Hi, I'm Peter.

I'm currently a 2nd year Master's student in Data Science at the University of Pennsylvania (SEAS). I just finished a summer as a software developer at DV Trading and prior to coming to Penn I received my Bachelor of Science from Western University with an Honours Specialization in Data Science. During my undergrad I also completed an academic exchange at Florida Polytechnic University where I met some great people and made a few life-long friends.

I get a lot of energy from learning new things as well as thinking about complex problems. I'm currently a member of the Database Group at Penn, supervised by Prof. Ryan Marcus; I'm investigating how LLMs can be used for query optimization. My primary interests lie at the intersection of machine learning and software systems - in particular, applying machine learning to help solve problems traditionally faced in software systems, building high-performance and scalable machine learning-based applications, and exploring optimization strategies to make integrating traditional machine learning and deep learning models into user-facing applications more practical.

Otherwise I spend my time watching movies, reading, taking part in fitness activities, traveling, bungee jumping, and casually photographing things. A random side quest also occurs from time to time.

In my past life...

I spent some time at Square as a product manager launching products in Europe. It was a supercharged learning experience, I loved it there. Before Square, I was a management consultant at Bain & Co. where I worked in teams using analytical perspectives to develop strategic insights. Also loved it there, 10/10. I'm now decent at Excel and remain subpar at PowerPoint.