February 1, 2007

• Turing Winner Missing at Sea

  Turing Award

  for Jim Gray

  

  Gray

  Vast search off coast
  
  for data wizard

  Gray was last heard from on
   

  Sunday, Jan. 28, at about 10 AM.

  His sailboat was reported missing

  on Sunday evening.

  He is known for, among other things,

  work on the SkyServer program

  and on the data cube operator.

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