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Sergei Godunov passed away this Saturday. He visited ICASE in 1997 to receive his award. His contributions to science and CFD live on.

Sergei Godunov - Wikipedia Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov (Russian: Серге́й Константи́нович Годуно́в; 17 July 1929 – 15 July 2023) was a Soviet and Russian professor at the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Sad news:

Obituary: Roland Glowinski By William Fitzgibbon and Olivier Pironneau Roland Glowinski, the University of Houston’s Cullen Professor of Mathematics and an internationally renowned computational and applied mathematician, passed away suddenly on January 26, 2022. He was 84 years old. Roland was a member of the French Acadé...

A great launch:

SpaceX’s ‘Resilience’ Lifts 4 Astronauts Into New Era of Spaceflight The crew will spend some 27 hours in a capsule built by the private company before docking with the space station Monday night.

May he rest in peace.

Obituary: H. Thomas Banks By William J. Browning On December 31, 2019, the applied mathematics community lost a prolific researcher, valued collaborator, and thoughtful mentor when Harvey Thomas Banks passed away after a short illness. He was 79 years old. During his long research and teaching career at Brown University, the...

Professor H. Thomas Banks (79), North Carolina State University Department of Mathematics, Leroy B. Martin Jr. Distinguished Professor and Associate Director of CRSC, passed away last night, December 30th, 2019, peacefully in his sleep. He had been diagnosed with a glioblastoma (brain tumor) about two months ago and given a pessimistic prognosis. Professor Banks was and expert in control theory and parameter estimation for delay and partial differential equations; computational methods; statistical and mathematical methods for inverse problems; modeling in biological and physical problems. Professor Banks was associated with research at ICASE for many years. Manny Salas.
Obituary:
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/cary-nc/h-banks-8981041?utm_source=share_obit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=obit_detail&utm_content=view_obit_button

A conference will be held on August 4-10, 2019 in Novosibirsk, Russia, to honor the 90th birthday of Sergei K. Godunov.

International Conference "Mathematics and its Applications" Sobolev Institute of Mathematics Novosibirsk State University Department of Industry, Innovations and Entrepreneurship of the Mayor’s Office of Novosibirsk are organizing the International Conference “Mathematics and its Applications” dedicated to this event. The conference will be held in Nov...

A memorial conference was held on December 18-20, 2018, at Tel Aviv University, Israel, to honor Saul Abarbanel .

Adavances in Applied Mathematics The purpose of the conference is to emphasize the indispensable role of mathematics in the design of efficient numerical algorithms that can tackle challenging real-world problems. It will provide a venue for reviewing the recent progress in numerical PDEs and for discussing the new emerging trends....

A good explanation for a broad audience:

How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer Design shortcuts meant to make a new plane seem like an old, familiar one are to blame

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/13/world/boeing-737-crash-investigation.html

Why Investigators Fear the Two Boeing 737s Crashed for Similar Reasons The planes flew in similar erratic patterns, suggesting to experts that an automated system might have malfunctioned on both flights.

Joseph Flaherty died on March 28, 2018.
He was a personal friend and a friend of ICASE. He will be missed.

Joseph E. Flaherty's Obituary on Albany Times Union Read the Obituary and view the Guest Book, leave condolences or send flowers. | Flaherty, Joseph E. LATHAM Dr. Joseph Edward Flaherty, 74, of Latham, died on March 28, 2018, at St. Peter's Hospital. He was born September 16, 1943, to Joseph Bernard and Mae (Aliota) Flaherty in

This workshop was held on January 6-7, 2018, and served as a vehicle to remember the contributions made by ICASE to CFD.