tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post6531535215093473881..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: Sad Passing: Mihai PatrascuMichael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-81112528045936533112012-06-25T14:08:14.327-04:002012-06-25T14:08:14.327-04:00Very sad and shocking news.
Sa-i fie tarana usoa...Very sad and shocking news. <br /><br />Sa-i fie tarana usoara !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-14052046291992555032012-06-15T15:26:14.715-04:002012-06-15T15:26:14.715-04:00Humankind lost big that day and I don't mean j...Humankind lost big that day and I don't mean just in terms of theory / programming.<br /><br />If only more of us could be like him - it is not fair at 29 ... to be taken from us on such weird grounds ! <br /><br />I know probably most of you are in his fieldwork and I don't want to offend no one, but this news shocked me and I simply cannot comprehend. How come ?? Is there an answer ?? Have mercy, God ...<br /><br />I do appreciate 'though having to read somewhere so far - this blog I mean - a thoughtful initiative from all helping hands. <br /><br />I'll finish my Master Thesis Paper and I will have that drink tonight !<br /><br />Such a pity .. Mihai: LIVE ON !<br /><br />a fellow compatriot,<br />'though nowhere near him ... by farAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-60707380807832723722012-06-13T16:00:57.363-04:002012-06-13T16:00:57.363-04:00Very sad. Odihnestete in pace, Mihai.
ZoltanVery sad. Odihnestete in pace, Mihai. <br />ZoltanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16097224453486203691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-65768231981881829312012-06-12T16:53:39.676-04:002012-06-12T16:53:39.676-04:00I knew Mihai while a student in Romania, just afte...I knew Mihai while a student in Romania, just after he moved to MIT. I was always impressed by his energy and motivation in pursuing his work. No idea he had brain cancer, so I'm shocked to read these news. RIP, Mihai!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-7685244874043108242012-06-12T13:35:46.403-04:002012-06-12T13:35:46.403-04:00Very sad and shocking news! ;-(
Mysterious are the...Very sad and shocking news! ;-(<br />Mysterious are the ways of God! :-|<br />My condolences to his family and friends!<br /><br />PS 1: What could I say more than <a href="http://ce.sharif.edu/~mahmoudi/" rel="nofollow">this</a> researcher said on another related blog <a href="http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1059#comment-46570" rel="nofollow">comment</a> (pasted here just in case):<br /><i>I don’t know why the news shocked me. I even didn’t know him at all and never seen him before.<br />Maybe just feeling guilty for being approximately the same age, contributing nothing to the world and still being alive!</i><br /><br />PS 2: [For the blog author(s)]: Probably not appropriate to suggest that here and in such moments, but for the sake of the accuracy, you might want to correct the misspelled word "Romanania" by "Romania".EmilPragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607334789292717524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-53029248665550003322012-06-12T06:19:40.323-04:002012-06-12T06:19:40.323-04:00Rip, Mihai!Rip, Mihai!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-46481598682804188912012-06-09T12:55:46.285-04:002012-06-09T12:55:46.285-04:00I can't believe it. I don't want to believ...I can't believe it. I don't want to believe it!<br /><br />Dear Mihai, thanx for all your ideas and results you managed to steal from the Book of Supreme fascist! Thanx for sharing them with us - they will stay here forever and you with them.<br /><br />Thanx also for all beautiful moments I had honor and luck to spend with you!<br /><br />LPAAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763543250395746617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-1754446575488713742012-06-09T10:16:25.018-04:002012-06-09T10:16:25.018-04:00Rest in Peace, Mihai.Rest in Peace, Mihai.Marios Hadjimichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09815219011781637591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-83878182106181943812012-06-08T12:22:06.782-04:002012-06-08T12:22:06.782-04:00Rest in peace, Mihai!
Sergey Yekhanin.Rest in peace, Mihai!<br /><br />Sergey Yekhanin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-35963459831188098602012-06-08T03:52:34.226-04:002012-06-08T03:52:34.226-04:00This is terrible news. I only learnt of Mihai'...This is terrible news. I only learnt of Mihai's illness after seeing him at STOC just two weeks ago. It's so hard to digest the news that he is gone. Mihai was such a colorful personality - outspoken in his writing and incredibly nice in person. We've lost a brilliant researcher and the crazy energy and enthusiasm that was so characteristic of Mihai.Moses Charikarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-51389954777445953982012-06-07T21:27:53.583-04:002012-06-07T21:27:53.583-04:00I first heard of this very bright student from Rom...I first heard of this very bright student from Romania when visiting Erik at MIT in 2002. Not long after he had quickly made progress on a couple of problems that had stumped Erik and myself. <br /><br />Over the years we got to spend many a good time together at Dagstuhl workshops and dinners at conferences the world over (particularly SODA) where he would often join our group. <br /><br />Much like Mohammad Taghi, I often found myself explaining to friends and colleagues who had not had the fortune to meet him what a truly nice person he was. <br /><br />The last time we coincided was when visiting MADALGO last year. I was feeling rather ill at the time so I overslept and missed his talk on lower bounds. By the time I managed to make my way to campus I was already rather upset about having missed his talk, and hearing the effusive comments from other attendants at lunch time only made me regret even more not having made it in time to the talk.<br /><br />We quickly caught up and chatted over a cup of coffee, before he left that day to travel elsewhere, if memory doesn't fail me.<br /><br />He will be missed.Alex Lopez-Ortizhttp://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-25355675230887569952012-06-07T21:22:22.938-04:002012-06-07T21:22:22.938-04:00Such an unexpected news! Really sad loss. RIP Patr...Such an unexpected news! Really sad loss. RIP PatrascuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-81666506990835755702012-06-07T20:44:18.783-04:002012-06-07T20:44:18.783-04:00I'm so sorry to hear this news. RIP mihai.I'm so sorry to hear this news. RIP mihai.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10911813664147318868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-48248814492756607752012-06-07T20:09:52.309-04:002012-06-07T20:09:52.309-04:00Dumnezeu sa il Odihneasca in Pace!
