Peter Neumann

Peter Neumann, Ph.D., principal scientist in the Computer Science Laboratory at SRI International, is concerned with computer systems, networks, security, reliability, survivability, safety, election-system integrity, and privacy. With doctorates from Harvard and Darmstadt, he moderates the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Risks Forum, chairs the ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, and cofounded People For Internet Responsibility. He authored Computer-Related Risks.

He is a member of the U.S. General Accounting Office information technology executive council, and the National Science Foundation Computer Information Science and Engineering advisory board. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Neumann was named an SRI Fellow in 2001.