Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Peter Michael Gerdes
Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley
gerdes@invariant.org
Evans Hall #3840
Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
(510) 457-5716
Research Interests
Computability theory and the relation of set/function properties to computational strength.
Education
Ph.D., Group in Logic and Methodology of Science, (expected Spring 2008)
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, Ca
B.S., Mathematics (with honor), Spring 2001 Berkeley, Ca
Thesis: (forthcoming) Moduli of Computation
Adviser: Prof. Leo A. Harrington
Adviser: Prof. Leo A. Harrington
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, Ca
Pasadena, Ca
Honors
Eric Temple Bell Undergraduate Mathematics Research Prize
Awarded in 2000
A cash prize of $500 awarded for the best original mathematics paper written by a Caltech junior or senior.
Physics 11 Program A cash prize of $500 awarded for the best original mathematics paper written by a Caltech junior or senior.
Awarded in 1998
One of a handful (~10) of students selected on the basis of solutions to open-ended modeling problems to participate in the physics 11 research program and receive summer research support.
One of a handful (~10) of students selected on the basis of solutions to open-ended modeling problems to participate in the physics 11 research program and receive summer research support.
Publications
S. Gao and P. M. Gerdes, "Computably enumerable equivalence relations," Studia Logica, vol. 67,
pp. 27-59, Feb. 2001.
Publications Refereed
A. E. Lewis, "On a question of Slaman and Groszek," Proceedings of the American Mathematical
Society, To Appear.
Talks
- Sets With A Non-Uniform Self-Modulus, January 2008, ASL Winter Meeting.
- Sets With A Self-Modulus Bounding No Non-Recursive Δα Set, April 2007, Graduate Student Conference In Logic.
- Comments in response to Belief and Beyond, May 2005, Formal Epistemology Workshop.
Teaching Experience
| 2007 Spring | TA for "Analytic Geometry and Calculus" |
|---|---|
| 2006 Fall | TA for "Analytic Geometry and Calculus" |
| 2006 Spring | TA for "Philosophy of Science" |
| 2005 Fall | TA for "Introduction to Philosophy of Science" |
| 2005 Spring | TA for "Introduction to Logic" |
| 2004 Fall | TA for "Introduction to Logic" |
| 2004 Spring | TA for "Linear Algebra & Differential Equations" |
| 2003 Fall | TA for (freshman) "Calculus" |
| 2003 Spring | TA for (freshman) "Calculus" |
| 2002 Fall | TA for "Linear Algebra & Differential Equations" |
| 2002 Spring | TA for (freshman) "Calculus" |
| Attended Berkeley Mathematics Department TA training course. |
