Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy, Yale University
| Evolutionary Meta-Learning in Neural Networks as a Neutral Testing Ground for Nativismand Empiricism | |
| at British Society for Philosophy of Science (BSPS), Leeds, UK | July 23rd, 2026 |
| Topological Asymmetry Neutralizes Leibniz's Shift Argument and Collapses Categorical Equivalence | |
| at Foundations of Physics, UC Irvine, CA, USA | June 17th, 2026 |
| Hausdorff and the Underdetermination of Space by Evidence | |
| at Felix Hausdorff Conference (Yale), New Haven, CT, USA | May 2026 |
| Evolutionary Epistemology In Silico: Exploring Nature and Nurture with Neural Networks | |
| at Laurie Paul's Group Meeting, New Haven, CT, USA | April 2026 |
| Evolutionary Epistemology In Silico: Exploring Nature and Nurture with Neural Networks | |
| at ELLMM Talk Series (Yale) New Haven, CT, USA | April 2026 |
| Evolutionary Meta-Learning: A New Framework for Linguistic Nativism | |
| at Computational Linguistics at Yale (CLAY), New Haven, CT, USA | February 2026 |
| The End of Nature vs. Nurture: Why AI Won't Inherit Our Philosophical Puzzles | |
| at P&P Meeting - Digital Ethics Cneter (Yale), New Haven, CT, USA | September 2025 |
| Undercutting the Spatiotemporal Underpinnings of the Humean Mosaic | |
| at Quantum Gravity and the Laws of Nature Workshop, Geneva Switzerland | December 2024 |
| Searching for New Spacetimes: Towards A Dynamics-First View of Topology | |
| at History and Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar, Bonn, Germany | November 2024 |
| Deflating Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology |
| Surrey Summer School, South Hampton, UK, July 2024 |
| In Search of New Spacetime: The ISE Method of Topological Redescription |
| Oxford Philosophy of Physics Seminar, Oxford, UK, May 2024 |
| In Search of New Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology |
| Technion University Job Talk, Haifa, Israel, Feb 2024 |
| In Search of New Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology |
| University of Bonn Job Talk, Bonn, Germany, Feb 2024 |
| In Search of New Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology |
| Chapman University Job Talk, Orange, CA, USA, Feb 2024 |
| In Search of New Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology |
| Oxford Philosophy of Physics Workshop, Oxford, UK, Sept 2023 |
| Deflating Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology |
| Third Hermann Minkowski Meeting, Albena, Bulgaria, Sept 2023 |
| From Humean Laws to a Neo-Kantian Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology |
| First International Colloquium: 'Emergence and Time', Braga, Portugal, Sept 2023 |
| A Dynamics-First View of Topology: Topological Redescription via the ISE Method |
| Foundations of Physics 2023, Bristol UK, July 2023 |
| In Search of New Spacetimes: Spacetime Non-Fundamentality Even for Well-Established Physics |
| Oxford Practice Job Talk , Oxford UK, Feb 2023 |
| Deflating Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of the Spacetime Manifold |
| Barrio RQI, Waterloo ON Canada, Jan 2023 |
| Deflating Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of the Spacetime Manifold |
| DPhil Seminar, Oxford UK, Nov 2022 |
| Regularity Relationism without a Manifold |
| LMP 2022, London ON CAN, June 12th 2022 |
| The Pragmatic QFT Measurement Problem and the Need for a Heisenberg-like Cut in QFT | Video |
| Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetime 2022, Online, May 2022 |
| The Pragmatic QFT Measurement Problem Requires a Heisenberg-like Cut in QFT |
| Establishing the Philosophy of Supersymmetry, Stockholm Sweden, May 2022 |
| Two Discrete Analogs of General Covariance: Could the world be fundamentally set on a lattice? |
| Barrio RQI, Waterloo ON Canada, April 20th 2022 |
| A Discrete Analog of General Covariance: Could the world be fundamentally set on a lattice? | Video |
| at ILMPS 2022, Milan, Italy, April 6th 2022 |
| The Pragmatic QFT Measurement Problem: A Tale Of Two Detector Models | Slides |
| at Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch, Oxford UK, February 10th 2022 | Video Part 1 |
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| Video Part 3 | |
| Video Part 4 | |
| Video Part 5 |
| Window to the World: America |
| at Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2021 (Online), September 22nd 2021 |
| The Unruh Effect in Slow Motion | Slides |
| at RQI-Online, Waterloo ON CAN, March 10th 2021 | Video Talk |
| Video Abstract |
| A Discrete Analog of General Covariance | Slides |
| at Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch, Oxford UK, January 22nd 2021 | Video Part 1 |
| Video Part 2 | |
| Video Part 3 | |
| Video Part 4 |
| Discrete General Covariance | Slides |
| at Barrio RQI, Waterloo ON Canada, January 13th 2021 | Video Part 1 |
| Video Part 2 | |
| Video Part 3 |
| National University of Singapore, March 2019 |
| RQI-South, Brisbane Australia, February 2019 |
| CAP 2018, Halifax NS Canada, June 2018 |
| Probing the Spacetime Fabric 2017, Trieste Italy, July 2017 |
| RQI-North 2017, Kyoto Japan, July 2017 |
| Spacetime and Information Workshop 2017, Manitoulin ON Canada, June 2017 |
| CAP 2017, Kingston ON Canada, May 2017 |
| CAP 2016, Ottawa ON Canada, June 2016 |
| RQI-North 2016, Waterloo ON Canada, June 2016 |
| OSU AMO Research Day, Stillwater OK USA, July 2013 |
| DAMOP Physics Conference, Quebec City QB Canada, June 2013 |
| Heidelberg Laureate Forum (Virtual), Sept 2020 |
| Vienna Summer School 2020 on Gravitational Quantum Physics (Virtual), Sept 2020 |
| Engineered Quantum Systems School, Helsinki Finland, June 2019 |
| Quantum Thermodynamics 2019, Espoo Finland, June 2019 |
| Canadian Graduate Quantum Conference 2019, Jouvence QB Canada, June 2019 |
| Quantum Thermodynamics 2018, Santa Barabara CA USA, June 2018 |
| Canadian Graduate Quantum Conference 2018, Vancouver BC Canada, June 2018 |
| Theory Canada 2018, Antigonish NS Canada, June 2018 |
| Theory Canada 11, Ottawa ON Canada, June 2016 |
| National University of Singapore, March 2019 |
| Sao Carlos, Brazil, June 2013 |