Ronald Robert Yager (born New York City) is an American researcher in

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 ...

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 ...

. He is currently Director of the Machine Intelligence Institute and Professor of Information Systems at

Iona College Iona University () is a private Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York, United States. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of in New Rochelle and a campus of in Bro ...

. Ronald Yager has been an active

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

since 1997 for his contributions to the development of the theory of fuzzy logic. He is the Editor and Chief of th
''International Journal of Intelligent Systems''
He has also been invited to serve on the Editorial Boards and Executive Advisory Boards in a number of international journals, which include the following: ''

IEEE Intelligent Systems ''IEEE Intelligent Systems'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the IEEE Computer Society and sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), British Computer Society (BCS), and European As ...

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IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems ''IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. It covers the theory, design or applications of fuzzy systems ranging from hardware to software, inclu ...

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Fuzzy Sets and Systems ''Fuzzy Sets and Systems'' is a peer-reviewed international scientific journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) and was founded in 1978. The editors-in-chief (as of 2010) are Bernard De Baets of ...

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Biography

Ronald R. Yager was born in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City and attended elementary and DeWitt Clinton High School in the New York City public school system. He got a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a Public university, public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York ...

. He holds a Ph.D. in Systems Science, a degree that he got from the

Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United St ...

(now known as the Polytechnic Institute of New York University). He is currently Director of the Machine Intelligence Institute and Professor of Information Systems at

Iona College (New York) Iona University () is a private university, private Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York, United States. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of in New Rochelle and ...

. He previously taught at the

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

Honors and awards

* Recipient of

IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award The IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award is a Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers#Technical field awards, Technical Field Award established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Board of Directors in 2004. This award is ...

, 2016 * Recipient of 2006 FLINS Gold Medal (Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies in Nuclear Science) * Recipient of

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 ...

Outstanding Contributor Award Granular Computing, 2006 * Recipient of Medal of the 50th Anniversary of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2005 * IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award, 2004 * Fellow of the IEEE for contributions to the development of the theory of fuzzy logic * Fellow New York of the Academy of Sciences * Fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems AssociationInternational Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA): * Honoris Causa, Rostov on the Don University, Russia * Three-year NASA Fellowship *

Tau Beta Pi The Tau Beta Pi Association (commonly Tau Beta Pi, , or TBP) is the oldest engineering honor society and the second oldest collegiate honor society in the United States. It honors engineering students in American universities who have shown a ...

Eta Kappa Nu Eta Kappa Nu () or IEEE-HKN is the international honor society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Joining HKN is by invitation only. Membership is a lifelong designation for individuals who have distinguished them ...

Sigma Xi Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society () is an international non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a faculty member and graduate students in 1886 and is one of the oldest ...

, Cum Laude

Biography

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