Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 02:16:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Prof.Kifer invite you to Donut Hr

Hi Friends,

Today's donut hour will be hosted by Prof. Michael Kifer.
Prof. Kifer got his M.S. in Mathematics from Moscow University, Russia
in 1976.  He got his Ph.D. in Computer Scince from Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel.  His brief donutview below tells more about him.

After a long time, we would see Bagels in donut hour today.
Prof. Kifer sent me a url to a nice article on history of bagels.
Those interested in history can go to the following website:

http://www.princeton.edu/~eclectic/fall95/reporter/bagel.html

And those interested in eating can come to the pit.

sincerely,
Donut Admin


     Looking through the Donut: A Donut view with prof. Michael Kifer
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DA: I saw on your homepage that you have written a sub-package named
    Viper for emacs.  What prompted you to take time out of research
    and do such a thing?
MK: I hate doing routine work, so I am trying to automate it whenever I can.
    Of course, time spent on automation is never recovered through savings
    on routine stuff, but at least I get thanks from a lot of users (and
    who would thank you for wasting time doing routine stuff?).

DA: What are your non-academic interests?  Hobbies?
MK: I am trying to not enslave myself to a particular hobby. I like to
    travel, read about history...

DA: Introduce us to your family.
MK: My wife's name is Lora. I have two daughters, Avigail and Emily, both
    in junior high. My son, Daniel, just graduated from NYU. He is working
    in Mannhattan and is hoping to go to a grad school this Fall.

DA: What is your favourite food?
MK: I eat everything as long as it looks good and doesn't move.

DA: Thank you.