[SystemSafety] John Knight

Bernd Sieker sieker at causalis.com
Sat Feb 25 16:55:38 CET 2017


On 25.02.2017 13:44, Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:
> John Knight, eminent dependable-software engineer, Professor at the University of Virginia,
> recipient of the 2006 IEEE Harlan D. Mills award in software engineering, and member of this list,
> died last Thursday evening.
> 
> Those of us who knew John valued him not only for his good company and wry sense of humor, but for
> his exceptionally perceptive views not only on technical matters but on professional issues such as
> standardisation processes and the qualification of software engineers.
> 
> Very sad. I imagine many others here will feel so too.

Yes, very sad news. I was just thinking about him the other day, talking
to colleagues about some of his insights on standardisation, and also IT
security and how to make systems more robust against attackers.

Thank you for letting us know.


> 
> PBL


Bernd


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