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Ajoy Kumar Datta
1958 - 2019
Ajoy Kumar Datta
1958 - 2019
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BORN
1958
DIED
2019
Ajoy Datta Obituary
A visitation for Ajoy will be held Tuesday, June 4, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Palm Eastern Mortuary, 7600 S Eastern Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89123. A funeral service will occur Tuesday, June 4, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, 7600 S Eastern Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89123.
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Benjamin Zofcin
January 24, 2021
Dr.Datta was my professor at UNLV and offered me a chance to show my potential with a supervised independent study. He paved the way for my PhD research and allowed me to find a niche within Computer Science that I love. He will be missed.
Sudhakar Kalmari
October 17, 2020
I always remember him as my good professor. I took few courses with him during 2000. I found out about his death through a friend and was deeply saddened. My heart goes out to him at this time of grief. He was truly an inspiring professor, mentor. I could learn teaching and research skills
under his supervision after he awarded me grad assistant and teaching jobs. He was the first one to congratulate me on my first job after graduation in those struggling economy days soon after September 11 2001. May his soul rest in peace and his memories live in hearts of countless students like me.
Himadri Datta
June 2, 2020
Just got this bad news. He was my schoolmate and also classmate for a few months in JU before I left Engineering to join Medical School. RIP my friend.
Jimmy Manone
November 8, 2019
I just found out about Dr. Datta's passing and am quite saddened by the news. I would put him with the top instructors anywhere, of all time. His teaching style involved showmanship. His class was this wild psychological experience designed to shock the students into being open-minded to what would normally be very dry material. He had an insane grading system where each homework assignment was worth a small number of points, but each test question was worth thousands of points. Then, at the end, those who slacked on the homework due to their low point yield learned they had good reason to be at least a little nervous about their overall grade. These examples are evidence of an instructor who put all of himself into his work, and are a reflection to his dedication to making sure each and every student comes out knowing more about the material and discipline in general. The academic community lost a good one - he will be missed.
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July 17, 2019
Dr. Ajoy Kumar Datta was my batch mate in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, India from 1972 to 1979. We spent a very good time during our student days. During Masters course we had several discussions both academic and social issues at the Jadavpur Coffee House. This news is really shocking to me. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Heartfelt condolence to Madhumia and Tatini.
Dr. Salil Kumar Sanyal, Retired Professor, Department of ETCE, Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 700032, India
Ashoke Bhat
July 17, 2019
Ajay was the closest classmate in Jadavpur. My memories of Ajay are still a reserved and pure at heart boy. We developed friendship in last two years of engineering and I visited his home several times. He had very caring parents. May his soul Rest In Peace.
Shuam Sunder Mukhopadhyay
July 17, 2019
Ajay was our batch mate in Jadavur University.
May his soul rest in peace.
Somnath Sen
July 16, 2019
Ajoy was our class mate at Jadavpur University. May his soul rest in peace. Condoloences to his family.
Shiva Gurumurthy
June 11, 2019
Dr. Datta was my advisor, and mentor for my thesis. One of the best influences on my life and career. I will miss him a lot!
Shiva
Nik B.
June 8, 2019
Dr. Datta was not only a great teacher but, also, a wonderful human being who strove to help his students.
He will be sorely missed.
Yuichi Sudo
June 5, 2019
Dr. Datta always helped me to achieve good research results and to write good papers. I learn a lot of important things of Distributed Computing from him. Sometimes, he nicely taught me even English. He was always a kind and nice person. He will be really missed. I appreciate everything that he gave me. May he rest in peace.
Chelsea Bhadra
June 4, 2019
Dr. Datta was an amazing professor as he cared so much about his students and always strived to make sure they got the most out of his class. But beyond that he was an amazing man with a lot of integrity and a good heart. I feel lucky that I got to have him as a professor and to know him as a person. He will forever be missed & be in my thoughts.
Arnab De
June 4, 2019
I am in deepest grief of losing such an amazing friend, Ajoy-da. You will be always in my heart. My heartfelt condolences go out to Modhumita di and family.
