Comments on: Goodbye Old Friend. R.I.P. Rajeev Motwani

By: bga rework makinesi

bga rework makinesi — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:26:00 +0000

I read on so many blogs about raJeev

no one actually cares to state cause of his death :(

By: Adchemy Makes Advertising Personalized in Real Time – GigaOM

Adchemy Makes Advertising Personalized in Real Time – GigaOM — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:17:27 +0000

[...] idea came out of a realization by CEO Murthy Nukala and his co-founder Rajeev Motwani (the now deceased influential angel investor and Stanford professor) that to improve demand for online advertising, [...]

By: Dr. Jochen L. Leidner

Dr. Jochen L. Leidner — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:51:55 +0000

Prakash,

On the contrary, randomized methods can be proven to be more
efficient than algorithms for some classes of problems. Whether this
is true in general — known as ‘B=BPP?’ is an open research problem
at the time of writing (2009).

That is the theory; in practice, randomized
data structures such as Bloom filters that were invented in the days when
computers didn’t have enough RAM to store everything are now being
re-tooled to solve problems so huge and difficult that even Google’s
half-a-million cluster of machines cannot address them with traditional
means. An example is statistical machine translation, where many teams
now use randomized statistical models learned from data.

Another two high-impact examples from technology is Web search, where the Random Surfer notion in PageRank is directly related to randomized methods, and fast Web duplicate detection using shingling and randomization.

By: The Importance of Living Life

The Importance of Living Life — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:59:45 +0000

[...] Temple in Palo Alto, celebrating the life of my friends Saar and Patty’s baby boy. It ended with the memorial service of my friend Rajeev Motwani, a famed academic, venture investor but most importantly a great human being in a church on the [...]

By: Google Godfather - Rajeev Motwani's Life Celebration On 25th September | GoosPoos

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:07:02 +0000

[...] Malik of GigaOm spocked about Rajeev as the close friend. TechCrunch – The tech world’s biggest blog Inviting [...]

By: You Are Invited To Celebrate Rajeev Motwani’s Life On September 25 | Submitter

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:31:44 +0000

[...] Motwani, a leading light in Silicon Valley, passed away on June 5, 2009. Close friends immediately spoke about the greatness of the Stanford professor who guided Google in the early days [...]

By: You Are Invited To Celebrate Rajeev Motwani’s Life On September 25

You Are Invited To Celebrate Rajeev Motwani’s Life On September 25 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:01:20 +0000

[...] Motwani, a leading light in Silicon Valley, passed away on June 5, 2009. Close friends immediately spoke about the greatness of the Stanford professor who guided Google in the early days [...]

By: “Professor Rajeev Motwani’s Untimely Death On Friday”

“Professor Rajeev Motwani’s Untimely Death On Friday” — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:39:25 +0000

[...] everyone who was there is his friend. And most everyone there had a story to tell about how Motwani had helped them at one time or another, asking nothing in return. I have [...]

By: Rajeev Samples

Rajeev Samples — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:06:31 +0000

Certainly will be missed. You did the Tech world proud.

By: Paul & Linn Borrill

Paul & Linn Borrill — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:13:06 +0000

Asha and Family,

Our hearts go out to you in this time of hardship and loss. May you all pull together and remember and appreciate all you have been so blessed to share. Paul and I were touched by Rajeev, and would like to extend our deepest sympathy to all of you.

By: Anand

Anand — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:54:30 +0000

Om,
Rajeev was a teacher and a friend, and I wanted to share a story as well:

http://inpursuitofzen.blogspot.com/2009/06/rajeev-motwani-in-memoriam.html

RIP Rajeev,

Anand

By: undiluted

undiluted — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:32:40 +0000

A shock. I was not able to skip thinking about him for last 24 hrs…there are not so many people who dedicate themselves to research and teaching…back to one year i read about him for the first time and i was very very happy to know that he is young, brilliant and i was sure that he will contribute to world and india for next 30-40 years…what a great loss…Is there is any chance of foul play?? i cannot get any information about the reason of his death….i am searching and searching in internet but still i cannot find anything…

By: farsin1960

farsin1960 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:50:38 +0000

What a pitty, we will not have too many people like him. all good wishes to his Familly

By: bhisham padha

bhisham padha — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:21:23 +0000

Respect from Jammu. You did the city proud.

By: Venkat Marella

Venkat Marella — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:17:37 +0000

I read an obituary of an Indian professor who was 47 in New York Times and wondered about him and wanted to read more about him.Today I heard about him on BBC. I read Om’s post and all the comments here. He might have gone physically,but he would be here forever, in the hearts and minds of so many people.His influence,help,kindness would be remembered by so many people.May his soul rest in peace, and may God give strength and courage to his wife Asha to take care of herself and those 2 small kids.God Bless those 2 Angels.

By: Rathin Sinha

Rathin Sinha — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:35:54 +0000

Rajeev was perhaps my closest friend in UC Berkeley. We arrived in the same August of 1983 and I remember spending countless evenings at his Durant apartment going through his full collection of Isaac Asimov, having tea and ending the evening with fried chili and rice. …and then we went our separate ways.

10 years later – one email and we were connected again. His first request to me was to see if I could help a budding entrepreneur who was looking for some technology. So was Rajeev.

For me it was like growing up with Greatness. Rest in Peace my Friend.