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Rudolf E. Kálmán

Hungarian-born American electrical engineer
Person human Q384687

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[41]
Date of birth
May 19, 1930
Date of death
July 2, 2016
Place of birth
Budapest
Place of death
Gainesville
Country of citizenship
Hungary[9]
Occupation
mathematician, inventor, university teacher, electrotechnician
Employer
Stanford University, University of Florida, ETH Zurich, Columbia University, Research Institute for Advanced Studies[11][12][13][14][15]
Field of work
control theory[10]
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University[16][17][18]
Award received
IEEE Centennial Medal, IEEE Medal of Honor, National Medal of Science, Charles Stark Draper Prize, Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award, Leroy P. Steele Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Rufus Oldenburger Medal, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
Notable work
Kalman–Yakubovich–Popov lemma, Kalman filter, Kalman decomposition, Kalman's conjecture[20][21][22][23]
Doctoral advisor
John R. Ragazzini[19]
Doctoral student
Eduardo D. Sontag, Pierre Faurre, Patrick Maria Re Dewilde, Athanasios C. Antoulas, Yutaka Yamamoto, Pramod Khargonekar, Markus Spindler, Tryphon T. Georgiou, Anthony Tether, Uwe Martens, Bülent Özgüler, Yves Rouchaleau, Michael Milton Connors, Masaru Kamada[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Hungarian
Academic thesis
Analysis and Synthesis of Linear Systems Operating on Randomly Sampled Data[59]
Birth name
Rudolf Emil Kálmán
Erdős number
+3
Family name
Kálmán[56]
Given name
Rudolf, Emil[57][58]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
French Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Mathematical Society[34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
P15004
82055
🏷️ Also known as
en Kálmán Rudolf Emil en R. E. Kalman en Rudy Emil Kálmán en Rudy Emil Kalman en Rudolf E. Kálmán en Rudolf E. Kalman en Kalman Rudolf Emil ar رُودُلف كَلمَن ar رودولف كالمان cs Rudolf Emil Kálmán da Rudolf Emil Kalma de Rudolf Kálmán de Rudolf E. Kálmán es Rudolf E. Kalman fa رودلف ئی کالمن fr Rudolf Kalman he רודולף קלמן hi रुदाल्फ एमिल कालमान hu Rudolf E. Kálmán hu Rudolf Kálmán
🔖 Identifiers · 55
ISNI
0000000110457053
VIAF cluster ID
23492639
Library of Congress authority ID
n82130585
GND ID
119025736
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rudolf Kalman.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81501673965
Academic Tree ID
686144
All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
22368
BDELIS ID
78249
BIBSYS ID
90570273
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
kalman-rudolf-emil
CONOR.SI ID
43055203
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CTHS person ID
125197
CiNii Research ID
1140000791672164992
DBLP author ID
19/1323
DDB person (GND) ID
119025736
De Agostini ID
Kálmán,+Rudolf+Emil
Described at URL
itf.njszt.hu
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119025736
Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
1515
Freebase ID
/m/023c1x
French Academy of Sciences member ID
rudolf-kalman
Geni.com profile ID
6000000041749527760
Google Scholar author ID
w1zJlVYAAAAJ
Guggenheim fellows ID
rudolf-e-kalman
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
29983
IEEE Xplore author ID
38528184000
IdRef ID
060390670
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119025736
MR Author ID
97310
MacTutor biography ID
Kalman
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
13021
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01731384
NL CR AUT ID
xx0140128
NUKAT ID
n01197536
National Academy of Engineering member ID
29818
National Academy of Sciences member ID
58611
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007460658705171
National Library of Latvia ID
000138286
National Virtual Library of India ID
135572
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070042543
Oberwolfach mathematician ID
9026
Obálky knih ID
xx0140128
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3919358
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100029495
PIM authority ID
PIM36830
Prabook ID
488208
Russian Academy of Sciences person ID
60044
SHARE Catalogue author ID
13681
Scopus author ID
56731626100
Treccani ID
rudolf-emil-kalman
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
rudolf-emil-kalman
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkdgP4ktQTrdMhtFftBT3
Yale LUX ID
person/ee56e75c-fc07-4fc5-b0cd-bad0dbbef99a
ZbMATH author ID
kalman.rudolf-e

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🔗 Connections
Award received 9
National Medal of Science, Guggenheim Fellowship, IEEE Medal of Honor, Leroy P. Steele Prize, Charles Stark Draper Prize, Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award, Rufus Oldenburger Medal +1 more
Member of 7
Russian Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, American Mathematical Society, National Academy of Engineering
Employer 5
Stanford University, Columbia University, ETH Zurich, University of Florida, Research Institute for Advanced Studies
Occupation 4
mathematician, inventor, university teacher, electrotechnician
Doctoral student 2
Eduardo D. Sontag, Pramod Khargonekar
Doctoral students 2
Eduardo D. Sontag, Pramod Khargonekar
Educated at 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University
Given name 2
Emil, Rudolf
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Hungarian
Country of citizenship 1
Hungary
Doctoral advisor 1
John R. Ragazzini
Doctoral advisors 1
John R. Ragazzini
Field of work 1
control theory
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Named after 1
Kalman filter
Notable work 1
Kalman filter
Place of birth 1
Budapest
Place of death 1
Gainesville
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Jean Françaix
← Winner 1
IEEE Medal of Honor
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Summary

Rudolf E. Kálmán was born on May 19, 1930[1], in Budapest[2]. He died on July 2, 2016[3], in Gainesville[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5], inventor[6], university teacher[7], and electrotechnician[8].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Rudolf E. Kálmán include Kalman filter[60], an algorithm[61].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Kalman filter[60], an algorithm[61].

His notable doctoral advisees include Eduardo D. Sontag[62], a mathematician[63], b. 1951[64], of Argentina[65], awarded the Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[66] and Pramod Khargonekar[67], an electrotechnician[68], b. 1956[69], of United States[70], awarded the Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control[71], specialised in control theory[72].

FAQs

Where was Rudolf E. Kálmán born?

Rudolf E. Kálmán's place of birth was Budapest[2].

Where did Rudolf E. Kálmán die?

Rudolf E. Kálmán passed away in Gainesville[4].

What did Rudolf E. Kálmán do for work?

Rudolf E. Kálmán worked as a mathematician[5], inventor[6], university teacher[7], and electrotechnician[8].

Where did Rudolf E. Kálmán go to school?

Rudolf E. Kálmán was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[16], Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science[17], and Columbia University[18].

What awards did Rudolf E. Kálmán receive?

Honors received include IEEE Centennial Medal[24], IEEE Medal of Honor[25], National Medal of Science[26], and Charles Stark Draper Prize[27].

Related Entities

Hungary Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pramod Khargonekar Research Institute for Advanced Studies

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  1. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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