Benjamin Zofcin
June 4, 2019
Because of Dr.Datta's generosity, I was given an opportunity to work with him and grow from his tutelage. I will value and never forget all of his many lessons and criticisms. Thank you for every thing you provided to me and all your many students. You will be missed.
Rajesh Patel
June 4, 2019
Dr. Datta was not only a great mentor and teacher, but also a great friend. He truly cared about his students, teaching assistants, and advisees, not only from an academic viewpoint, but also as human beings. He will truly be missed. My sincerest condolences to Dr. Datta's family.
Bapi Chatterjee
June 4, 2019
Dear Ajoyda, you were not only a scientific collaborator to me but indeed an inspiration. Your humility won hearts of don't how many like me who ever met you. It's a personal loss to me. Know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. May you attain Moksha.
Alex Yip
June 4, 2019
Dr. Datta has been a great professor, friend, and mentor to me. It has been an honor to serve as his teaching assistant and a student in his class. He was passionate about his teaching and research. He will be deeply missed. My heart goes out to the Datta family with my deepest sympathies.
Sunil Vasu
June 4, 2019
Ajoy Da,
We will always think of you and our times together. You will be truly missed.
Ivan Walulya
June 4, 2019
Filled with sadness to hear about the loss of Dr. Datta. Thank you, Dr. Datta, for motivation, encouragement and the great spirit of collaboration that you brought to all that worked with you. You will be dearly missed. My condolences to the family and the entire research community.
Elad Michael Schiller
June 4, 2019
It is heartbreaking to hear that you are no longer with us Ajoy K. Datta. Thank you for all the good things that you have done for so many.
Julie Jeon
June 4, 2019
Under Dr. Dattas instruction, I was able to learn not just the course material he taught but also what compassion and humbleness looks like. I will never forget how, regardless of what he has gone through, he has always made it early to class, eager to teach us.
Thank you Dr. Datta, please rest easy.
My deepest condolences to his family.
Alexander Gee
June 4, 2019
My deepest sympathies and condolences to Dr. Datta's family. I was a student of Dr. Datta's many years ago. He really cared about his students. He touched the lives of many and he will be missed dearly. May he rest in peace.
~Alex Gee
Luis Maya Aranda
June 4, 2019
Dr. Datta, thank you for being a passionate and caring professor. You are an inspiration to your students and fellow colleagues.
I wish I got the chance to tell you that it was a pleasure to work closely with you the past 5 months. Thank you for motivating me and believing in me more than anyone else. Words cant express how much I will miss you. Im immensely grateful to have had you as a mentor and friend.
Shantanu Sharma
June 3, 2019
This is a great loss to the community. I will really miss you, Sir.
Fukuhito Ooshita
June 3, 2019
Ajoy was a great professor and a great man, and it was my pleasure to have known him. He was passionate to stimulate our research community. When he came to a labo in Japan, he actively talked to young members including me to promote their skills. So later I visited UNLV and worked with him for two months. I enjoyed the stay since he and his wife kindly hosted me. This experience greatly motivated me to work as a researcher in this community. I appreciate everything he's done for me.
Please accept my sincerest condolences.
Toshimitsu Masuzawa
June 2, 2019
I'm so sorry about Ajoy's passing. I'm so shocked and I have no word to express my deepest sadness.
Ajoy was undoubtedly a leader of our community of self-stabilizing distributed computing. Your passing is a great loss and sadness to our community.
Ajoy, we have known each other for more than twenty years. You are always friendly and kind to me. You are making a great influence to my activity in research and life.
Thank you very much again for your friendship.
At last, I would like to give my sincere sympathy to his family.
Tong F
May 31, 2019
Dr.Datta was a truly great professor. He had a passion for his subject and he really cared about the students he taught. It was a great honor being one of his students. May Dr.Datta rest in peace.
Jinger Siu
May 31, 2019
Dr. Datta was an inspiration. He believed in his students and our ability to succeed. He held us to a high standard, but was always receptive to receiving questions and giving advice. He was open, honest, intelligent, and maybe most importantly, he was very kind.
