Jean-Raymond Abrial in Grenoble, Christian Jullien testimony
Extract from FACS FACTS Issue 2025-2 July 2025 In memory of Jean-Raymond Abrial (1938–2025) August 31, 2025 https://www.bcs.org/media/yd4ocehl/facs-jul25.pdf FACS FACTS Issue 2025-2 July 2025 In memory of Jean-Raymond Abrial (1938–2025) I didn't work directly with Professor Abrial, but I owe him much ! A brilliant and dedicated teacher Firstly, he was my teacher (two years) during computer science master at IMAG Grenoble (1971/72). In 1971 he gave us a strong basis in data management. The classes were fascinating; the lecture hall was truly captivated, the examples being "telling" despite being based on a rigorous theoretical foundation. I still have hand-written lecture support for additionnal courses that he gave for free at university in the evening, after normal hours. This document (215 pages) was produced with an alcohol duplicator. He used a lot of figures, graphs and e...