by Elba Garza on Jun 4, 2020 | Tags: Academia, Diversity, People
There is a joke that says torture is attending a party where you don’t know anyone present. Now, that sentiment may be hyperbolic, but it has an element of truth — as an undergraduate student attending my first computer architecture conference, I absolutely felt...
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by Jae W. Lee on May 18, 2020 | Tags: People
Sang Lyul Min, a Professor of CSE at Seoul National University (SNU), passed away on February 24th after bravely fighting pancreatic cancer for over two years. He was a general co-chair of ISCA 2016 held in Seoul, South Korea, and subsequently served on the steering...
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by Doug Burger on Apr 10, 2018 | Tags: People
Burton Smith, a giant in the field of computer architecture, passed away on April 2, 2018. His friends and colleagues remember him both as a special intellect, whose work underlies much of the computing that we use today, and as a special person, whose warmth,...
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by Steve Reinhardt on Sep 23, 2017 | Tags: People
It is with great regret that I pass on the news that our colleague and friend Nathan Binkert is no longer with us. Nate passed away unexpectedly on September 21st after collapsing at the gym. Nate was a computer scientist of remarkable breadth, equally at home...
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