Ben Bederson
Co-Founder at EPAM Systems
Windsor, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolBen Bederson is a seasoned computer scientist, entrepreneur, and educator with 19 years of professional experience bridging human-computer interaction, information visualization, and software engineering across web, mobile, and embedded systems. A co-founder of multiple ventures—including the International Children's Digital Library and a therapeutic gender-affirming high school—he pairs deep academic credentials (PhD, long tenure as a UMD HCI professor and lab director) with hands-on product and startup leadership. He advises industry learning initiatives at EPAM and has served as an expert witness on UI and software IP matters, producing extensive technical reports and courtroom testimony. Known for pioneering work in novel interaction techniques and digital libraries, he blends research rigor with practical system-building and policy-facing impact.
19 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at New York UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (10)
java6
textview6
gwt6
timer6
javascript6
android6
sdk6
iphone6
raphael6
bluetooth6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
bederson/paths-to-cs-public
Aug 2013 - Mar 2016
Contributions:37 commits, 13 pushes in 2 years 7 months
piccolo2d/piccolo2d.net
Apr 2007 - Sep 2007
Contributions:2 commits in 4 months
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