Arvind Mithal, a prolific computer scientist and longtime MIT professor who led the Computation Structures Group in MIT CSAIL, died on June 17 at age 77
A prolific researcher who led the Computation Structures Group in the Computer Science … Mastodon: Andrej Bauer / @andrejbauer@mathstodon.xyz : I was saddened today to learn that Arvind Mithral passed away. I only met Arvind and his wife Gita when they attended ICFP 2022 in Ljubljana, although only through many phone conversations. They caught covid and spent two weeks locked up in a hotel in Ljubljana. … X: @om : Arvind Mithal, influential @MIT_CSAIL professor who transformed computer architecture, parallel computing & digital design, enabling faster computation, dies at 77. His breakthroughs power everything from chips to data centers. A brilliant mind & dedicated teacher. RIP! @kvsarmaj : Pioneer of datapath architecture compute machines. The ideas that came out of this research in datapath architecture have found place in datapath in many computers, especially in the modern high performance compute machines. Ben Adida / @benadida : Very sad to hear of Arvind's passing https://news.mit.edu/... One of the MIT professors who taught me a lot and who was always a genuinely warm and encouraging person. Satnam Singh / @satnam6502 : I was utterly gutted yesterday by the tragic news of Arvind unexpectedly passing away. Plenty of others can far better espouse his many towering technical achievements (like this MIT article). My professional path was certainly lit by the light he shed. His generosity and warmth Dheeraj Sanghi / @dheerajsanghi : Professor Arvind of MIT is no more. I have learnt a whole lot from him about CSE education. I will miss him. https://dslifestories.blogspot.com/ ... Priyamvada Natarajan / @sheerpriya : Some very sad news - Arvind Mithal MIT CSAIL passed away. Brilliant scientist, wonderful warm human being, it was a privilege to know him - this is a terrible loss.....https://news.mit.edu/ ... LinkedIn: Nanditha Rao : It is a sad news for EECS. Prof. Arvind- a distinguished alumnus of IIT Kanpur was a stalwart in a wide range topics starting from computer architecture to compilers to parallel computing. … Margaret Martonosi : Another great loss. A technical conversation with Arvind was like whitewater rafting: fun and dynamic and always just hoping you could keep up with his quick intellect. … J. Nelson Amaral : I am sad to learn about the passing of Arvind. He and his wife Gita were long-time friends of Guang R. Gao (my post-doc supervisor) and his wife Peggy Gao. … Hadi Esmaeilzadeh : Arvind was a kind soul and an unparalleled gem. May he rest in peace! Michael Taylor : Rest in peace Arvind! — Arvind was a great teacher and prototype builder and an institution at MIT. … Forums: Hacker News : Arvind has died