At 02:20 PM 11/19/2009, you wrote:
This is a sad footnote . . .
The DIA report lists Andrei Lipson as a major Russian researcher, on
page 5. Lipson deserved to be signaled out. Several people including
me told the DIA authors that Andrei died on November 1, 13 days
before the paper was issued. The DIA said they heard that sad news
but the paper has already been through the review & approval process
it was too late to change it.
That is entirely understandable.
I hope that Andrei's colleagues are able to continue his fine work.
Mizuno told me he considered Andrei one of the most creative and
important people in the field.
It's fitting that he's mentioned in the report. By the way, "review
and approval process." The more than is revealed about this, perhaps,
the stronger the document becomes as a source for that on-line
encyclopedia project.
