It is with pain that we are constrained to announce that our colleague and friend Thierry Aprile, who worked together with our teams in MIH Project, has passed today. It is really difficult to find the words to announce this kind of news and even most difficult to find words of solace for his friends and relatives. We remember Thierry as a wonderful person whose presence has been unfortunately close to us only during MIH project lifecycle, but we find that this short time has been enough to become aware of his human values, sense of humor and even irony, which is particularly remarkable and delicious.