Ian Benson

Web tizard.stanford.edu Email ian dot benson at cs.stanford.edu

Professional Interests 

Dr Benson's focus is the use of the internet as a platform for the collaborative design and governance of open computer systems with an emphasis on their theoretical foundations, and conceptual, specification and implementation models. He conducts outreach research in early algebraization with the tizard network of schools in Europe and the United States.

Benson co-founded SRI Cambridge Computer Science Center (1985), Sybase (formerly OASiS) Laboratory for Business Design (1991) and Sociality Mathematics CIC (2011).

Publications 

• Books 
  • Employment and Technology, National Computing Centre, 1979  
  • (with John Lloyd), New Technology and Industrial Change: Labour and the Scientific-Technical Revolution, Nichols, New York, 1983  
  • Intelligent Machinery: Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 1986 
  • The Primary Mathematics: Lessons from the Gattegno School, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011
• Full list of publications 
• Complete curriculum vitae  

Personal 

Dr Benson is married to Glenwyn Benson. They have 2 children: Naomi and David.

Information last updated 13 January 2024