Biographical Information

Peter A. Freeman

Peter A. Freeman has been Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation, heading the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate, from 2002-2007. As an Assistant Director he is part of the senior management team that helps formulate national science policy and that operates the NSF. As AD/CISE, he oversees a staff of approximately 100 and a funding budget of over $500M/year. He was Founding Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech in 1990 where he is now an Emeritus Professor. Effective February 1, 2007, he will be a Director of the Washington Advisory Group.  Dr. Freeman received his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1970.