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Prof. Azaria Paz's 80 Birthday Celebration
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
On November 17th the faculty celebrated the 80th birthday of Prof.
Azaria Paz
, one of the founders of the CS faculty, who played central role in the development of the faculty in its first 30 years.
The event included two scientific talks: A
lecture
by Prof.
Richard Karp
from UC Berkeley, a distinguished visiting professor of the faculty, titled
"Theory of Computation as a Lens on the Sciences",
and a
lecture
by Dr.
Ronny Lempel
from Yahoo! Research Israel and an academic grandchild of Azaria, titeld
"Beyond 10 Blue Links: How Search Engines Help Users"
. It also included greetings from Azaria's students and co-authors, and a presentation surveying Azaria's first 80 years. and a presentation surveying Azaria's first 80 years.
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