Raymond J. Solomonoff 1926-2009
Péter Gács, Paul M. B. Vitanyi · Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands · 2011
Ray Solomonoff, the first inventor of some of the fundamental ideas of Algorithmic Information Theory, died in December, 2009.His original ideas helped start the thriving research areas of algorithmic information theory and algorithmic inductive inference.His scientific legacy is enduring and important.He was also a highly original, colorful personality, warmly remembered by everybody whose life he touched.We outline his contributions, placing it into its historical context, and the context of other research in algorithmic information theory.