@article{12a08e5a5b8b41eeaf8c3abcfb9203bd,
title = "In recognition of professor Lotfi A. Zadeh",
author = "Tien, {J. M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Since his arrival at the University of Miami in 2007, Tien has advanced a strategic vision that focuses on a central theme: educating tomorrow{\textquoteright}s technology leaders for career success. He is building on the College{\textquoteright}s strengths in healthcare and technobiology, informatics and risk, and sustainable systems. He has already more than doubled the number of women faculty in the College of Engineering faculty, and he serves as Co-Investigator of Scientists and Engineers Expanding Diversity Success (SEEDS), a program funded by an NSF ADVANCE for Women in Science grant. Tien has served on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Board of Directors (2000–04) and was its vice president in charge of the Publication Services and Products Board and the Educational Activities Board. Tien earned his bachelor{\textquoteright}s degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his Ph.D. in systems engineering and operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to holding leadership positions at Bell Telephone Laboratories, the Rand Corporation, and Structured Decisions Corporation, Tien was a professor, a founding department chair, and an acting dean of engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before he joined the University of Miami.",
year = "2011",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.scient.2011.04.024",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "18",
pages = "691",
journal = "Scientia Iranica",
issn = "1026-3098",
publisher = "Sharif University of Technology",
number = "3 D",
}