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title: "Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83"
date: 2026-07-22
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/dimitri-bertsekas-influential-computer-scientist-prolific-author-dies-0722
description: "Known for his clear and elegant writing style, Bertsekas shaped fields from control and optimization to large-scale computation and artificial intelligence."
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# Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83

Known for his clear and elegant writing style, Bertsekas shaped fields from control and optimization to large-scale computation and artificial intelligence.

*Published: 2026-07-22*