<p>➀ Professor Peter C. Lockemann, co-founder of the FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik and a pioneer in computer science and business informatics, passed away at the age of 89;</p><p>➁ He played a pivotal role in establishing Germany's first computer science faculty at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and co-founded FZI in 1985, shaping it into a leading IT research and technology transfer institution;</p><p>➂ His research focused on databases and distributed information systems, and he received numerous accolades, including an honorary doctorate and the Federal Cross of Merit, for advancing interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge transfer between academia and industry.</p>