Helmut Veith: 1971 - 2016

Prof. Veith died tragically on March 12, 2016. He fell into a coma due to unforeseen complications following routine surgery; he died without regaining consciousness. TU Wien and the Faculty of Informatics mourn the loss of Prof. Helmut Veith, who passed away on March 12, 2016 at the age of 45. Education and Career - Helmut Veith was born on February 5, 1971. After graduating high school at the BG/BRG Tulln in 1989, Veith studied computational logic at the TU Wien and graduated in 1994. He received his doctorate in computer science in 1998, the promotion ceremony was carried out "sub auspiciis praesidentis" by the president of Austria, a rare honor indicating his immaculate academic record. Helmut Veith began his scientific career at the Institute of Information Systems, where he held a position as assistant researcher (Universitätsassistent) in the Databases and Expert Systems Group from 1995 onward.