Dr. Peter J. Denning Interview (MORS)

Abstract

Dr. Peter J. Denning is a Distinguished Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, where he chairs the Computer Science Department. He was President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the leading professional society for computing, from 1980-82 and is a Fellow of ACM. A listing of Dr. Denning’s publications and a more complete background is available at this web site: http://denninginstitute.com/denning/ . Three previous oral histories have focused on aspects of Dr. Denning’s career: Peter J. Denning interviewed by David Walden, October-December 2012 Volume 34, Issue 4 issue of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing; ACM Oral History Interview Number 20: Peter J. Denning Oral history on August 6, 7, and 8, 2007 conducted by Arthur L. Norberg; and An Interview with Peter Denning: Building a culture of innovation, Ubiquity, an ACM publication, April 2004. This interview was conducted on 18 June 2018 in Dr. Denning’s office at NPS in Monterey, California.