Turunen, Esko

Professor at Department of Mathematics at Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Professor Esko Turunen earned his PhD in applied mathematics, entitled `A Mathematical Study of Fuzzy Logic: an Algebraic Approach´ in 1994 at Lappenranta University of Technology, Finland. At present Turunen is the head of the Department of Mathematics at Tampere University of Technology, Finland. His scientific interests and research areas are in many valued logics, fuzzy logic, data mining and their real life applications. Turunen has published more than 50 scientific articles and conference papers with peer review process including two books. In addition to theoretical mathematical research, Turunen has worked as a mathematical expert in many industrial research projects, such as a developer of intelligent traffic systems, medical expert systems designer and creator of various other control systems.