Andrew Peterson
Software Developer · acpeters@ucsd.edu · github/andypeterson2
Summary
UC San Diego Computer Science graduate with two and a half years of quantum-computing research at the Qualcomm Institute. I build real-time systems, research prototypes, and the infrastructure that holds them together — turning research-level specifications into working software.
Experience
Research Intern · Qualcomm Institute (CALIT2) 2022 – 2024
- Real-time video encryption —Built a frame-level encryption pipeline for live video with sub-millisecond latency overhead — real-time AES-128-GCM over FFmpeg and WebRTC Insertable Streams.#security
- Simulated a noisy quantum channel (Poisson photon source, fiber attenuation, detector modeling) to validate protocol correctness and verify eavesdrop detection from error-rate anomalies.#quantum#research
- Presented algorithmic research to IBM's VP of Quantum during a campus visit.#research
Co-Founder / President · Quantum Computing at UC San Diego (QCSD) 2021 – 2024
- Co-founded QCSD to fill a gap in undergraduate quantum-computing education at UCSD; formalized processes and handoffs so the org survived complete leadership turnover — now nationally chartered as QCSA.#leadership
President / Competition Committee · ACM Cyber at UCSD 2020 – 2023
- Sustained engagement for the 500-member org through the full COVID lockdown, when most student orgs lost momentum.#leadership
- Centralized documentation in Notion with role-based, least-privilege access controls.#security
Web Developer · RIT Esports 2020 – 2022
- Built and deployed a MERN-stack platform via Docker serving 2,400 monthly active visitors across 6 varsity esports teams with 99.9% uptime.#web#infra
Skills
LanguagesPython, TypeScript, C/C++, Java, SQL
QuantumQiskit, BB84, Grover
InfrastructureDocker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Azure, Linux, CI/CD
AI / MLPyTorch, Scikit-Learn
SecurityCryptography, CTF
Education
B.S. Computer Science · UC San Diego December 2024