Peter Lee (computer scientist)
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Peter Lee is an American computer scientist
. He is a Distinguished Scientist and Managing Director of Microsoft Research
, Redmond
, USA. Previously, he was the head of the Transformational Convergence Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
and the Department Chair of the Carnegie Mellon University
. His research focuses on software security and reliability.
Lee received his PhD
degree from the University of Michigan
in May 1987. He is a Fellow
of the Association for Computing Machinery
.
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
. He is a Distinguished Scientist and Managing Director of Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research
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, Redmond
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, USA. Previously, he was the head of the Transformational Convergence Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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and the Department Chair of the Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
. His research focuses on software security and reliability.
Lee received his PhD
PHD
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degree from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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in May 1987. He is a Fellow
Fellow
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of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
.