Dr. Datta was passionate about his classes and about teaching. I feel lucky to have been able to learn from him before he passed. He was a good man, and one of the best professors I've ever had. Rest in peace.
kodimala sisters
May 31, 2019
You are the best mentor our sisters ever got. My family is indebted to you Dr. May your soul rest in peace.
Steven Lumos
May 30, 2019
It was an honor to know and learn from Dr. Datta. My group called him the Wizard of OS. You could not help but notice how Dr. Datta genuinely wanted to teach. You could not help but be inspired by his enthusiasm for teaching you.
When I took Distributed Computing from Dr. Datta, he said students always ask if there would be programming assignments and his answer is that Distributed Computing is already an application.
Paul A
May 30, 2019
I'll always remember how kind and understanding Dr. Datta was, starting with the very first class I took with him during the summer after high school in '96. When I slept in on exam day and showed up very late, he gave me extra time to finish the test after the official period had ended. Years later when my schedule didn't allow me to finish a graduate class with him, he let me suspend it and later finish it remotely, grading me by simply asking about the content over the phone.
He was a great professor and a great person, a rare combination.
Punda and Padmini Pai
May 29, 2019
Ajoy's passing is a great loss to his family, students and his friends. He was brilliant and great company. We always enjoyed meeting him. He is taken too soon - "those whom the Gods love, die young." Our deepest condolences to his wife and daughter. RIP, Ajoy Datta.
Peter Hernandez
May 29, 2019
Words cannot explain how much we will miss you, Dr. Datta. Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge with everyone at UNLV.
Scott Hale
May 29, 2019
Dr. Datta, You were a fantastic professor. I greatly appreciate the rigor and clarity that you brought to the classroom. My condolences the Datta family.
Batis Malekpour
May 29, 2019
Dr. Datta where do I start ? I will miss you. The computer science community will miss you. I am very saddened by this news. You were my graduate advisor, and a great friend. Condolences to your family. The world has lost a great man.
George
May 29, 2019
Dr. Datta was a great man who will never be replaced, but he will be honored when all of his students, myself included succeed in the world. Take his knowledge and make him proud for he would have wanted all of us to succeed.
Abigail Habdas
May 28, 2019
My deepest condolences to Dr. Datta's family.
Dr. Datta have always put the education of his students before him.
It was never lost on me that he was very strict for our own good, and that he expected only the best from us. Not once did he allow us to miss an opportunity to teach. After some of our classes, he would hide nuggets of life lessons while meticulously discussed CPU schedulers.
He had a sense of humor (and also a good sense of fashion, which we all noticed). When I visited him during office hours, despite his busy schedule he made it a point to listen to my questions and treated me like a human being and asked about what I wanted for my future and encouraged me to be the leader he knew I could be.
For his mentorship and friendship, I am forever grateful. Our University will never be the same without him.
I want to thank Dr. Datta's family for sharing such a great man with all of us. I know he must have worked long hours and spent more time at school than home. I want to reassure you his passion for teaching created a new generation educators, engineers and leaders we are part of his legacy.
Alexandra Washburn
May 28, 2019
It is rare to find a professor with such genuine compassion for his students. His presence in the classroom motivated us and challenged us to become the best students we could be. His positive impact on myself and others cannot be understated. Dr. Datta, you will be missed.
Hamin Choi
May 28, 2019
UNLV, Howard R. Hughes engineering college lost one of the best and most passionate professors.
My condolences.
Scott Hamilton
May 28, 2019
Thanks for being an awesome professor. My Condolences to each and every friend and family member. May you rest in peace.
An Vo
May 28, 2019
My deepest condolences. It was a great honor to study in the department that he had built. His legacy will never be forgotten. May Dr. Datta rest in peace.
Wolfgang Bein
May 28, 2019
In great sorrow .
Adam Kim
May 28, 2019
We'll miss you Dr. Datta, it was an honor being one of your students. May you rest in peace.
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