Paul E. Oppenheimer, Curriculum Vitae Address: 8626 E. Mackenzie Dr., Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Phone: (480) 558-6779 (cell); (480) 994-3933 (alt) Birthdate: May 22, 1953 Electronic Mail: paul@peoppenheimer.org World Wide Web Home Page: http://peoppenheimer.org/ Education: * M.A., Philosophy, Princeton University, 1981 Honors and Awards: * Runner-Up, Gordon Bell Prize, SuperComputing 1993. * Department of Philosophy nominee, APGA Teaching Prize, Princeton University, 1982. * University Fellowship, Philosophy Department, Princeton University, 1978-1982. Professional Experience: * Document Editor, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 2006- * Virtual Member, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2003- * Independent Scholar, 2003- * Research Associate, NSF Engineering Research Center, College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1999-2004. * Research Associate (Courtesy Appointment), College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 1993-1994. * Research Associate (Courtesy Appointment), Supercomputer Computations Research Institute (DOE), Florida State University, 1990-1993. * Research Associate (Courtesy Appointment), Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 1988-1990. * Applications Engineer, Thinking Machines Corporation, 1988-1994 * Research Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Lab (Vision Machine Project), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986-1988 * Summer Intern, Computer Science Lab, SRI International, 1984. * Software Consultant, Electronic Data Systems, 1983-1984. * Curriculum Designer & Software Designer, Computer*Thought Corporation, 1983. * Instructor, Philosophy Department, Princeton University, 1982-1983. * Instructor, Department of Information Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1978. * Research Programmer, Department of Computer Science (Heuristic Programming Project), Stanford University, 1975-1976. * Research Programmer, Institute for the Mathematical Study of the Social Sciences, Stanford University, 1975-1976. Other Teaching Experience: * Princeton University * University of Illinois at Chicago * Michigan State University Publications and Works in Progress: Articles: A7. P. Oppenheimer, E. Zalta, "Reflections on the Logic of the Ontological Argument", Studia Neoaristotelica, 4/1 (2007): 28-35. A6. G. Brook, P. Oppenheimer, C. Weatherford, I. Banicescu, J. Zhu, "Accuracy Studies of a Parallel Algorithm for Solving the Hydrodynamic Formulation of the Time-Dependent Schroedinger Equation", Journal of Molecular Structure, 592 (2002): 69-77. A5. G. Brook, P. Oppenheimer, C. Weatherford, I. Banicescu, J. Zhu, "Solving the Hydrodynamic Formulation of Quantum Mechanics: A Parallel MLS Method", International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 85/11 (2001): 263-271. A4. P.W. Leung, Z. Liu, E. Manousakis, M.A. Novotny, and P.E. Oppenheimer, "Density of States of the Two-dimensional Hubbard Model on a 4x4 Lattice", Physical Review B, 46/18 (November 1992), 11779-11786. A3. P.W. Leung, and P.E. Oppenheimer, "Implementation of the Lanczos Algorithm for the Hubbard Model on the Connection Machine CM-2 System", Comp. in Phys., 6 (1992), 603. A2. Oppenheimer, P., and Zalta, E., "On the Logic of the Ontological Argument", Philosophical Perspectives, 5 (1991): 509-529; selected for republication in The Philosopher's Annual: 1991, XIV (1993): 255-275. A1. Oppenheimer, P., and Meerbote, R., "The Certainty of Skepticism," Grazer Philosophische Studien, 11 (1980). Book Chapter: BC1. Poggio, T., Little, J., Gamble, E., Geiger, D., Weinshall, D., Villalba, M., Larson, N., Cass, T., Buelthoff, H., Drumheller, M., Oppenheimer, P., Yang, W., Hurlburt, A., Beymer, D., O'Donnell, P., and Gillett, W., "The MIT Vision Machine," Proceedings of the DARPA Workshop on Image Understanding, (1988); reprinted as "The MIT Vision Machine" in Artificial Intelligence at MIT: Expanding Frontiers (Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 1990), pages 492-529. Conference Proceedings: CP1. G. Sabot, S. Wholey, J. Berlin, P. Oppenheimer, "Parallel Execution of a Fortran 77 Weather Prediction Model", in Proceedings of the 1993 ACM/IEEE Conference on Supercomputing, New York: ACM Press, 1993. Translations: T1. Czech translation of A2, ‘O Logice Ontologického Dukazu’, Petr Hromek (trans.), in Studia Neoaristotelica, 4/1 (2007): 5–27. Current Research: CR4. Oppenheimer, Paul E., Fitelson, Branden, and Zalta, Edward N., Computational Metaphysics Website, http://mally.stanford.edu/cm/. CR3. Oppenheimer, Paul E., Fitelson, Branden, and Zalta, Edward N., "Computational Metaphysics, Leibniz, and Frege", in preparation. CR2. Oppenheimer, Paul E., and Zalta, Edward N., "Concerning a Difference Between Relational Type Theory and Functional Type Theory", under review by the Journal of Logic and Computation. CR1. Oppenheimer, Paul E., and Zalta, Edward N., "A Computationally-Discovered Simplification of the Ontological Argument", under review by the Journal of Philosophy. Other Professional Activities: * Guest Lectures, Parallel Programming courses, Computer Science Department, Mississippi State University, 2000 or thereabouts. * Guest Lectures, Philosophy of Religion courses, Philosophy Department, Mississippi State University, 1998-2000. * Invited Lecture, Philosophy Club, Mississippi State University, 2000. * Invited Lecture (with Edward N. Zalta), "On the Logic of the Ontological Argument", Philosophy Department, Oregon State University, December 1993. * Conference Presentation (with Edward N. Zalta), "On the Logic of the Ontological Argument", Pacific Division Meetings, American Philosophical Association, March 1990, abstract in Proceedings and Addresses of the APA, 63/4 (December 1989): 78-9. * Commentator on a paper about Zeno's Paradox at an APA Eastern Division meeting some year between 1978 and 1983.