Rafig Aziz oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Rafiq Əziz oğlu Əliyev) is an Azerbaijani academic working in the fields of petroleum chemistry and control engineering. Born February 10, 1942 (age 72) Novruzlu, Aghdam, Azerbaijan SSR. He is a professor and corresponding member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, head of a cathedra of “Automatization of Manufacturing Processes” of Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, director of MBA program, director of BBA program of Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and president of “Zadeh’s heritage and artificial intelligence” association.