Sargur (Hari) Srihari, 1949-2022
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I am saddened to learn of Dr. Hari’s passing and I send my deepest condolences to Dr. Rohini Srihari and his entire family.
I first met Dr. Hari in the spring of 2003 when I took his Machine Learning course and immediately loved it because of his enthusiasm for the subject and his teaching style. Having enjoyed and done well in the course, the following summer I asked him if I could work on any ML projects, and he generously gave me a spot within CEDAR where I could help with ongoing research and contribute to the development of CEDARFox. That was the first time I worked on Visual C++ & MFC! CEDAR became a home within the university campus for me and I have cherished memories of long days and late nights working on various problems with Catalin (Tomai) and Yong-Chul (Shin), among other senior researchers and newcomers, under Dr. Hari’s guidance.
Thanks to social media I was able to keep informed over time of his other interests like Indian & American history and read interesting articles that he shared about his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Science, and also his family history. Entirely coincidentally, his granddaughter and my daughter share the same name as well. I will always be indebted to his kindness and the opportunity he gave me at UB.
The world has lost a great scientist, professor and mentor. May his soul rest in peace.
I first met Dr. Hari in the spring of 2003 when I took his Machine Learning course and immediately loved it because of his enthusiasm for the subject and his teaching style. Having enjoyed and done well in the course, the following summer I asked him if I could work on any ML projects, and he generously gave me a spot within CEDAR where I could help with ongoing research and contribute to the development of CEDARFox. That was the first time I worked on Visual C++ & MFC! CEDAR became a home within the university campus for me and I have cherished memories of long days and late nights working on various problems with Catalin (Tomai) and Yong-Chul (Shin), among other senior researchers and newcomers, under Dr. Hari’s guidance.
Thanks to social media I was able to keep informed over time of his other interests like Indian & American history and read interesting articles that he shared about his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Science, and also his family history. Entirely coincidentally, his granddaughter and my daughter share the same name as well. I will always be indebted to his kindness and the opportunity he gave me at UB.
The world has lost a great scientist, professor and mentor. May his soul rest in peace.
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