Ben Zorn
Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research
Woodinville, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarBen Zorn is an ACM and AAAS Fellow and a Partner Researcher in Microsoft Research’s Research in Software Engineering (RiSE) group, specializing in programming language design and implementation for reliability, security, and performance. He earned a PhD from UC Berkeley, served on the University of Colorado Boulder CS faculty where he earned tenure, and has been at Microsoft Research since 1998. A long-time leader in the PL and SE communities, he has chaired PLDI, served on SIGPLAN leadership, edited flagship ACM journals, and contributed to ACM award committees and the CRA Board. His work blends deep theoretical insight with practical systems-building at scale, influencing both compilers and software tools used in industry research. Notably, his career combines sustained academic leadership with hands-on research management at Microsoft Research, shaping both technical directions and community standards. Based in Woodinville, Washington, he continues to drive research that bridges programming languages and real-world software reliability.
6 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
prompt-engineering10
typescript10
javascript10
gpt10
agent10
chatgpt10
vscode-extension10
ai10
scripting10
genai10
llm10
espn3
openxml1
vba1
excel1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
microsoft/promptpex
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
Prompt Exploration
Contributions:1 review, 6 pushes, 8 comments in 22 days
microsoft/genaiscript
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
Automatable GenAI Scripting
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 48 pushes in 1 year
agentagentsaichatgptdeepseek-r1
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