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6 Fuzzy logic’ inventor
defends math branch
based on uncertainty
By Stephen Masters
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Already in use in some auto
mobile transmissions, “fuzzy logic”
will become crucial in the next few
years for people working with “ex
pert systems,” the inventor of the
mathmatical branch said.
Dr. Lofti Zadeh, a professor of
electrical enginnering and computer
sciences at the University of Califor
nia at Berkeley, addressed a group
of more than 250 students and edu
cators on “Management of Uncer
tainty for Expert Systems” Thurs
day.
“Fuzzy logic,” designed by Zadeh
in 1965, is a controversial branch of
mathematics \vhich is being used in
artificial intelligence systems. Its
name is derived from the use of
“fuzzy,” or vague, terms.
Zadeh said the vague terminology
is used because precision is too diffi
cult to achieve in many cases. He
gave an example of parking a car to
show the difficulty of precision.
Black history
(Continued from page 1)
for me to see my kids and the strides
they’re going to be making as it is for
my parents to see the strides I’m ma
king,” Gray said. “My father couldn’t
go to Texas A&M when he was
growing up — blacks had to go to
Prarie View (A&M). For me to be
here at Texas A&M, it gives them a
sense of pride.”
Gray said the denial of a quality
education was just one of several
forms of racism blacks had to deal
with in the 1960s. And though laws
have been passed granting civil
rights, he said racism is still a prob
lem.
“I think (racism) is still there,” he
said. “Anyone who says it’s not is
crazy. I think it’s just more subtle.
It’s more institutionalized. People
have this misconception of what a
racist is supposed to look like or act
like. T he more that people try to
hide the fact that it does exist, the
worse it’s going to get.
“I think people seem to think that
after Martin Luther King Jr., civil
rights and all the acts that were
passed, that everything is just
hunky-dory. We still have a lot of
racism and discrimination that takes
place.”
Charles Gordone, a distinguished
lecturer in theater arts at A&M and a
Pulitzer Prize winner, said the lack
of appreciation society has for black
culture results from bad teaching of
black history in high schools and
universities.
“I know the history books that I
studied left the black man out en
tirely,” Gordone said. “He had no
face in history except that there was
slavery and that he was free.
“But as far as his participation in
the history books, he wasn’t even
able to be found. The history of the
black man was not infused in the di
alectics of American history — there
was no true depiction of the impor
tance of them, either collectively or
individually.”
Gordone said black culture has
made great strides in civil rights in
the 1980s and that America still has
a responsibility to itself to end rac
ism.
“There has been a lot of good
changes,” he said. “There’s been
changes right here in our own back
yard. Ten or 15 years ago, it would
be unheard of for me to even be on
this campus teaching.
“There has been great progress.
Either you have it or you don’t —
showing some sign of progress is not
fulfilling the total dream.”
McMullan said one reason why
racism is still a problem is because
blacks fell behind in the civil rights
movement during the 1980s. She
“If you are parallel parking your
car and you are supposed to stop
within plus or minus one one-hun-
dreth of an inch from one foot from
the curb, how long would that take
you?” he asked. “Three or four years
maybe?”
“Fuzzy logic” allows for terms
such as “close” and “almost” to be
used, so it allows for more leeway, he
said.
Use of the technology in transmis
sions is possible because parts don’t
have to be placed exactly. Zadeh said
some Subarus and a Nissan test vehi
cle currently use “fuzzy logic.”
Several recent papers on artificial
intelligence have ignored “fuzzy lo
gic,” hut Zadeh defended his inven
tion by saying most critics of “fuzzy
logic” don’t know anything about it.
“An expert is a person who cannot
afford to say T don’t know,’ ” he
said.
“It happens frequently that Some
thing that is generally considered
bad turns out to be something very
basic to human reasoning. Instead of
rejecting it, we should try to under
stand it.”
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Political
Forum
blamed Ronald Reagan for not
doing more for civil rights, but ex
pressed hope for the future.
“Over the last eight years, blacks
lost some serious ground in the Rea
gan administration,” she said.
“There are a lot of negative things
said about Richard Nixon, but he
did a lot for the civil rights
movement. He put through a lot of
good measures to help equalize what
was becoming an unequal situation.
“I’m very optimistic about the
Bush administration. He’s made
some really strong moves so far —
not only with his views on education,
but he sat down with school teachers
and said that he will be the ‘educa
tion president.’ He values education.
I think education is the way that
we’re going to continue to grow and
remain strong. Again, we might
equalize what is becoming an un
equal ituation.”
McMullan said racism isn’t nec
essarily evil — it is just based on peo
ple’s fears and misconceptions about
a particular culture they don’t know
enough about.
“Racism is just a matter of igno
rance,” she said. “If you donT know
about another cultur®,* then of
course you can’t appreciate anything
about it. If you don’t know about any
of the contributions by that culture,
then you won’t have any apprecia
tion.”
Robyne Kelly, executive vice
chairman of BAG, said although rac
ism is hard to find, it is a problem
which must be corrected.
“Racism is a hidden type of
thing,” Kelly said. “I think we have
come a long way, but we have a long
way to go. If we don’t watch it, we
will be reversing the progress. If we
don’t keep up with our achievements
and educational benefits, we will be
reversing back to the way things
were 20 years ago.”
The way things were 20 years ago
is something McMullan said she re
members all too well. Unless Amer
ica is careful, she warned, the pro
gress blacks have fought and died
for in the area of civil rights will be
reversed.
“Racism is still evident,” McMul
lan said. “Now it’s just in a different
form. Twenty years ago, racism was
overt: Bull Connors, the dogs, the
hoses, the colored washrooms, seg
regated restaurants. It’s a little more
subtle now. It’s just a little different
now. As a nation, we still have a lot to
do.”
Gray believes racism can and will
be ended by a group effort in so
ciety.
NICARAGUA:
MYTH OR REALITY
FEATURING
DR. ALBERT L. MICHAELS
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
Monday, February 13,1989
206 MSC
8:30 PM
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This program is presented for educational purposes, and doe
constitute an endorsement for any speaker.
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