Professor Ivo Babuška, founder of Applications of Mathematics, passed away

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It is with deep sorrow that we inform you that Ivo Babuška passed away at the age of 97 on April 12, 2023. Professor Babuška was a renowned mathematician, a visionary in computational and applied mathematics, and a leading personality connecting rigorous mathematics with engineering applications. Prof. Ing. Dr. Ivo Babuška, DrSc., dr. h. c., was one of the founding fathers of the Mathematical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and, in 1956, he established the international journal Applications of Mathematics.