Paul E. Oppenheimer

Curriculum Vitæ

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://www.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.

Areas of Specialization

• Metaphysics
• Computational Approaches to Quantum Mechanics
• Philosophy of Religion

Areas of Competence

• Epistemology
• Applied Ethics

Areas of Current Research

• Automated Reasoning
• History of Analytic Philosophy
• Axiomatic Metaphysics
• Computational Metaphysics

Professional Experience

• Document Editor, Stanford University, 2006–
• Independent Scholar, 2003–
• Research Associate, NSF Engineering Research Center, College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1999–2004.
• Research Associate, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 1993–1994.
• Research Associate, Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State University, 1990–1993.
• Research Associate, 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/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, 1975–1976.

Refereed Publications

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Poggio, T., Little, J., Gamble, E., Geiger, D., Weinshall, D., Villalba, M., Larson, N., Cass, T., Bülthoff, 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.
• Oppenheimer, P., and Meerbote, R., "The Certainty of Skepticism," Grazer Philosophische Studien, 11 (1980).

Other Professional Activities

• Guest Lecture, Wallace Murphree's Course: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy Department, Mississippi State University, 1998.
• Guest Lecture, Wallace Murphree's Course: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy Department, Mississippi State University, 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 Co-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