Ian Benson
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Research Scholar Computer Science, Stanford University Gates Computer Science Stanford CA 94305-9035 Phone (650) 323-6630 Web tizard.stanford.edu 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 Europe. 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).