Tehran Times, Iran
Dec 31 2011
Caro Lucas: Father of Iran’s robotic science
Caro Lucas (1949 – 2010) was a versatile Iranian- Armenian scientist
who is regarded as the father of Iran’s robotic science. He was
honored as an eternal figure by the Iranian Science and Culture Hall
of Fame, which is a distinguishing honor offered to Iranian chancellor
scholars.
Born on September 4, 1949 in the historical city of Isfahan, he
received his M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Control Engineering from
University of Tehran, in 1973 and the PhD. degree from University of
California, Berkeley, in 1976.
He had been a pioneer in presenting new multi-disciplinary graduate
courses like biologic computing, general systems design, and advanced
topics in socio-cognitive systems, where, he has presented courses
(and supervised theses) in different disciplines and departments like
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Management, Psychology, Fine Arts
and Architecture, and Finance and Economics.
He was also the founder of the ISRF, Institute for Studies in
Theoretical Physics and Mathematics and has assisted in founding
several new research organizations and engineering disciplines in
Iran.
Professor Lucas was also a Visiting Associate Professor at the
University of Toronto, Canada (summer, 1989-1990), and University of
California, Berkeley (1988-1989).
He served as Managing Editor of the Memories of the Engineering
Faculty, University of Tehran (1979-1991), Reviewer of Mathematical
Reviewers (since 1987), Associate Editor of the Journal of Intelligent
and Fuzzy Systems (1992-1999), and Chairman of the IEEE, Iran Section
(1990-1992). He has served as the Chairman of several international
conferences.
Professor Lucas was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. After a year he had
overcome his cancer, but he died on July 8, 2010 from intestinal
infection.
He authored/co-authored about 826 conference papers, 332 journal
papers and 39 chapters in books, edited 8 book volumes, served as
program committee (PC) member for 96 conferences, and presented
invited talks (or keynote speeches) in 190 national and international
events.
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