Thursday, June 11, 2009

Stanford University computer science professor Rajeev Motwani drowns


Tech world lost one of the mentors of Google, Rajeev Motwani. He was a key mentor of Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and many other entrepreneurs. Apparently he drowned in his swimming pool at his home in Atherton, Calif.

Google found posted this on his blog:

Brin wrote in his blog June 5 that although Motwani was not his official advisor at Stanford, “he played just as big a role in my research, education, and professional development. In addition to being a brilliant computer scientist, Rajeev was a very kind and amicable person and his door was always open…Today, whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a good chance a little bit of Rajeev Motwani is behind it.”

via IndiaWest

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