'Andries „Andy“ van Dam' er professor of computer science and Vice-President for Research at Brown University in Providence, RI. He was one of the founders of the Brown Computer Science Department and its first chairman from 1979 to 1985. He was the second person to ever receive a Ph.D. in Computer Science.

Van Dam er nok mest kendt for at have skabt det første hypertekstsystem, HES. Begrebet hypertext, blev skabt af Ted Nelson der arbejdede sammen med van Dam på det tidspunkt.

<ref>Andries Van Dam: [http://www.cs.brown.edu/memex/HT_87_Keynote_Address.html Keynote '87 Key Note Address]</ref>