Ilya Zhitomirskiy

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Ilya Zhitomirskiy (2009)

Ilya Alexejewitsch Zhitomirskiy ( Russian Илья Алексеевич Житомирский , born October 12, 1989 in Moscow ; † November 12, 2011 in San Francisco ) was a Russian software developer living in the United States .

Life

His father and paternal grandfather were mathematicians . In 2000 the family immigrated to the United States and settled near Philadelphia , where Zhitomirskiy attended Lower Merion High School until 2007. He then studied mathematics, economics and computer science at Tulane University , the University of Maryland, College Park and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University .

Together founded with his former fellow students Daniel Grippi, Maxwell Salzberg and Raphael Sofaer and he developed the open source - software Diaspora and the same social network . The four founders decided to start the project after hearing a lecture by Eben Moglen in February 2010 on the threat to privacy posed by commercial internet services. In retrospect, Moglen described Zhitomirskiy as "the most idealistic" of the four founders of Diaspora. Given the choice between pursuing a scientific career or founding the social network, he opted for the latter “because he wanted to do something with his time that creates freedom”.

Zhitomirskiy died at the age of 22 just before the social network's public beta started. The cause of death was not finally disclosed, but there is much talk of suicide in media reports, citing police officers and friends of Zhitomirskiy .

Obituaries

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Greg Kumparak: Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Passes Away At 22 In: TechCrunch.com. November 13, 2011, accessed November 14, 2011 .
  2. ^ Paul Vitello: Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22; Co-Founded Social Network . In: The New York Times . November 16, 2011, p. 818 (in English, online [accessed December 12, 2011]).
  3. ^ Founder of social network site Diaspora * Ilya Zhitomirskiy dies aged 22. In: DailyTelegraph.com. November 15, 2011, accessed November 15, 2011 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Paul Vitello: Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22; Co-Founded Social Network . In: New York Times. November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  5. ↑ Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies ( Memento from November 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in: ABC News from November 14, 2011, accessed on June 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ Speakers Federated Social Web Europe 2011 ( Memento of November 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on dcent.org, accessed on June 2, 2019
  7. ↑ a b Christian Klaß: Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy is dead . In: Golem. November 14, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  8. ↑ Kurt Sagatz: Diaspora starts beta phase open to everyone. The decentralized social network Diaspora will soon be open to everyone. However, this long-awaited move is overshadowed by the death of one of the founders. In: zeit.de, November 14, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  9. ↑ Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies at 22 . In: cnn.com. November 14, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  10. ^ Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy died at the age of 22 in: Der Standard from November 14, 2011
  11. ↑ http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/14/technology/diaspora_cofounder_died/index.htm
  12. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/249210/20111114/ilya-zhitomirskiy-diaspora-founder-committed-suicide.htm
personal data
SURNAME Zhitomirskiy, Ilya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Житомирский, Илья Алексеевич (Russian); Žitomirskij, Il'â Alekseevič (scientific transliteration); Schitomirski, Ilja Alexejewitsch (transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian software developer, co-founder of Diaspora
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2011
Place of death San Francisco