Our beloved Aya passed away / איה היקרה שלנו נפטרה

איה האהובה שלנו הלכה לעולמה ב-20 בפברואר 2019. החדשות העציבו וזעזעו את בני משפחתה, ידידיה ורבים מעמיתיה, תלמידיה, מיועצים במעבדה הסטטיסטית בטכניון, ועוד רבים אחרים שאיתם היו לה קשרים חמים של שנים ארוכות.
בלוג זה הוקם בשנת 2008 כדי להנציח את פרישתה של איה מהטכניון. היא שמחה לקרוא את ההודעות היפות שנכתבו על ידי רבים כל כך מאלה שהיא נגעה בחייהם.
בזמן עצוב זה החלטנו לפתוח מחדש את הבלוג לכתיבת סיפורים לזכרה, כאנדרטה וירטואלית. אתם מוזמנים "לשמוע" על חייה ותרומותיה הנפלאות של איה ולשתף בסיפוריכם שלכם

Our beloved Aya passed away on Feb 20, 2019. The news has saddened and shocked her family, friends and many of her colleagues, past students, mentees, advisees at the Technion statistics lab, and so many more with whom Aya had wonderful life-long relationships.
This blog was created in 2008 to commemorate Aya's retirement from the Technion. She was delighted to read the lovely posts contributed by so many of those whose lives she touched.
In this sad moment of Aya's passing away, we decided to re-open the blog for posts, serving as a virtual memorial. We invite everyone to "hear" about Aya's life and wonderful contributions, and to share your stories.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Aya, Congratulations and Memories

Memories of Aya and Elisha go back some 40 years, to their visits to Bell Labs.  They both were welcome visitors, in statistics and physics research, and happily returned several times.  They also became dear friends, the kind you can meet again after a long absence and feel that no time has elapsed, but how good to be together again.

My respect and affection for Aya as a colleague and, more, as a person have not dimmed.  Even though our technical interests might not seem to have much in common, Aya's concern for what matters in applying statistics to real problems resonates deeply, and I believe has shaped her influence as a teacher and inspirer of students.

So welcome to retirement, Aya.  It's fine, as long as you can keep on doing things that are fun and maybe useful.  And the advantage is that people can't as easily tell you what those things are!

Every best wish,
  John and Bea
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