Giuseppe Primiero

CURRENT POSITIONS

• 2018-current Associate Professor of Logic, Dep. of Philosophy, University of Milan, IT.
• 2018-current Visiting Professor, Dep. of Computer Science, Middlesex University London, UK.
• 2020-current Affiliated Member, International Center for Formal Ontology, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
• 2021-current Scientific Advisor, SOFFOS Inc.

PREVIOUS & VISITING POSITIONS

• 2014-2018 Senior Lecturer in Computing Science, Dep. of Computer Science, Middlesex University, UK.
• 2017 Visiting Professor, Universitá degli Studi di Sassari, IT.
• 2013-2016 Guest Professor, Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Ghent University, Belgium.
• 2013-2014 Lecturer in Computing Science, Dep. of Computer Science, Middlesex University,UK.
• 2011 Visiting Fellow, City University of New York, Graduate Center, Programs in Philosophy and Computer Science.
• 2007-2012 Affiliated Senior Researcher, IEG – Information Ethics Group, ComLab, University of Oxford.
• 2007-2013 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University, Belgium.
• 2006 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Leiden University, the Netherlands.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 12/05/2020-29 Qualified for Full Professorship of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Italian Ministry of Research and University.
• 2013–2014 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education – Teaching and Supporting Learning, Middlesex University, London, License HESA: 1310674817794.
• 2011 Qualified in the Research Class of Sciences and Technologies of Information, CNR (Italian National Research Council), Grade: 83/100.

GRANTS, AWARDS & FUND-RAISING

• 2022-2025 PRIN Project no. 2020SSKZ7R, BRIO – BIAS, RISK, OPACITY in AI: design, verification and development of Trustworthy AI.
• 2020 Co-PI, Interdisciplinary Theme Group, ‘Accountability in Medical Autonomous Expert Systems: Ethical and Epistemological Challenges for Explainable AI’, Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (the Netherlands).
• 2017–2021 Co-PI, International Research Project, ‘What is a Program? Historical and Philosophical Perspectives’, ANR (France).
• 2016–2019 Principal Investigator, PhD Scholarship on History of Computing, Middlesex University London, Association for Information Technology Trustee and Leo Computer Society.
• 2012–2015 Post-Doctoral Grant, Research Foundation Flanders.
• 2009–2012 Post-Doctoral Grant, Research Foundation Flanders.
• 2008–2009 Post-Doctoral Grant, Special Research Fund, Ghent University.
• 2007 Post-Doctoral Grant, Special Research Fund Palermo University for Studies Abroad.
• 2003-2004 Huygens Grant, NUFFIC, Dutch Organization for Higher Studies.

ROLES, AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

• 2021-current SILFS – Società Italiana Logica e Filosofia della Scienza 2
• 016–current ACiE – Association Computability in Europe, Secretary General
• 2015–current ACM – Association for Computing Machinery, Member
• 2015–current IACAP – International Association for Computing and Philosophy, Member of the Executive Board
• 2017-current HaPoC – Commission for the History and Philosophy of Computing, Division for the History of Science and Technology, President
• 2013-current FOLLI – The Association of Logic, Language and Information, Member
• 2007-current BSLPS – Belgian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Member
• 2007-current AILA – Associazione Italiana di Logica e sue Applicazioni, Member
• 2006-current SPI -Society for the Philosophy of Information, Founding member
• 2006-current ASL -Association for Symbolic Logic, Member

