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The Sad Passing of AIT Alumnus Jeanine Salla


From the Daily Intelligence, by Olivia Johnston


AIT regretfully announces the passing of one of its most treasured and distinguished alumni, Jeanine Miró Salla of New York. Her death at the young age of 77 has touched the hearts of everyone in the AIT community and indeed throughout the academic and scientific worlds. Her talents will be sorely missed, as will her joyful presence.

Jeanine Miró Salla was born Jeanine Hernandez Cortes Miró in 2065 in Santander, Spain, a city since swallowed by the waters of the Bay of Biscay. She was the daughter of a high school teacher, Severo Cortes Miró of Zaragoza, Aragon, and an engineer, Jennifer Colleen Mariana Paradis of Zaragoza and Arinsal, Andorra. She grew up in Zaragoza, where she attended high school and later attended the original campus of the Aragon Institute of Technology.


Two years after graduating with honors in 2085, she married Eduard Salla. At the time, Ms. Salla was continuing her studies at AIT in Zaragoza. She received her PhD and joined the faculty there in 2090. Thanks to the Birth Lottery, she gave birth to her only child, Colleen, there on August 7, 2092.
Ms. Salla left her position as a Professor at AIT in 2109. She joined the faculty of Bangalore World University in New York (BWU-NY) the same year When she died, Ms. Salla served as Permanent Professor of AI Studies and current occupant of the distinguished Dynatech Chair in Computational Psychology at BWU's Manhattan Campus.

Ms. Salla was known as a great adventurer both on and off campus. An avid sportsman and outdoorsman, Jeanine Salla was as at home in the mountains or on the sea as she was in New York or Barcelona. She was a trained sailor, diver, and copter pilot. Her many hobbies included swimming, lacrosse, flying, and collecting antique sports equipment.

Ms. Salla's professional accomplishments and published worked are too many to detail. She was a prolific writer, researcher, theoretician, and therapist. Her work in the fields of virtual biochemistry, collective intelligence, AI engineering, and AI psychology is legendary. At the time of her death, she had been entrusted with a host of major short- and long-term study projects for clients as prominent and diverse as her alma mater, Transafrican Mechwatch, General Biosims, the European Union, and the United Nations.

She leaves behind her beloved daughter Colleen Francesa Salla, and her granddaughter, Laia Joana Salla, who lives in Manhattan.

Please excuse the brevity of this salute. We will offer a detailed story of the life of Jeanine Miró Salla in the forthcoming Summer Life issue of AIT News.


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