- "Workshop on Data Structures (in memory of Mihai Pătraşcu)", on Saturday, October 20th. Please see details and the program here.
- A talk on "The Work of Mihai Pătraşcu", given by Mikkel Thorup, at 8pm, on Sunday, October 21st (right before the business meeting).
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Two FOCS'12 events commemorating Mihai's work
There will be two events commemorating Mihai's work at FOCS'12, to be held at Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ, on October 20-23, 2012:
Friday, July 20, 2012
Presburger Award Ceremony at ICALP'12
Mihai co-won the 2012 Presburger award (together with Venkat Guruswami), which was awarded this week at ICALP'12. Mihai was supposed to deliver an award talk at the conference. Instead, to honor Mihai's work, his friend and frequent collaborator Mikkel Thorup gave a presentation that you can view here.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Mihai Pătrașcu Memorial
It is a great loss that Mihai Pătrașcu, aged 29, passed away on
Tuesday June 5, 2012, after a 1.5 year battle with brain cancer.
This is a memorial blog dedicated to Mihai, where you are welcome to write your memories or words of support to those left behind by him, including wife, parents, sister, and numerous friends. Please use the comments section in this post, or send a longer post to mip.memorial@gmail.com to be posted here.
Most importantly, you are encouraged to cheer Mihai with a glass of wine (or other spirits) and send a picture, which will be posted on the Cheers to Mihai! page. Please email them to mip.memorial@gmail.com with subject CHEERS. One picture says more than a thousand words.
A number of people have said great words about Mihai, some linked from the Coverage page.
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