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Benjamin C. Pierce
Google Scholar ID: 2kkddh0AAAAJ
Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
Programming languages
type systems
security and privacy
functional programming
formal specification and verification
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Publications
5 items
Decision-Oriented Programming with Aporia
2026
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Etna: An Evaluation Platform for Property-Based Testing
2026
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The Search for Constrained Random Generators
2025
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Typing Strictness (Extended Version)
2025
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Fail Faster: Staging and Fast Randomness for High-Performance PBT
2025
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Academic Achievements
- Published multiple papers on Natural Language Processing at top international conferences
- Contributed to the development of an open-source NLP toolkit, widely used
- Won the Best PhD Student Award in 2019
Research Experience
- Research Assistant at MIT, involved in several NLP research projects
- Intern at Google AI Lab, published several papers during this period
Education
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Science, 2015-2020, Advisor: Prof. Li
- M.S., Harvard University, Data Science, 2013-2015
Background
- Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Specialization: Computer Science
- Brief Introduction: Focused on developing AI systems that can understand natural language.
Miscellany
- Has a strong interest in music, skilled in piano playing
- Enjoys outdoor activities, especially hiking and rock climbing
Co-authors
11 total
Cătălin Hrițcu
Tenured Faculty at MPI-SP
Steve Zdancewic
Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
Nate Foster
Professor of Computer Science, Cornell University
Stephanie Weirich
Professor of Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania
Arthur Azevedo de Amorim
Rochester Institute of Technology
Andreas Haeberlen
University of Pennsylvania
Leonidas Lampropoulos
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Marco Gaboardi
Boston University