Dissertation advice by Olin Shivers
Dissertation advice by Anne Rogers [NYT version]
Thesis Proposal advice by H.C. Lauer
Why get a PhD? by Matthias Felleisen
Presentation advice by Leslie Lamport
Grad school advice by Manuel Blum
"Finishing your PhD is the least embarrassing way to get out of grad school" - James H. Morris
Born in Albany, NY in February 1991.
Lived in Delmar, NY until 2009, with the dad (Wes), mom (Lisa), brother (Ryan), sister (Nicole), Oreo, and BA. Attended Elsmere Elementary, Bethlehem Middle School, and Bethlehem High School.
Lived in Albany, NY until Fall 2010.
Lived in Ithaca, NY until Fall 2014, at the 408.
Lived in Brighton, MA until Spring 2021, at Towne Estates with: Sarah, Little Bear, and Littler Bear. Married Sarah on June 1 2019.
Lived in Newton, MA until Summer 2022, at The Newton House. Baby Ellis joined the party on May 9 2021.
Lived between Smyrna, DE (basement) and Alexandria, VA (standing) until Summer 2023 at grandma's home and at Riverside Tower 2.
Currently in Salt Lake City, UT. Baby Marion joined the party on January 31 2024.
2021-11-29: Faculty application materials
2019-10-03: Brief summary of my work on migratory typing
GitHub bennn ("ben" + the n's from my last name, kinda like lllee)
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few."
"[Young Flanagan] you my friend are a worker! Look how tasty your cocktails are."
What people think programming is vs. how it actually is
"Stop. Why do you have milk?" Yi Ding, PLDI 2022
Poems in:
Bank of San Serriffe balance: 0x$0.40
Advent of Code leaderboard: 2017/4, 2017/14
Amazing CSS/JS animation stolen from iohk.io.