[CPM-SPIRE-L] the ultimate Raconteur

[Rahul Shah]

Dear All,

Sad news indeed as I thought he had done well against his illness last 
year. I had good fortune to hear some of his anecdotes in weekly "curious
minds" seminar at Purdue. Rest in Peace Alberto !

Rahul

On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:17:45 -0400, Rao Kosaraju wrote
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Passing of Alberto is a great loss to pattern matching community,
>  and more generally to computer science. Alberto was a deep thinker 
> and a dedicated teacher. I had the good fortune of being his 
> colleague at Purdue for one year. He was always full of energy and 
> humor. When I contacted him last year to wish him good luck with his 
> health, he sounded very cheerful - the old Alberto I knew.
> 
> I hope he rests in peace,
> Rao Kosaraju
> 
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> [mailto:cpm-spire-l-bounces at lists.cs.ucr.edu] On Behalf Of Raffaele
> Giancarlo
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 6:25 PM
> To: cpm-spire-l at lists.cs.ucr.edu
> Subject: [CPM-SPIRE-L] the ultimate Raconteur
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> this is a message from an undergraduate at University of Salerno. I met
> Professor Apostolico in November 1978.
> He was teaching a first year course in the Computer Science 
> Curriculum at Unisa: Teoria e Applicazioni delle Macchine 
> Calcolatrici. It became immediately  clear to all of the student 
> body  that Professor Apostolico was very special. Indeed, over the 
> next few years, in addition to this new thing of pattern matching 
> and compression algorithms, his storytelling was a strong magnet for 
> many of us.
> 
> As many of you in this list, I had the privilege to listen to his 
> stories, work with him, even meet during Christmas vacations for a 
> chat in Salerno. For many many years.
> 
> The last story comes from Lipari. It is short chronicle. After CPM 
> in  Ischia, an island that he was very close to,   he sailed for a 
> couple  of weeks the Eolian Islands, with friends and family. He 
> went from Salerno to Maratea, then crossed to Stromboli. Finally, he 
> got to Lipari for the school. When I saw his boat docking in the 
> harbor my undergraduate hearth started beating very fast: more 
> stories, more fun and more things to do.
> 
> More Alberto!!!.
> 
> I called him up immediately.
> 
> Unfortunately, last night, this came to an end and I went through moments
> that I do not wish to anyone.
> 
> I feel a void, but thanks to you this undergraduate does not feel lonely
> tonight.
> 
> I can still see Obliqua docked, so the only thing that I can say is:
> 
> Buon Vento Alberto.
> 
> raffaele
> 
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Rahul Shah 
Roy Paul Daniels Distinguished Associate Professor                      
School of EECS                  rahul at csc.lsu.edu
Louisiana State University      ph: (225)578-4355
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA      http://www.csc.lsu.edu/~rahul
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