I am Peter Liu. I began teaching C, C++ and Java programming at the School of Computer Studies in September 1998. I am a computer scientist by training and I love being an educator.[https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~peter.liu/] My philosophy of education is that teaching and research complement each other. [http://chronicle.com/article/Want-to-Be-a-Good-Researcher-/128753/] My professional interests are computer science education, [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/wiki open source software development], and geocomputing. I enjoy '''mentoring students''' to undertake independent study and applied research projects. I am a member of [http://www.acm.org/ ACM ] (Association of Computing Machinery), [http://www.sigcse.org/ SIGCSE] (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education), and [http://www.sigsoft.org/ SIGSOFT] (Special Interest Group on Software Engineering). At leisure time, I enjoy doing photography and appreciating paintings. [https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~pliu/pages/Art_links.html] Please visit my website for more details. [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~peter.liu]