Peter A. H. Peterson

Contact Info

Dr. Peter A. H. Peterson
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
329 Heller Hall
University of Minnesota Duluth
1114 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812

Email: pahp@d.umn.edu (preferred)
Tel: 218-726-7988 (if you must)
Fax: 218-726-8240 (???)

My personal Mastodon account:

@tastytronic@teh.entar.net (Mastodon)

README

My CV
Awarded NSF CAREER 2146129 to characterize Adversarial Thinking (AT), develop a non-technical test for AT (ATA), and validate and use the ATA.
Awarded NSF 2138934 to evaluate enhancements to security education at the US Military academies using the CATS project’s CCI.
Awarded NSF grant 1821788 to identify and fix common-sense misconceptions in security.
Our PDP-12 Restoration Project (including YouTube channel and mailing list)
Lessons From LARS (short video lessons about valuable software tools)
Need some advice on buying a computer for UMD’s CS program?
My Google Scholar profile.

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Fall 2013.
Thesis title: Datacomp: Locally Independent Adaptive Compression for Real-World Systems.
Advisor Peter L. Reiher.
M.S., Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Winter 2009.
Bachelor of Music Education, North Park University, Chicago, IL. Spring 1999.

Office Hours

Spring’24 and later: in person (HH 329 or HH 334)
M: 11-11:50
W: 12-12:50
F: 9-9:50
You can always message me on your course Slack or via email for asynchronous help.
Please knock to let me know if you are waiting to talk to me, as I keep the door closed to help my concentration.
Zoom: I’m happy to do office hours via Zoom by request (i.e., I don’t log into Zoom for office hours unless someone requests it). You can find my Zoom office hours URL by going to: https://lars.d.umn.edu/oh/
Office Hour times don’t work for you? Feel very free to message me to set a time to meet in person or on Zoom.
You might also find me in HH 334 (the LARS lab)

Current Teaching

Spring 2024

Past Teaching

Fall 2023

Spring 2023

CS 4332 / 5332 Computer Security
CS 5732 Advanced Computer Security

Fall 2022

CS 4312 / 5312 Operating Systems

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50 MWAH 177
Lab (002): M 6:00-6:50 MWAH 177

CS 4332 / 5332 Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 12:00-12:50 MWAH 177
Lab (002): Th 5:00-5:50 MWAH 187
Lab (003): Th 6:00-6:50 MWAH 187

Spring 2022

CS 4332 / 5332 Computer Security

CS 5732 Advanced Computer Security

Spring 2021

CS 4332 / 5332 Computer Security (fka 4821)

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50 via Zoom
Lab (002): Th 5:00-5:50 via Zoom
Lab (003): Th 6:00-6:50 via Zoom

CS 5732 Advanced Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 1:00-1:50 via Zoom
Lab (002): T 7:00-7:50 via Zoom

Fall 2020

CS 4332 / 5332 Computer Security (fka 4821)

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 12:00-12:50 via Zoom
Lab (002): Th 5:00-5:50 via Zoom
Lab (003): Th 6:00-6:50 via Zoom

Independent Study: Data Compression

Syllabus

Spring 2020

CS 4332 / 5332 Computer Security (fka 4821)

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50 in Solon Campus Center (SCC) 120
Lab (002): Th 6:00-6:50 in MWAH 187
Lab (003): Th 7:00-7:50 in MWAH 187

CS 5732 Advanced Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 1:00-1:50 in Heller Hall (H) 306
Lab (002): M 4:00-4:50 in MWAH 187

Fall 2019

CS 4332 / 5332 Computer Security (fka 4821)

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 12:00-12:50 in Humanities (H) 314
Lab (002): Th 6:00-6:50 in MWAH 187
Lab (003): Th 7:00-7:50 in MWAH 187

CS 4821 Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50 in VKH 221
Lab (002): Th 5:00-5:50 in MWAH 187
Lab (003): Th 6:00-6:50 in MWAH 187

CS 5631 Operating Systems

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 1:00-2:00 in CHEM 150
Lab (002): M 7:00-7:50 in MWAH 177
Lab (003): M 8:00-8:50 in MWAH 177

Fall 2018

CS 4821 Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 12:00-12:50 in MWAH 191
Lab (002): M 5:00-5:50 in MWAH 187
Lab (003): M 6:00-6:50 in MWAH 187

CS 8821 Advanced Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture / Lab: MW 3:00-4:40 in HH 306

Spring 2018

CS 5631 Operating Systems

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 10:00-11:00 in ABAH 225
Lab I: M 3:00-3:50 in MWAH 177
Lab II: M 4:00-4:50 in MWAH 177

Fall 2017

CS 4821 Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 1:00-1:50 in ABAH 245
Lab (002): M 3:00-3:50 in MWAH 177
Lab (003): M 4:00-4:50 in MWAH 177

CS 8821 Advanced Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture / Lab: MWF 8:00-9:40 in MWAH 175/187

Spring 2017

CS 5631 Operating Systems

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 10:00-11:00 in CHEM 150
Lab I: M 5:00-6:50 in MWAH 177
Lab II: M 7:00-8:50 in MWAH 177

CS 4821 Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 1:00-1:50 in HH 306
Lab: Th 4:00-5:50 in MWAH 187

Fall 2016

CS 4821 Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MWF 1:00-1:50 HH 306
Lab: M 5:00-6:50 MWAH 187

CS 8821 – Advanced Computer Security

Syllabus
Lecture: MW 8:00-9:40 MWAH 175

Spring 2016

CS 5631 Operating Systems. We’ll be using Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces by Remzi and Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau. It should be a lot of fun! If you’re interested in Operating Systems you should totally take this class. We’re going to get our hands dirty playing with operating systems. [poster] Syllabus.
CS 4821 Computer Security. Syllabus

Fall 2015

CS 4821 – Computer Security (MWF 1:00-1:50, M 5:00-6:50)
CS 8821 – Advanced Computer Security (MW 8:00-9:40)

Spring 2015

CS 4821 – Computer Security (MWF 10:00-10:50, M 4:00-5:50)

Research

The Laboratory for Advanced Research in Systems (LARS) is located in HH 334.

We research topics related to:

Computer Security
Operating Systems, especially Adaptive Compression
Energy Efficiency
Computer Science Education with a focus on Security

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