Ben Pfaff

American computer scientist
Person human Q59749024
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Ben Pfaff was born on October 1, 1978 [1]. He received his education from Stanford University and Michigan State University . Ben Pfaff has been employed by VMware since 2012, and prior to that, he worked at Nicira from 2007 to 2012 [2].

His field of expertise is software-defined networking [3]. Ben Pfaff is also a part of the free software movement [3]. Some of his notable works include GNU libavl and GNU PSPP [4].

Ben Pfaff has held the position of PSPP maintainer since 1995 [5][6] and GNU libavl maintainer since 1998 [5][6]. He is a member of the GNU Project [7].

Throughout his career, Ben Pfaff has maintained his involvement in various projects and organizations, including his long-standing positions as maintainer for PSPP and GNU libavl [5][6].

Ben Pfaff

Summary

Ben Pfaff is a human[1]. He was born on +1978-10-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3] and researcher[4].

Key Facts

  • Ben Pfaff was born on +1978-10-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Ben Pfaff's professions included computer scientist[3].
  • Ben Pfaff worked as a researcher[4].
  • Ben Pfaff's field of work was software-defined networking[5].
  • Ben Pfaff held the position of PSPP maintainer[6].
  • Ben Pfaff held the position of GNU libavl maintainer[7].
  • Ben Pfaff was employed by VMware[8].
  • A notable work attributed to Ben Pfaff is GNU libavl[9].
  • A notable work attributed to Ben Pfaff is GNU PSPP[10].
  • Ben Pfaff was a member of GNU Project[11].
  • Ben Pfaff is recorded as male[12].
  • Ben Pfaff's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Ben Pfaff's movement is recorded as free software movement[14].
  • Ben Pfaff's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-1526-4143[15].
  • Ben Pfaff's website account on is recorded as GNU Savannah[16].
  • Ben Pfaff's family name is recorded as Pfaff[17].
  • Ben Pfaff's given name is recorded as Benjamin[18].
  • Ben Pfaff's official website is recorded as https://benpfaff.org/[19].
  • Ben Pfaff's official website is recorded as https://research.vmware.com/researchers/ben-pfaff[20].
  • Ben Pfaff's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 81100389248[21].
  • Ben Pfaff's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[22].
  • Ben Pfaff's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as -DBwBK4AAAAJ[23].
  • Ben Pfaff's DBLP author ID is recorded as 42/4891[24].
  • Ben Pfaff's Goodreads author ID is recorded as 6423719[25].

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Origins and Family

Ben Pfaff was born on +1978-10-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[3] and researcher[4]. Ben Pfaff's field of work was software-defined networking[5]. Among his employers was VMware[8]. Positions held include PSPP maintainer[6] and GNU libavl maintainer[7].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include GNU libavl[9], a GNU package[26], founded in 1998[27] and GNU PSPP[10], a statistical package[28], founded in 1995[29].

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What did Ben Pfaff do for work?

Ben Pfaff worked as computer scientist[3] and researcher[4].

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  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [6] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . hackerrankblogblog.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . research.vmware.com. Retrieved . research.vmware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . research.vmware.com. Retrieved . research.vmware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [2] . benpfaff.org. Retrieved . benpfaff.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] . GNU's Who. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [10] . GNU's Who. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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