Biography

Education

Stanford University, Ph.D. Philosophy. Oxford University, BA, MA, Physics and Philosophy.

Academic

Stanford University Executive Director, Center for the Explanation of Consciousness, CSLI, Fall 2008-present. Faculty-in-Residence, Bing Overseas Program, Oxford, 2016-2017. Consulting Professor, Symbolic Systems, 2012-present. Affiliated Faculty, Bio-X, 2006-present. Consulting Associate Professor, Symbolic Systems, 1998-2012. Consulting Assistant Professor, Symbolic Systems, 1994-1998. Lecturer, Philosophy Department, 1993. Oxford University Fellow in Philosophy, St Edmund Hall, 2017-present. Visiting Faculty, Philosophy, 2016-17, 1996-97. McDonnell-Pew Fellow, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, 1996-97. Visiting Fellow, St Edmund Hall, 1996-97. University of California, Berkeley Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, 2016. Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, 2003, 2007, 2013.

Research and Industry

Founder, Oxford Angel Fund. Venture fund investing in Oxford-educated entrepreneurs and startups with an Oxford affiliation. Professor of Surfing / Search Producer, Yahoo! Inc. Director, Institute for Scientific Computing Research, University of California, LLNL. Senior Researcher, Center for the Study of Language & Information, Stanford University. Research Physicist, Laser Fusion and High-Temperature Plasmas, University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Graduate Research Physicist, Free-Electron Laser, University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Awards

Visiting Fellow, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, 2016-17. McDonnell-Pew Fellow, Oxford University, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, 1996-97. Visiting Fellow, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, 1996-97. Visiting Scholar, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, 1996-97. Research Fellowship, CSLI, Stanford, 1991-92.

Grants

John and Claire Radway Foundation, 2017-18. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Consciousness, Geballe Research Workshops Grant, Stanford Humanities Center, 2011-16. Stanford Neurosciences Institute, 2015. Philosophy of Mind Workshop, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Oxford University, 1998. Neural Networks for Signal Discrimination in Medical Instrumentation, Department of Energy, 1993-96. Computational Infrastructure for Real-Time Face Recognition, Department of Energy, 1995,96. Predictive Neural Networks, Department of Energy, 1992,93. Turbulence in High Density Plasmas, Department of Energy, 1987-90.

Publications

A list of some publications is available here.

Philosophy Research | Talks | Teaching | Publications | Bio | Home

paulsko{AT}stanford{D0T}edu --- --- Symbolic Systems, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305