Caro Lucas, the renowned Iranian scientist, who specialized in Intelligence Systems, died on July 8, 2010, at the age of 59.

Professor Lucas was born to a middle class family of Iranian-Armenians in Isfahan but grew up in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from Kooshesh High School (the school of Armenian students) in Tehran, received his B.S and M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering (Fanni), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran in 1973 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976.

He served as the Director of School of Intelligent Systems, IPM (1993–1997) and Chairman of the ECE Department at the University of Tehran (1986–1988).

Professor Lucas authored/co-authored about 826 conference papers, 332 journal papers and 39 chapters in books, edited 8 book volumes, served as program committee (PC) member for 96 conferences, and presented invited talks (or keynote speeches) in 190 national and international events.

Professor Lucas was also a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (summer, 1989–1990), University of California, Berkeley (1988–1989), an Assistant Professor at Garyounis University (1984–1985), University of California, Los Angeles (1975–1976), a Senior Researcher at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, both in Trieste, Italy, the Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin Institute of Electrical Technology, a research associate at the Manufacturing Research Corporation of Ontario, and a research assistant at the Electronic Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Lucas was elected as the honorable Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame - Eternal Figure (Persian: Chehreh ye Mandegar) in 2006 which is a great deal of respect with a high repute for Iranian scientists and artists to be elected to this position.