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Mordechai Ben-Ari

Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari is an Israeli computer scientist and professor emeritus of computer science education at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

born 1948Computer science education researchThe Jeliot program animation systemComputer science textbooksEducational robotics with Thymio

Born: 11 December 1948
Occupation: computer scientist, engineer, university teacher
Education: Tel Aviv University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mordechai Ben-Ari was born in 1948

Mordechai Ben-Ari was born on December 11, 1948. He became a computer scientist, engineer and university teacher.

He is a professor emeritus of computer science education at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He has written many textbooks and built software tools for teaching computer science. His work centers on learning theoretical topics such as concurrency and mathematical logic.

With the University of Joensuu, his group developed Jeliot, a program animation system for teaching basic programming. He also worked with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne on educational robotics with the Thymio robot. He published three open access books with Springer, including Elements of Robotics with Francesco Mondada.

Milestones in Mordechai Ben-Ari's life

1948
Born on December 11.
2004
Received the ACM SIGCSE Award for contributions to computer science education.
2009
Named an ACM Distinguished Educator.
2019
Received the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Award.