Ben Gras
Security Researcher at Intel Corporation
Randstad, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBen Gras is a security researcher and system software expert with 21 years of experience building and hardening low-level software across operating systems, device drivers, filesystems, compilers and toolchains. Currently at Intel, he bridges academic rigor (PhD-level systems security work at VU Amsterdam) with long-standing open-source practice, including significant RTEMS contributions enabling Beagle board support and MMU/timer integrations. Known for tenacious debugging and performance optimization, he has a track record of modernizing legacy OSes (notably MINIX) and shipping multi-architecture support. Comfortable at every software abstraction layer, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with clear communication across engineering and organizational levels. Colleagues describe him as goal-oriented and people-focused, able to translate complex systems research into practical, deployable fixes. An unusual strength: he frequently operates where research meets production, turning academic findings into concrete platform improvements.
21 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Cum laude at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (13)
rt10
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RTEMS/rtems
Jul 2014 - Dec 2015
Realtime SMP Kernel, networking, file-systems, drivers, BSPs, samples, and testsuite.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Ben made significant contributions to the RTEMS real-time operating system, focusing on the integration of the OS with various Beagle series boards. Their work included the implementation of clock drivers and timer functionalities specific to the Beagle hardware, and the setup of the MMU. They also addressed build system configurations and fixed build-related issues. These changes were crucial for enabling RTEMS to run effectively on the Beagle platform.
driverskernelrealtimesmpfile-systems
0xffea/MINIX3
Nov 2011 - Dec 2012
MINIX 3 is a free, open-source, operating system designed to be highly reliable, flexible, and secure. http://www.minix3.org
Contributions:194 commits in 1 year 1 month
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