Peter Reiher

Peter Reiher is an adjunct professor of computer science in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA and an expert in computer networks and computer security. He has spent more than 20 years developing systems for secure collaboration over insecure networks as well as defenses against network-level attacks.

Reiher directs the Laboratory for Advanced Systems Research, which conducts research on active networks, network security, operating systems, file systems, distributed systems, and systems support for mobile computing and wireless networks, and also the security of autonomous vehicles and vehicular networks.

In his research on cybersecurity, Reiher has focused on Internet security issues, such as distributed denial of service attacks.