Database theory, Yuri, and me

  • Authors:
  • Jan Van den Bussche

  • Affiliations:
  • Hasselt University and transnational University of Limburg, Diepenbeek, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Fields of logic and computation
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Yuri Gurevich made many varied and deep contributions to logic for computer science. Logic provides also the theoretical foundation of database systems. Hence, it is almost unavoidable that Gurevich made some great contributions to database theory. We discuss some of these contributions, and, along the way, present some personal anecdotes connected to Yuri and the author. We also describe the honorary doctorate awarded to Gurevich by Hasselt University (then called Limburgs Universitair Centrum) in 1998.