George A. Bekey
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George A. Bekey | |
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| Born | 19 June 1928 |
| Died | 17 October 2024 (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Robotics |
| Institutions | University of Southern California |
George A. Bekey (19 June 1928 – 17 October 2024) was an American roboticist and the professor of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California.
Life and career
[edit]Bekey was born in Bratislava on 19 June 1928,[1] before immigrating at the beginning of World War II to Bolivia before moving to the United States five years later at the age of 17 in 1945.[2]
In 1989, Bekey became a member of the National Academy of Engineering for pioneering work in computer sciences contributing to biomedical engineering, man-machine systems, and robotics. He was also a Fellow of various professional societies.
Bekey is best known for his achievements across multiple technical fields, for which he was designated a USC University Professor, which honors the university's most accomplished, multi-disciplinary faculty. He was also affiliated with the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he taught a course on world religions.
One of his later books is Autonomous Robots: From Biological Inspiration to Implementation and Control from MIT Press.[3]
Bekey died on 17 October 2024, at the age of 96.[4][5]
Robot ethics
[edit]Later, he concerned himself with the ethics and social aspects of robots as they play more of a role in different aspects of human life, realising an edited text[6] bringing together some of the key thinkers in the field including James Hughes, Selmer Bringsjord, Kevin Warwick, Peter Asaro and Noel Sharkey.
Education
[edit]- B.S. (Electrical Engineering) University of California, Berkeley, 1950.
- M.S (Engineering) University of California, Los Angeles, 1952.
- Ph.D. (Engineering) University of California, Los Angeles, 1962.
Professional organizations
[edit]- President, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 1996–97; Administrative Committee member, 2001-2007
- Editor, Autonomous Robot, 1994-2007
- Founding Editor, "IEEE Transactions on Robotic and Automation"
- Co-General Chairman. "5th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems", 2000
- Honorary Chairmen, "IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation", 2008
- Member
Awards
[edit]- USC Presidential Medallion
- USC University Professor award
- UCLA School of Engineering: Alumni Achievement in Academia
- USC School of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Award
- USC Computer Science Department "George A. Bekey lecture series" [7]
- Fellow, IEEE
- Fellow, American Association for Advancements of Science
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
- Fellow, American Association for Artificial Intelligence
- Engelberger Award for Robotics Education, Robotics Institute of America
- "Pioneer in Robotics"Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
- Robotics and Automation Award, IEEE (International)
- Honorary Member, Hungarian Academy of Engineering [7]
References
[edit]- ^ Bekey, George A., 1928-
- ^ "Oral-History:George Bekey". ETHW. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Autonomous Robots: From Biological Inspiration to Implementation and Control (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series) | mitpressbookstore". mitpressbookstore.mit.edu. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ In Memoriam: George Bekey 1928 – 2024
- ^ George Bekey
- ^ P.Lin, K.Abney and G.Bekey, "Robot Ethics", MIT Press, 2012
- ^ a b c "George A. Bekey, Ph.D. - Department Of Computer Science - USC". robotics.usc.edu. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
External links
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- 1928 births
- 2024 deaths
- American roboticists
- Control theorists
- Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
- UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
- University of Southern California faculty
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering