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Recent Talks and Conferences (past two years)
For a more complete list (since 2002) click here.

    March 2009: "Scientific models, simulation, and the experimenter's regress", Models and Simulations 3, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.

    September 2008: "Denotation, Representation, and the Minimality Constraint", Workshop on Model-Based Representation in Scientific Practice, National University of Singapore.

    November 2007: “Local reductionism, epistemic injustice, and the epistemology of testimony", Institut für Philosophie, Freie Universität Berlin. (invited talk)

    November 2007: “Coherence and indirect confirmation across scientific models: a case study and its epistemological implications", EPSA07: 1st Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.

    August 2007: “Philosophy of Science and Technology: Implications for Professionals in Education", National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. (invited talk)

    July 2007: “Model-based Representation and the Minimality Constraint", Annual Meeting of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, Bristol, England.

    May 2007: “Learning from others: testimony and the cognitive role of culture", International Conference on Cognition and the Study of Culture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

    May 2007: “Coherence and indirect confirmation across scientific models: a case study and its epistemological implications", Dept. of History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology. (invited talk)

Awards and Research Grants

    2008: Principal Investigator, Project on Model-Based Representation in Scientific Practice, Ministry of Education (MoE) Academic Research Fund (FRC) Grant, Tier 1

    2005: Graduate Essay Prize of the British Society for the History of Philosophy

    2004: Conference Grant, National Science Foundation

    2001: Jennifer Redhead Prize, Graduate programme in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, University of Cambridge

    2000: Fourth Prize in the German National Research Competition for Students of the Körber-Stiftung (Deutscher Studienpreis 1998/99), topic: "Risk and Systems Theory: From Control Theory to the Sustainable Management of Complex Systems."

Professional Service and Conference Organization

Miscellaneous Activities

    since 2001: Associate (since 2002: partner) of mediheld, leading German manufacturer of medical software for handheld devices (Palm)

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