Peter Denning

Peter Denning serves as Professor of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School, where he maintains active research and teaching responsibilities. He previously held leadership roles as president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and editor-in-chief of Communications of the ACM, and currently serves as editor of ACM Ubiquity. His prolific scholarly output includes ten authored books, notably "Great Principles of Computing" (MIT Press, 2015), and over four hundred scientific publications spanning decades of contribution to computing disciplines.

Denning's research encompasses an exceptionally wide spectrum of computer science domains, ranging from foundational areas like Computer Architecture, Programming Languages, and Operating Systems to applied fields including Data Mining & Machine Learning, Security & Privacy, and Human-Computer Interaction. His interdisciplinary work extends into Science Policy, Social Computing, and Emerging Technologies, reflecting both technical depth and societal engagement across computational theory, systems, and applications.