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REF NO.: 227

SUBJECT:	Famous computer scientist comes to Memorial University
DATE:	March 8, 2006

World-renowned computer scientist and mathematician Dr. Lotfi Zadeh of the University of California at Berkeley will present a special lecture at Memorial University next week.

Dr. Zadeh is most famous for his theory of fuzzy logic, a form of logic in which variables can have degrees of truth or falsehood. Fuzzy logic is widely applied in electronic appliances in daily use.

Dr. Zadeh will deliver a talk titled From Search Engines to Question-Answer Systems: The Problems of World Knowledge, Relevance, Deduction and Precisiation on Wednesday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. in room IIC-2001 in the Inco Innovation Centre.

Admission to the public lecture is free. Parking is available in Area 18.

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