# Obituaries Published articles for Obituaries. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## Codeveloper of Ethernet Predecessor Dies at 91 DevFeed: [Codeveloper of Ethernet Predecessor Dies at 91]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Amanda Davis Published: 2026-09-10T20:00:04Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [IEEE Spectrum]() Topics: [Network](), [Protocol (disambiguation)](), [Internet](), [Mobile](), [intelligence]() Tags: [alohanet](), [engineering](), [ethernet](), [ieee-member-news](), [ieee-milestone](), [in-memoriam](), [mobile](), [networking](), [networks](), [obituaries](), [protocol](), [radio](), [the-institute](), [type-ti](), [wi-fi]() ### AI overview An obituary for Franklin "Frank" Kuo, who helped develop ALOHAnet, an early wireless packet data network. The article describes how his work on random-access protocols influenced packet switching, modern Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and the development of computer networks in China. ### Source excerpt Franklin "Frank" Kuo Codeveloper of ALOHAnet Fellow, 91; died 14 April Kuo helped develop ALOHAnet, a pioneering computer system at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, in Honolulu. The system went online in 1971 and represented the first public demonstration of a wireless packet data network. It was an inspiration for Robert Metcalfe's development of Ethernet a couple of years later. In 2020 ALOHAnet was designated as an IEEE Milestone. Kuo earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. After earning his Ph.D. in 1960, he joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., where he conducted research in computer communications. After six years at the company, Kuo left to become a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Hawaii. From 1968 to 1971 he and one of his colleagues, IEEE Life Fellow Norman Abramson, developed ALOHAnet. The network connected computers on Hawaiian islands using ultrahigh-frequency radio, transmitting information over radio waves instead of cables. ALOHAnet became the foundation for modern networks. Kuo pioneered the concept of a random-access protocol, or sharing a single channel without central coordination--which led to the packet-switching principles that underpin modern Wi-Fi and mobile networks. Kuo authored or coauthored several books including Computer Communication Networks. Published in 1972, it was one of the earliest textbooks on the subject. He served as director of the university's Cosine committee, a project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop computer engineering courses. He took a sabbatical from 1975 to 1977 to work at the U.S. Pentagon as director of information systems in the defense secretary's office. He oversaw computer communications applications used in command, control, and intelligence programs. During the 1980s and '90s, he helped develop China's Internet. In 1982 he joined SRI International (formerly the Stanford ## The pull request outlived its obituaries and got a bigger job DevFeed: [The pull request outlived its obituaries and got a bigger job]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: David Kravets Published: 2026-08-20T13:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [CodeRabbit]() Topics: [Pull Request](), [Code review](), [human review]() Tags: [2023](), [2025](), [2026](), [about](), [acceleration](), [access-controls](), [accountability](), [actions](), [agentic-change-management](), [ai](), [ai-code-review](), [ai-generated-code](), [but](), [changes](), [code](), [english](), [job](), [needs](), [obituaries](), [pull-request](), [pull-requests](), [request](), [thanks]() ### AI overview AI is increasing pull request volume, but the article argues that pull requests are taking on a larger role as checkpoints for context, validation, review, and human accountability. It cites growth in merged pull requests, commits, and per-person and per-repository activity, alongside platform scaling pressures. The proposed response is to prioritize changes by consequence and risk, independently validate them, and give reviewers clearer explanations; CodeRabbit's Triage and Change Stack are presented as examples. The article says a pull request should carry context from the originating issue through agent activity, tests, security findings, discussion, and approval. Maintainer controls differ: GitHub offers limits and access restrictions, tldraw automatically closes external pull requests, and Kubernetes requires contributors to understand and defend changes. Across these approaches, shipping remains a human responsibility. ### Source excerpt More changes are flowing through pull requests than ever thanks to AI-generated code, but a human still needs to decide what ships. ## Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83 DevFeed: [Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Published: 2026-07-22T17:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [Optimization](), [Computer science](), [Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)](), [AI Research](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [Reinforcement learning]() Tags: [alumni-ae](), [artificial-intelligence](), [asu-ozdaglar](), [athena-scientific](), [bayforest-technologies](), [books-and-authors](), [computer-science](), [computer-science-and-technology](), [convex-analysis](), [dimitri-bertsekas](), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](), [faculty](), [laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids](), [large-scale-computation](), [mit-books-and-authors](), [mit-eecs-faculty](), [mit-faculty-obituary](), [mit-lids](), [mit-photographers](), [mit-sandbox-innovation-fund-program](), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](), [munther-dahleh](), [network-optimization](), [networks](), [neurodynamic-programming](), [obituaries](), [optimization](), [photography](), [programming](), [reinforcement-learning](), [research](), [robert-gallager](), [school-of-engineering]() ### AI overview An obituary remembers Dimitri Bertsekas, an MIT professor emeritus and influential computer scientist who died at 83. His work shaped optimization, control, large-scale computation, reinforcement learning, and artificial intelligence, while his books and mentorship influenced generations of students and researchers. ### Source excerpt Known for his clear and elegant writing style, Bertsekas shaped fields from control and optimization to large-scale computation and artificial intelligence.