Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Post by aloukissas » Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 6:19 PM UTC

Héctor García-Molina has passed away
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Re: Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Post by greenyoda » Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 6:40 PM UTC

Do you have a better source? The last edit on that Wikipedia page was made by an anonymous editor and just adds "Died 2019" without any citation. As someone who used to know him many years ago, I'd rather not see him declared dead without more definitive information.

Re: Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Post by aloukissas » Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 6:47 PM UTC

greenyoda wrote: post #2

Do you have a better source? The last edit on that Wikipedia page was made by an anonymous editor and just adds "Died 2019" without any citation. As someone who used to know him many years ago, I'd rather not see him declared dead without more definitive information.

Sorry, I've also just learned from a Stanford CS professor friend of mine and haven't found other sources. But it's sadly true from what it looks like.

Re: Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Post by aloukissas » Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 6:52 PM UTC

aloukissas wrote: post #3

greenyoda wrote: post #2

Do you have a better source? The last edit on that Wikipedia page was made by an anonymous editor and just adds "Died 2019" without any citation. As someone who used to know him many years ago, I'd rather not see him declared dead without more definitive information.

Sorry, I've also just learned from a Stanford CS professor friend of mine and haven't found other sources. But it's sadly true from what it looks like.

A couple other DB professor friends of mine have also confirmed.

Re: Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Post by greenyoda » Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 9:22 PM UTC

aloukissas wrote: post #4

aloukissas wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, I've also just learned from a Stanford CS professor friend of mine and haven't found other sources. But it's sadly true from what it looks like.

A couple other DB professor friends of mine have also confirmed.

Thanks for the information. He was a prof of mine a long time ago, and I found him to be inspiring. I'm sorry to hear of his untimely death.

Re: Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Re: Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Post by zulusound » Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 1:00 AM UTC

Break News: Hector Garcia-Molina is dead. His death was announced on Twitter by Vasilis Vassalos get details from the link https://deaddeath.com/hector-garcia-molina-computer-scientis...

Re: Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Post by remarco » Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 7:53 PM UTC

Does anyone know of any events happening to celebrate his life?

Re: Héctor García-Molina has passed away

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Post by vogelito » Mon, Dec 02, 2019, 4:43 AM UTC

greenyoda wrote: post #5

aloukissas wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A couple other DB professor friends of mine have also confirmed.

Thanks for the information. He was a prof of mine a long time ago, and I found him to be inspiring. I'm sorry to hear of his untimely death.

You can now see an official mention at https://inmemory.stanford.edu/

"Hector Garcia-Molina, the Leonard Bosack and Sandy K. Lerner Professor in Engineering, Emeritus, and professor emeritus of computer science and of electrical engineering, distinguished for his work in distributed computing systems, digital libraries and database systems, died Nov. 26."