PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Ismat Beg

Also known as عصمت بیگ

Ismat Beg is a Pakistani mathematician whose research covers fuzzy mathematics, multi-criteria group decision-making and artificial intelligence. He earned a mathematics PhD at the University of Bucharest in 1982 and taught at universities in Pakistan and Kuwait, including LUMS and the Lahore School of Economics. He published a TOPSIS paper on hesitant fuzzy decisions in 2017 and received the Pakistan Academy of Sciences Gold Medal in 2008. As of October 2026, he is Professor of Mathematics at the Lahore School of Economics.

Timeline

  1. 1951

    Early schooling in Mohri Sharif

    He is a Pakistani mathematician born in Mohri Sharif in 1951 and receives his primary schooling at a village school.

  2. 1966–1982

    From Gujrat to Bucharest

    In 1966, he matriculates and studies for his Higher Secondary School Certificate and undergraduate degree at Zamindar College in Gujrat; he earns a master's from Government College, Lahore. He completes a PhD in mathematics at the University of Bucharest in 1982, with a dissertation on integral representation of linear operators under Romulus Cristescu.

  3. 1982

    Teaching across universities

    He begins teaching just after his PhD in 1982. His academic career includes posts at Quaid-i-Azam University, Kuwait University, LUMS, the University of Central Punjab and the Lahore School of Economics.

  4. 2008

    A Pakistan Academy medal

    He receives the Pakistan Academy of Sciences Gold Medal in 2008.

  5. 2017

    TOPSIS for hesitant fuzzy sets

    In 2017, he publishes “Modelling uncertainties in multi-criteria decision making using distance measure and TOPSIS for hesitant fuzzy sets” in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research.

  6. As of October 2026

    Professor at Lahore School

    In 2025, he coauthors “Multi-entropy analysis for mega project contractor selection in q-rung orthopair fuzzy soft set framework,” a paper on selecting mega-project contractors with fuzzy methods. His research interests include fuzzy mathematics, multi-criteria group decision-making and artificial intelligence. As of October 2026, he is Professor of Mathematics at Lahore School of Economics.

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  1. Ismat Beg - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Ismat Beg - The Mathematics Genealogy Project mathgenealogy.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. HEC Distinguished National Professor Ismat Beg 2019.worldscienceforum.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. Lahore School Of Economics lahoreschoolofeconomics.edu.pk. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Ismat Beg - Kuwait University pure.ku.edu.kw. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Ismat Beg-CORE Academy coreacad.org. Checked 19 October 2026.