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Veteran computer scientist James Gray missing in ocean

vert.gray.ap.jpgNICK DOUGLAS — The Coast Guard searched yesterday for Turing Award winner James Gray, who was last heard from on Sunday when he piloted his yacht out of San Francisco (in good weather) to scatter his mother's ashes. At Microsoft, Gray (Berkeley's first computer science PhD recipient) developed technologies that led to ATMs and online shopping; his research also made mapping programs like Google Earth possible.

9:35 AM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Nick Douglas
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  • Image of ResearchZilla ResearchZilla at 10:12 AM on 02/01/07
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    this is some really serious stuff, and he's quite a skilled and experienced nautical guy...for those who don't understand just how important jim is to the world of high tech, databases and sw, check out the 'behind the code' episode that microsoft put out on him last year:
    http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind_The_Code
    (disclosure: i've got a production credit myself, but it's seriously good, barbara fox interviews him)

  • Image of schvitzatura schvitzatura at 10:59 AM on 02/01/07
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    What are the shipping lanes like in that area? Or is there any naval training activity? Had the California Current that flows in this area (Farallon Islands) changed with the current weak El Niño?

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