Peter J. Denning, PhD

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Naval Postgraduate School
Computer Science, Code CS
Monterey, CA 93943
831-656-3603 voice
pjd at denningassociates dot com

Professional:

• Publications (page)
• Biosketch (page)
• Awards (page)

Research Interests:

• Innovation Adoption and leadership
• Artificial Intelligence and literacy
• Great Principles of Computing
• Computational Thinking
• Operating Systems
• Performance Modeling
• Cyber Security
• Workflow Management
• High Performance Computing
• Computing Education

Teaching:

• Innovation Leadership (Book 2010: (with Robert Dunham) MIT Press)
  (Book 2024:) Navigating a Restless Sea (with Todd Lyons) Waterside Productions)
  See also TT course, Winning at Innovation, and Workshop)
• Computational Thinking (Book 2019: (with Matti Tedre) MIT Press)
• Great Principles of Computing (Book 2015:(with Craig Martell) MIT Press))
  (Great Principles project and old GMU CS491)
• Operating Systems (Book of Slides: Art of OS 2.0, (replaces ArtOS and GMU CS571))
• Innovation, Emergence, and Communication (See Workshop)
• System Modeling
• Harnessing AI

Completed Projects:

• Resparking Innovation, NSF education fellow (web site)
• Foundations of Innovation (web site and also 2005 World Technology keynote)
• Hyperlearning Center (archived web site)

Facts and Fancy:

• Annual Reflections (page)
• The Ancath Chronicles (pdf)