Ben Spector co-founded Flapping Airplanes with Asher Spector and Aidan Smith. Previously, he researched efficient machine-learning systems as a computer science doctoral student at Stanford with Christopher Ré, supported by the Hertz Foundation. His work includes ThunderKittens, GPU kernels and speculative decoding. Before Stanford, he earned an SB in computer science and mathematics and an MEng in computer science at MIT, advised by Tim Kraska.
Co-founder
Doctoral Researcher
Worked with Christopher Ré on efficient machine-learning systems and GPU kernels.
Doctoral studies, Computer Science
MEng, Computer Science
SB, Computer Science and Mathematics
