The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE CIS) and the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) have decided to jointly celebrate the centenary of Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921-2017), to pay tribute to the creator of fuzzy set theory, an active member of both our societies.

We are pleased to give voice to those who knew him and appreciated him around the world to remind us what a scientist and what a man he was. A few videos prepared by some of his old friends will be posted on the page below. Many thanks to all those who provided photos from their collections to participate in this commemoration.

They will tell us about some of the moments spent with him. If you met Lotfi Zadeh, you are welcome to write short testimonials about his achievements and his personality and to upload photos with him in our Collabratec Community.

Enric Trillas	Erich Peter Klement

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Oral History Project: The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society's awards recognize excellent achievements and outstanding volunteers in the field. Among these awards, the Pioneer Award is perhaps the most coveted society-level award. To preserve some of the historical memories of these pioneers, we have created the Oral History Project, consisting of a set of interviews with some of these pioneers. By clicking on this link (IeeeTV_CIS_Videos), you will be able find 30 interviews, which are part of this ongoing project.
Index to Oral History Videos by Topic:

• Neural Networks
  • Amari, Shun'ichi
  • Carpenter, Gail
  • Caudell, Thomas
  • Fukushima, Kunihiko
  • Grossberg, Steven
  • Kohonen, Teuvo
  • Lendaris, George
  • Marks, Robert
  • Oja, Erkki
  • Principe, Jose
  • Simpson, Patrick
  • Wang, Jun
  • Widrow, Bernard
  • Wunsch, Donald
  • Zimmermann, Hans G.
• Fuzzy Sets
  • Bezdek, Jim
  • Bonissone, Piero
  • Bouchon-Meunier, Bernadette
  • Kacprzyk, Janusz
  • Keller, James
  • Koczy, Laszlo
  • Kosko, Bart
  • Mendel, Jerry
  • Montero, Javier
  • Pal, Nikhil
  • Perfilieva, Irina
  • Ruspini, Enrique
  • Yager, Ronald
  • Zadeh, Lotfi and Walter Freeman
  • Zimmerman, Hans J.
• Evolutionary Computation
  • Altenberg, Lee
  • Deb, Kalyanmoy
  • Eberhart, Russell(2)
  • Fogel, David(2)
  • Ikegami, Takashi
  • Lucas, Simon

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• IEEE CIS in Wikipedia
• IEEE Global History Network (2011). "IEEE Computational Intelligence Society History". IEEE History Center
• IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Roots: 1986-1996. Clicking on this link automatically downloads a 118 page pdf file written by Bob Marks.
• History of the term Computational Intelligence: Clicking on this link automatically downloads a 12 page pdf file written by Jim Bezdek.

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Contents: Two types of information are currently available through links from our website:

1. Annual data Sheets are downloadable pdf files that encapsulate the most important events of the society in written form. Here you will find information about the administrative structure and officers of the society; members of the standing and technical committees; a listing of the conferences and conference records sponsored by the society; references for archival publications, newsletters and books; a listing of the awards and prizes made by the society; short descriptions of the most important actions taken by the administrative (AdCom) and executive (ExCom) committees; and anecdotes about actions and events of general historical interest to the membership of the IEEE CIS. Each file has a glossary, and possibly, some citations for publications mentioned in the text for that year. Clicking on any link below automatically downloads a pdf file for that year.

• Neural Network Council : 1987
• Neural Network Council : 1988
• Neural Network Council : 1989
• Neural Network Council : 1990
• Neural Network Council : 1991
• Neural Network Council : 1992
• Neural Network Council : 1993
• Neural Network Council : 1994
• Neural Network Council : 1995
• Neural Network Council : 1996

Historical Record since 1987

Executives of the Neural Network Committee

• 1987 H. Troy Nagle (Chair)
• 1988 Robert J. Marks (Chair pro tem)
• 1989 Robert J. Marks (Chair)

Presidents of the Neural Networks Council (NNC)

• 1990 Robert J. Marks
• 1991 Robert J. Marks
• 1992 Russell Eberhart
• 1993 Russell Eberhart
• 1994 Patrick Simpson
• 1995 Walter Karplus (deceased)
• 1996 Walter Karplus (deceased)
• 1997 Jim Bezdek
• 1998 Jim Bezdek
• 1999 Cliff Lau
• 2000 Cliff Lau
• 2001 Enrique H. Ruspini

Presidents of the Neural Networks Society (NNS)

• 2002 Piero P Bonissone
• 2003 Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou (deceased)

Presidents of the Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)

• 2004 Jacek M. Zurada
• 2005 Jacek M. Zurada
• 2006 Vincenzo Piuri
• 2007 Vincenzo Piuri
• 2008 David B. Fogel
• 2009 David B. Fogel
• 2010 Gary Yen
• 2011 Gary Yen
• 2012 Marios Polycarpou
• 2013 Marios Polycarpou
• 2014 Xin Yao
• 2015 Xin Yao
• 2016 Pablo Estévez
• 2017 Pablo Estévez
• 2018 Nikhil R. Pal
• 2019 Nikhil R. Pal
• 2020 Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier
• 2021 Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier
• 2022 James M. Keller