Database Theory, Yuri, and Me

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. Dedicated to Yuri Gurevich, the "man with a plan", on his 70th birthday. 1 Database Theory The theory of database systems is a very broad field of theoretical computer science, concerned with the theoretical design and analysis of all data management aspects of computer science. One can get a good idea of the current research in this field by looking at the proceedings of the two main conferences in the area: the International Conference on Database Theory, and the ACM Sympos...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: BIRTHDAY
• Authors: Jan Van den Bussche
• Keywords: Applied Computing, BIRTHDAY 2010, Database, Database Theory, Yuri Gurevich