Barry left us unexpectedly on June 8, 2010. In his 25 years of life, he brought so many wonderful memories to people around him.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

From Dirk Bernhardt-Walther

Working with Barry on a joint project was a fun and very intense
experience. There was never a shortage of new ideas and enthusiasm to
try them all out, even if it was only a few hours before the paper
deadline. Sometimes it was a challenge to channel all these bursts of
creativity into a coherent story for the paper. But Barry's
brainstorms were always an enrichment! Functional Connectivity through
Mutual Information - it could have been the motto for our whole
collaboration!

As a reward for the hard work we got to go to NIPS 2010 in Vancouver.
Being the foodie that he was, Barry introduced me to Japanese Tapas
and showed me a good time in this wonderful city that he so loved.

It's a shame, Barry, that you had to go so early. I would have loved
to see that great imagination and creativity of ours at work for many
more decades.

Take care

Dirk

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Dirk Bernhardt-Walther, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/walther/www

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