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Rudolf E. Kálmán
Developing the Kalman filter for estimating signals from noisy measurements.
Kalman filter · Systems theory
- Born
- 19 May 1930
- Birthplace
- Budapest
- Died
- 2 July 2016
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Rudolf E. Kálmán
Rudolf E. Kálmán was a Hungarian-American engineer and mathematician whose work transformed control theory and navigation.
Early life
Education
Emigrated to the United States in 1943, studied electrical engineering at MIT and earned a Columbia doctorate in 1957.
Career
- 1958–1964
Research institute
Worked at the Research Institute for Advanced Studies in Baltimore.
- 1964–1971
Stanford
Taught at Stanford University.
- 1971–1992
Florida
Directed work in mathematical systems theory at the University of Florida.
Contributions
Kalman filter
Published a recursive method for filtering and prediction.
Systems theory
Developed concepts of controllability, observability and state-space representation.
Beyond research
Family and mentorship
Was married to Constantina Stavrou for fifty years and had two children, Andrew and Elisabeth. The University of Florida remembered him as a mentor and friend within its research community.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Family and mentorship — biographical source ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Greuel, Gert-Martin. CC BY-SA 2.0 de · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.