Pr. Nicolae
Wak...Dumnezeu sa il Odihneasca in Pace!<br />Pr. Nicolae<br />Wakefield, MAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-79578502938333014322012-06-07T19:31:55.083-04:002012-06-07T19:31:55.083-04:00Rest in Peace. So sad for us all, the professional...Rest in Peace. So sad for us all, the professionals in theory, personal friends and family. My condoleansces to his family. A very sad day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17115299879183130498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-25653815129963515962012-06-07T15:39:35.944-04:002012-06-07T15:39:35.944-04:00Very sad news.
I remember that I had spent almost...Very sad news.<br /><br />I remember that I had spent almost a whole year reading Mihai's papers on data structure lower bounds when I was a PhD student, and enjoyed the reading at every second. Later we had several enjoyable discussions in Aarhus and various conferences. <br /><br />Last December I knew Mihai's illness. But this news is so quick and so unexpected. This is great loss to data structure community and TCS in general. <br /><br />Rest in peace!Qinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051810072653171809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-28261665705650495912012-06-07T15:32:45.619-04:002012-06-07T15:32:45.619-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Qinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051810072653171809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-53663216083046103922012-06-07T10:43:47.729-04:002012-06-07T10:43:47.729-04:00i am deeply saddened and shocked. i did not know h...i am deeply saddened and shocked. i did not know his struggle with this tough illness.Kamal Jainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-59201375875693762902012-06-07T10:40:16.821-04:002012-06-07T10:40:16.821-04:00I also had the privilege to co-author papers with ...I also had the privilege to co-author papers with Mihai, and not least enjoy his company on numerous occasions. As a scholar, I will remember him mostly for his incredible ability to identify optimal algorithms by simultaneously studying both upper and lower bounds. As a friend, I will miss Mihai's warmth and sense of humor. Lars already shared a story of beer-sleep tradeoff. During one of Mihai's visits to Copenhagen, I invited him to sightseeing and dinner in Lund. We rushed to the train, and Mihai jumped onto the train just as the doors were closing. Unfortunately, the ticket machine on the station had not accepted any of his credit cards, so he was ticketless. But as it turned out, tickets were never checked on that particular departure, so Mihai had in fact found a path to Lund of cost 0 DKK. Optimal, of course.<br /><br />My thoughts go to his wife and family.Rasmus Paghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05722627403861422993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-15239413187779666102012-06-07T10:21:34.454-04:002012-06-07T10:21:34.454-04:00R.I.P. Mihai, a great loss at a very young age, ma...R.I.P. Mihai, a great loss at a very young age, may God bless him.<br /><br />Rafee Kamouna.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-5369731780919653772012-06-07T09:53:32.258-04:002012-06-07T09:53:32.258-04:00A great loss of a brilliant mind.
RIP !A great loss of a brilliant mind. <br />RIP !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-78086623971204990282012-06-07T09:15:59.384-04:002012-06-07T09:15:59.384-04:00Although I knew about Mihai's illness, it make...Although I knew about Mihai's illness, it makes me really sad to hear about his passing. Mihai visited us here at MADALGO numerous times and all the interesting and fun times with him - here and at other places around the world - are flashing before my eyes. Mihai was not only a *brilliant* researcher, but also a very nice and fun guy to hang out with. One particular situation comes to mind: Mihai was visiting and had to leave one day in the afternoon to catch the train to Copenhagen where he would spend the night in a hotel to catch a very early morning flight home. The same afternoon there was a PhD defense followed by a reception, which here in Denmark usually is a lot of fun and involves a lot of drinking. When Mihai's train time came he asked us to rebook the train for an hour later.... and this repeated itself an hour later, and an hour later, ..... and eventually he ended up catching a night train that brought him to the airport just in time for the flight. Needless to say a lot of fun was had in the extra hours.<br /><br />Its really a sad day for computer science in general and for the data structures community in particular. My thoughts go to Mihai's family.Lars Argehttp://www.madalgo.au.dk/~largenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-3661336877816272362012-06-07T05:33:31.119-04:002012-06-07T05:33:31.119-04:00This is unexpected.... rest in peace and my condol...This is unexpected.... rest in peace and my condolences to his wife.Matthias Galléhttp://cs.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~gallenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-73311058044444853742012-06-07T05:19:20.921-04:002012-06-07T05:19:20.921-04:00This is shocking. I had heard he was not doing wel...This is shocking. I had heard he was not doing well, but did not realize it was this serious.<br /><br />I knew Mihai since his undergrad days at MIT. He was so full of life and energy. One of the best researchers, we have had. <br /><br />An immeasurable loss to the entire theory community and to all of us who knew him.Prahladh Harshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132935705566103883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-8616651491036424862012-06-07T04:53:42.775-04:002012-06-07T04:53:42.775-04:00This is very sad news! :( Mihai was an extraordin...This is very sad news! :( Mihai was an extraordinary person.Cristian Strathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09862096665153191565noreply@blogger.com