-------------------------------------------------- 　　Some remembrances of Gengjian Ma given at his funeral, 14 June, 2002 　　-------------------------------------------------- 　　Remembrances and introductions from Anselm Blumer (Gengjians advisor) 　　 　　I am Gengjians advisor at Tufts University where he was studying for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science.I say "I am his advisor" because I believe he will be awarded this degree the next time degrees are awarded and I consider it part of my job to help ensure that this happens.In truth, he needed little advice 　　from me since he knew what he wanted to accomplish and he had the intelligence and determination to accomplish it, so my function was mostly to sign his forms and let him get to work. 　　 　　Gengjian did work for me as a Teaching Assistant this past semester, so I got to know him a bit better.He was one of the best TAs I have had - intelligent, hard working, and responsible. He will be missed by all of us. 　　 　　Now I would like to introduce some of the professors who taught Gengjian at Tufts.Professor Lenore Cowen sends her regrets that she has had to go to her grandfathers funeral in New York, so our Department Chair, Jim Schmolze, will be reading some remembrances from her. 　　 　　(Introductions for Diane Souvaine, who taught Algorithms 　　and Computational Geometry; Roni Khardon, who taught 　　Functional and Logic Programming; and Kofi Laing who, taught Theoretical Computer Science.Regrets from David Krumme, who taught Compilers and is in Colorado for the summer.) 　　 　　I believe Gengjians spirit has been called away from us to serve some higher purpose, but we were fortunate to have had him with us. Thank you. 　　 　　----------------- 　　Remembrances from Lenore Cowen (read by Jim Schmolze) 　　 　　"Gengjian was a wonderful student, a talented computer scientist, but even more importantly, a lovely, thoughtful, and caring person. 　　I first met Gengjian when he was assigned as a teaching assistant for my "Data Structures in C++" class this Fall, 　　and then he was a student in my Advanced Algorithms class this Spring. 　　Gengjian took to the difficult material in the Algorithms class instantly-- he loved the mathematical complexity of it, he was always working to understand the subtleties of the arguments. He would come by my office and say, "no, I dont understand or believe this" and we would go through it, and talk about the implications. Like all top students, he was never content with less than complete understanding. 　　 　　But classwork was not all we talked about. Gengjian and I had many interesting personal conversions as well, about life, and plans, about how much trouble Americans had with pronouncing his name the first time they saw it, and whether he wanted to add an American name, such as "Jonathan". We also recently talked about how much trouble he was having in America with Spring allergies-- I also suffer from allergies and asthma, and talked to him about alternate medications, and air cleaners. Sadly, his condition was much worse than anyone thought. 　　 　　The last time we talked was only a week ago-- Gengjian was thinking about what he wanted to do after his Masters 　　degree-- "Why did you become a professor?" he asked me. He was trying to decide whether he wanted to continue on in graduate school somewhere for the Ph.D. or go into industry. He thought that maybe hed try industry, because he had never worked in industry before, but the thought of pure research alsoheld appeal. I told him I thought he 　　was talented enough to go on and complete a wonderful PhD, if that was what he decided. I saw nothing but a bright future ahead for this wonderful, bright and thoughtful student. Why did I become a professor, Gengjian? Partially, it was for the chance to meet students 　　like you. I am only sad that I could know you for such a short time. 　　My deepest sympathy to Qing and all Gengjians family.. " 　　----------------- 　　Remembrances from Eynat Rafalin (graduate student with desk next to Gengjian, remarks read by Diane Souvaine) 　　 　　Since Gengjian arrived to Tufts I came to know him and like him. We were both graduate students in the departmet, sitting in the same office and sharing a couple of classes. We talked a lot, mainly about school but also 　　about daily topics. Gengjian was interested to hear about my background and life in Israel, and I wanted to hear more about his life in China. I am sorry we will not be able to continue our conversations. 　　 　　I was Gengjians TA (teaching assistant) during the whole year. He was a brilliant student: I used to read his home-work first, because I knew that it was excellent and that I will enjoy reading it... 　　 　　Gengjian wanted not only to learn but also to research, to make something of his own. He would have done a great job. 　　 　　I know that all the graduate and undergraduate students that knew him are as sad as I am and join me in saying that we will miss him as a fellow student and a friend. 　　----------------- 　　 　　Remembrances from Kofi Laing 　　 　　I would like to say a few words in memory of Gengjian Ma, ... 　　 　　I got to know Gengjian when he took my class on the Theory of Computation at Tufts last fall.He was a very outstanding student in my class.He evidently understood everything I taught with ease. 　　I particularly noticed his exceptional intelligence and great desire to learn when I would assign some extra credit problems for students to work on. 　　These were problems that were difficult enough to be research problems, well beyond the scope of the class, and I did not require my students to be able to solve them.However Gengjian would be one of the very few people who would stay behind after class and discuss these difficult problems with me. 　　 　　He showed great interest in the class, and created a very outstanding suite of written homeworks, midterms and final exams.At the end of the semester, I was very proud to award him a well-deserved A+. 　　 　　On the personal side, he came across as a gentle, cheerful, polite and respectful person, very committed in his undertakings.He had the complete respect of his fellow students. 　　 　　I wish I could have taught him more, and in a more advanced class, or maybe done research with him.Im sure Id have learned a lot from him too, if we had had that chance.I have no doubt he could have had a very outstanding career as a Computer Scientist. 　　 　　To his dear widow, family and friends, I say, May he rest in peace.

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