Today my friend Magesh, or I should call, Dr. Jayapandian, successfully defended his thesis, "Automated Creation of Database Forms". Simply put, his work can automatically generate smart and usable search forms from a database schema (optionally data and queries) with little or no human intervention. This can either completely automate the process of form creation, or provide an initial design which humans can customize. For more details, I recommend reading his VLDB'08 paper.
Magesh is an amazing guy. Incredibly nice person, thoughtful, smart, funny, and hard-working. He is often the last to leave the lab at night and first to come in the morning. He is also the guy who brings a cake for almost everybody else's birthday or other special occasions.
I am very happy that he is finally on the other end of the tunnel, and I wish him the best for all future endeavors. I am going to miss you, my friend.
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