Category: In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Steffen Holldobler

It is with a heavy heart that we join many colleagues in remembering a groundbreaking researcher in the field of logic, deduction and knowledge representation and reasoning, Prof. Steffen Hölldobler. Prof. Hölldobler passed away in May 2023. He will be…

In Memoriam: Maarten van Emden

Maarten van Emden (Dec. 31, 1937 – Jan. 4, 2023) Bio by Eva van Emden: Maarten was born on December 31, 1937, in Velp, the Netherlands. His early childhood was spent in the Dutch East Indies, although he also attended…

In memoriam: Martin Davis

By Eugenio Omodeo and Alberto Policriti with a foreword by Domenico Cantone. Martin Davis (March 8, 1928-January 1, 2023) and his beloved wife Virginia passed away yesterday. They had been married for over 71 years. Martin was one of the…

In memoriam: Jack Minker

By Dietmar Seipel and Carolina Ruiz. It is with great sadness that we inform the CS community of Jack Minker’s passing on April 9, 2021. Jack was a pioneer in deductive databases and the leading researcher in disjunctive deductive databases.…

In memoriam: Francisco Bueno

By Manuel Carro, María García de la Banda, Manuel Hermenegildo, Pedro López, José F. Morales It is with the deepest sorrow that we write these lines to share with you the news of the passing away of our very dear…

In memoriam: Harold Boley

We sadly announce the passing of Harold Boley, a friendly colleague, AI researcher and initiator of RuleML meetings and  community. Our condolescences to his family, friends, and collaborators.     The Rule ML community has written a detailed and heartfelt…

In memoriam: Jan Małuszyński

Our friend, colleague and mentor Jan Małuszyński, age 79, passed away in his home on June 27th, 2020, after an extended battle with cancer. Our thoughts go, in particular, to Jan’s wife Gizela and their children Ania and Chris and…

In Memoriam: Jan Maluszynski

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Professor Jan Maluszynski and passed away after fighting a fatal illness for over a year. Prof. Maluszynski was one of the pioneers of logic programming, with important contributions in a…

In Memoriam: Christian Schulte

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Christian Schulte – an amazing researcher whose work has impacted many of us in the logic programming community. Maria Garcia de la Banda wrote a nice note about Christian for ACP…