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In memoriam

César Fernández Carrasco
(1937 - 2026)

We regret to announce that César Fernández Carrasco passed away on 17 August 
2026.
In the 1970s, César Fernández C. was a professor of mathematics at the 
“Universidad Técnica del Estado” in Santiago, Chile. 
Having been found in a lecture theatre whilst giving a lecture on the day of 
the coup (11 September 1973), he was held prisoner in the Stadium for a 
month.  

Consequently, he was not permitted to find work in Chile and therefore moved 
to Germany, where he spent his exile as a researcher at the GMD Institute in 
St. Augustin, headed by Carl Adam Petri.

On his return to Chile, he was a full professor at the ‘Universidad de 
Santiago de Chile’ (USACH), where  he served as Deputy Director of the 
three-year degree programme from its establishment in 1993 until 2003, whilst 
also teaching the subject of Mathematical Thinking.
César Fernández made a significant contribution to the development of Petri 
net theory and, in particular, to the theory and study of non-sequential 
processes and their properties.

Those who knew César Fernández will surely remember his gentle and witty 
manner, as well as his splendid, precise and instructive talks.

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Laure Petrucci & Fabrice Kordon
Steering Committee Chairs for PETRI NETS