Mordechai Ben-Ari
Israeli computer scientist
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Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari (Hebrew: מרדכי (מוטי) בן-ארי) is a professor emeritus of computer science education at the Weizmann Institute of Science.[1]
Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari | |
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מרדכי (מוטי) בן-ארי | |
| Known for | Textbooks in computer science, development of educational software tools, research in computer science education |
| Awards | ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education, ACM Distinguished Educator, ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science education |
| Workplaces | Weizmann Institute of Science |
Ben-Ari has published numerous textbooks in computer science,[2][3][4] developed software tools for teaching computer science, and written influential papers[5][6] in computer science education.[7] His primary focus has been on books and tools for learning theoretical concepts in computer science and mathematics, such as concurrency[8] and mathematical logic.[9]
In collaboration with the University of Joensuu (now part of the University of Eastern Finland) his group developed the Jeliot program[10] animation system for teaching elementary computer science and programming.
He has collaborated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne on educational robotics using the Thymio robot.
Ben-Ari has published three books under the Springer Open Access program:
- Elements of Robotics with Francesco Mondada.[11]
- Mathematical Surprises.[12]
- The Geometry of Ellipses and Planetary Orbits.[13]
Ben-Ari received ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions for Computer Science Education in 2004, was named an ACM Distinguished Educator in 2009[14] and received the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Award in 2019.
