- Kamran Parsaye
Kamran Parsaye received BS and MS degrees in mathematics from
King's College London and the PhD inComputer Science fromUCLA in 1980. His PhD advisor wasJoseph Goguen . Using algebraic denotational semantics, Goguen and Parsaye introduced the notion of parameterized semantics, showing that the semantics for eachprogramming language can be parametrically constructed from a set ofobject oriented modules.He was one of the first researchers to apply artificial intelligence techniques to large scale
database systems, and became known for coining the termIntelligent Database in a book of the same title in 1989. He was one of the originators of the concept ofdata mining , and developed some of the first commercial systems for automatically finding patterns in large databases.In the 1990s he applied automatic pattern discovery to
quality control and introduced the 8th, 9th and 10th Tools of Quality to theAmerican Society for Quality to supplement the traditionalSeven Tools of Quality Control. In the late 1990s, his commercial companies built and managed some of the largest manufacturing quality databases in the world. His books oncomputer science have been used as graduate level texts in universities worldwide. He is listed in theDatabase Hall of Fame .ources and external links
Mathematics Genealogy Project: [http://genealogy.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/html/id.phtml?id=94763]
Scientific Commons: [http://en.scientificcommons.org/9133724]
American Society for Quality [http://www.asq.org/qic/display-item/index.pl?item=12739]
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