Caro Lucas
A pioneer of intelligent systems and engineering education
Caro Lucas, also known as Caro Ghukasian, was an Iranian Armenian scientist born in 1949. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Tehran and earned a doctorate in control and systems engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976.
At the University of Tehran, his research encompassed intelligent control, neural networks, fuzzy logic and system modelling. These fields connected mathematical methods with engineering problems and information processing.
Lucas placed great importance on training students and young researchers and on international scientific exchange. He died in 2010. His teaching and publications contributed to the development of artificial intelligence and intelligent-systems research in Iran.