Ian Benson
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Visiting Professor Computer Science, Stanford University Gates Computer Science Stanford CA 94305-9035 Phone (650) 323-6630 Skype samsociality ian.benson@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 with the tizard network of elementary schools in the UK, tracking the math progress of a group of children who enrolled in school in Academic Year 2004-5. He is also a founding member of the sociality network of open source developers who create risk management and transaction processing systems for banks, telcos, broadcasters, schools and public services.
Benson was the founding Secretary of Labour Computing Advisory Group (1984), and founded SRI Cambridge Computer Science Center (1985) and Sybase (formerly OASiS) Laboratory for Business Design (1991).