Penn State College of Engineering

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The sudden death of Professor Bose is also very sad news to me and a big loss to the scientific community. Although I personally met Colleague Bose only twice in my life I know that he was a very amiable person. Of course, we all know his outstanding scientific contributions to systems theory and many other fields, especially to applications of ... See Morecomputer algebra in these fields, his singular and decisive survey articles and volumes on multidimensional systems, his valuable service as founder and editor-in-chief of MSSP etc. What also distinguished him, what we all appreciated and for which we will remain grateful to him was a very open heart and mind towards the work of his colleagues of which he not only took notice, but which he often commended publicly, orally and in writing.



Prof. Ulrich Oberst , University of Innsbruck

Professor N. K. Bose was my doctoral advisor. He has been a very influential mentor in my life since 1983 when I took the first class with him at Pitt. He taught me that while there are so many unsolved issues in the world we should choose to work on those that are meaningful. He always aimed to do the first class research. He told me that research... See More was the first among his works. He taught me “walk and think.” That is, when I was a teaching assistant at Penn State in summer 1987 working with him to finalize my dissertation, he and I often took a walk along the campus, after dinner and before dark, we walked and talked about research, academics as well as life. He often showed his care towards my health, job and personal life. Some colleagues in my age told me the similar story. One colleague told me more than once that I have been lucky to have such a concerned senior professor. All these are wonderful memory and will be in my mind forever. Y. Q. Shi