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## 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](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/professor-emeritus-dimitri-bertsekas-influential-computer-scientist-and-prolific-author-dies-at-83-37950.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/dimitri-bertsekas-influential-computer-scientist-prolific-author-dies-0722>)

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](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

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### 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.