[SystemSafety] John Knight

[José Miguel Faria]

Thanks for letting us know, Peter. Very sad loss.

His work and publications will live on.
Fundamentals of Dependable Computing is just next to me.

José

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Bernd Sieker <sieker at causalis.com> wrote:

> 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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