Benjamin Van Roy is an Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and, by courtesy, Computer Science, at Stanford University. He has held visiting positions as the Wolfgang and Helga Gaul Visiting Professor at the University of Karlsruhe and as the Chin Sophonpanich Foundation Professor of Banking and Finance at Chulalongkorn University. He has been involved with several technology companies as a researcher, advisor, founder, or director. He received the SB (1993) in Computer Science and Engineering and the SM (1995) and PhD (1998) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, all from MIT.