letters, law, and sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of Europe ...

and the

European Academy of Sciences and Arts The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA, ) is a transnational and interdisciplinary network, connecting about 2,000 recommended scientists and artists worldwide, including 38 Nobel Prize laureates. The European Academy of Sciences and ...

, and fellow of multiple professional societies, like

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

Institution of Engineering and Technology The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution. The IET was formed in 2006 from two separate institutions: the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), dating back to 1871,Engin ...

(IET), European Coordinating Committee of Artificial Intelligence (EurAI/ECCAI), IFSA, and Mexican Society for Artificial Intelligence (SMIA). In 2013, he becomes the laureate of the annual IFSA Award.

Biography

In 1970, Kacprzyk graduated from

Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology () is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors (including 145 titular professors). The student body ...

, Poland, with M.Sc. in

automatic control Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machine ...

and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

. In 1977, he obtained Ph.D. in

systems analysis Systems analysis is "the process of studying a procedure or business to identify its goal and purposes and create systems and procedures that will efficiently achieve them". Another view sees systems analysis as a problem-solving technique that ...

and in 1991 D.Sc. (

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

) in

. As of 1997, he is full professor, awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland.Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications of Prof. Janusz Kacprzyk
, Official website of the Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences. Accessed: 4 May 2018. As of 2018, Kacprzyk is professor of computer science at the Systems Research Institute,

, at Warsaw School of Information Technology, and Chongqing Three Gorges University, Wanzhou, Chinqgqung, China. He is honorary foreign professor at the Department of Mathematics, Yili Normal University, Xinjiang, China, as well as part-time professor of automatic control at Polish Industrial Institute of Automation and Measurements (PIAP) and part-time professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cracow University of Technology. Kacprzyk has been a frequent visiting professor in the US, Italy, UK, Mexico, China, Japan. As of April 2018, Kacprzyk has authored 6 books, edited or co-edited more than 100 volumes, authored or co-authored approximately 550 papers. He is the editor-in-chief of 7 book series at

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, and of two journals, and is on the editorial boards of approximately 40 scientific journals.

Honours

Prof. Kacprzyk is a lifelong fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) since 1997 and a fellow of IEEE since 2006. He is laureate of a number of awards for outstanding academic achievements, most notable of which are: * 2006: Kaufmann Prize and Gold Medal for pioneering works on the use of

fuzzy logic Fuzzy logic is a form of many-valued logic in which the truth value of variables may be any real number between 0 and 1. It is employed to handle the concept of partial truth, where the truth value may range between completely true and completely ...

in economics and management * 2006: Pioneer Award, IEEE CIS for pioneering works on multistage fuzzy control (fuzzy dynamic programming) * 2007: Pioneer Award of the Silicon Valley Section of IEEE CIS for contribution in

granular computing Granular computing is an emerging computing paradigm of Data processing, information processing that concerns the processing of complex information entities called "information granulation, granules", which arise in the process of data abstractio ...

and computing with words * 2007: Elected foreign member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences (Awarded May 2008)Ilmo. Sr. Dr. D. Janusz Kacprzyk
Website of RACEF, 15 May 20108. Accessed: 4 May 2018. Gallery of photos - 2008
Website of RACEF, 15 May 20108. Accessed: 4 May 2018. * 2010: Medal of the Polish Neural Network Society for exceptional contributions to the advancement of computational intelligence in Poland * 2013, September: IFSA Award for outstanding academic contributions and lifetime achievement in the field of fuzzy systems * 2013, October: Elected foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Събранието на академиците при БАН избра трима учени за чуждестранни членове на Академията
23 October 2013. Accessed: 4 May 2018. * 2014, August: World Automation Congress Lifetime Award for contributions in soft computingWorld Automation Congress 2014 Lifetime Achievement Awardees of 2017
Accessed: 30 April 2018. * 2014, August: Elected member of

, Section Informatics * 2014, September: Doctor Honoris Causa of

Széchenyi István University The Széchenyi István University (SZE), also known as the University of Győr, is located in Győr and Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary. The university was established in 1968. In cooperation with Audi Hungaria, Audi Hungaria Motor Kft, one of t ...

, Győr, Hungary * 2015, September: Fellow of the Mexican Society of Artificial Intelligence, and permanent honorary member of the society * 2016, January: Elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Class 6 - the Technical and Environmental SciencesAlumnus Janusz Kacprzyk elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Website of

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an independent International research institute located in Laxenburg, near Vienna in Austria, founded as an East-West scientific cooperation initiative during the Cold War. Th ...

, 22 February 2016. Accessed: 30 April 2018. * 2016, September: Award of the International Neural Network Society – Indian Chapter for Outstanding Contributions to Computational Intelligence * 2016, November: Doctor Honoris Causa of

Óbuda University The Óbuda University (, ), named after Óbuda, a part of Budapest, is a university in Budapest, Hungary. History It was founded in 2000 as Budapest Tech () with the merging of three polytechnical institutes: Bánki Donát Technical College ...

in Budapest, HungaryAz Óbudai Egyetem Tiszteletbeli Doktorai
, Website of Óbuda University. Accessed: 30 April 2018. Diploma of Janusz Kacprzyk for Doctor Honoris Causa of Óbuda University
Website of the Polish Section of IEEE. Accessed: 30 April 2018. * 2017, April: Doctor Honoris Causa of

Lappeenranta University of Technology Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT (''Finnish language, Finnish'': Lappeenrannan-Lahden teknillinen yliopisto LUT), better known by the abbreviation LUT University (''Finnish language, Finnish'': LUT-yliopisto) is a Finland, Finnish ...

in FinlandLUT's new honorary doctors include academic scholars, business leaders and Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman
Website of

, 13 February 2017. Accessed: 30 April 2018. * 2017, May: Doctor Honoris Causa of "Prof. Asen Zlatarov" University, Burgas, BulgariaУниверситет „Проф. д-р Асен Златаров” присъди „Доктор хонорис кауза” на учен от топ 10 в света
Flagman.bg, 20 November 2017. Accessed: 30 April 2018. * 2017, September: Honorary Membership in European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (elected in June 2016)Minutes of the EUSFLAT General Assembly 2016, Eindhoven, June 21, 2016
Accessed: 30 April 2018. * 2018, February: Foreign member of the

(elected in December 2017)Diploma of Janusz Kacprzyk for Foreign Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
Accessed: 30 April 2018.
Website of

, 6 February 2018. Accessed: 30 April 2018. New fellows and foreign members of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
18 December 2017. Accessed: 30 April 2018. * 2019, December: Foreign member of the

(KVAB)Website of KVAB
Accessed: 26 December 2019.

References

External links

Homepage of Janusz Kacprzyk
Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science
CIS Oral History Project
Interview with Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) member Janusz Kacprzyk, from 2016. Interview by Rudolf Seising, July 6, 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kacprzyk, Janusz Living people Polish computer scientists Fellows of the IEEE Artificial intelligence researchers Foreign members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences Members of Academia Europaea Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts 1947 births