ACADEMIC ROLES

• 09/2020-current Board Member, PhD in Mind, Brain and Reasoning, Department of Philosophy, Univerisity of Milan 09/2020-current Group OFA Humanities, Dipartimento di Filosofia, Universitá di Milano 09/2019-current Group TECO Humanities, MIUR
• 09/2019-current Tutor Admissions Master Degree in Philosophical Sciences, Department of Philosophy, University of Milan
• 2019-current Member of the Quality Assurance Group, Communication Activities, Department of Philosophy, University of Milan
• 2020-current Member Editorial Board, Giornale di Metafisica, Editrice Morcelliana.
• 2014-current Associate Editor for Philosophy of Computer Science & Technology, Philosophy & Technology, Springer.
• 2013-current current Main Editor for PhilPapers.org, section Philosophy and Computing
• 2015-2018 Organiser Employability and Research Talks, BSc Computer Science, Middlesex University London
• 2015-2018 Member Advisory Group Middlesex University Centre for Ideas, London 2014-2016 Member Standing Steering Committee for the LEO Archive Project
• 2012-2013 Evaluation and Selection Postgraduate Studies in Logic, History and Philosophy of Science, Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

• PC Member, 5th Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming, Lille, France -PC Member, CIE2022, Swansea, UK
• PC Member, CEPE/IACAP Conference 2021, Hamburg, Germany.
• Chair and PC Member, NETREASON Workshop on Reasoning on Social Networks, Colocated with ECAI2020, 09 June 2020, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
• PC Member, HaPoP5 Fifth Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming, Colocated with NewCrafts 2020, 27 May 2020, Paris, France (postponed).
• PC Member, Logic Colloquium 2020 & 2021, Poznan (PL).
• PC Member, HaPoC 2019, Bergamo (IT), 28-30 October, 2019.
• Organiser, Workshop on Identity in Logical and Computational Systems, CLMPST 2019, Prague, Czechia.
• Chair, Computability in Europe 2019, Durham (UK), 15-19 July, 2019.
• Co-Organiser, Workshop on Computer Simulations in the Artificial Sciences, Politecnico di Milano (IT), 22-23 November, 2018.
• PC Member, HaPoP4 Fourth Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming, 23 March 2018, Oxford, UK.
• Co-Organiser, Summer School on Computer Simulation Methods, HLRS Stuttgart (Germany), 25-29 September, 2017.
• PC Member, 7th Workshop on Intuitionistic Modal Logic and Applications (IMLA), co-located with ESSLLI 2017, Toulouse (France), 17-28 July, 2017.
• PC Member S4CIP17: 2nd Workshop on Safety & Security aSSurance for Critical Infrastructures Protection, Affiliated with Co-located with IEEE EuroS&P: 2nd European Symposium on Security and Privacy (April 26-28, 2017), Paris.
• PC Member, HaPoC4 Conference, 4-7 October 2017, Brno, Czechia.
• Organizing Committee HaPoP3, Third Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming, June 25, 2016, Paris, France
• PC Member IACAP16, June 14-17, 2016, Ferrara, Italy -PC Member S4CIP16: 1st Workshop on Safety & Security aSSurance for Critical Infrastructures Protection, Affiliated with ANT2016, May 23-26, 2016, Madrid, Spain
• PC Member, HaPoC3 Conference, 8-11 October 2015, Pisa, Italy.
• Organizing Committee, 31st British Colloquium on Theoretical Computer Science, 14-18 September 2015, Middlesex University London.
• PC Member, Architecting Self-Managing Distributed Systems Workshop, affiliated ECSA 2015, 7 September 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
• PC Member, IACAP Conference, 20-26 June 2015, University of Delaware, US.
• PC and Organizing Committee Member, 7th Workshop on the Philosophy of Information, UCL, 30-31 March 2015.
• PC Member, IACAP Conference, 1-4 July 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Chair, HaPoC Workshop, IACAP Conference, 1-4 July 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Chair, HaPoC Special Session, CiE Conference, 23-27 June 2014, Budapest, Hungary.
• Chair, 2nd Workshop on the History and Philosophy of Programming, AISB Symposium, 4th April 2014, London, UK.
• PC Member, HaPoC2 Conference, 28-31 October 2013, Paris, France.
• Chair, Proofs, Programs, Procedures, Special Session Conference on Logic and Philosophy of Science, 16-18 September 2013, Ghent University, Belgium.
• Chair, International Meeting Turing in Context II, Flemish Academy of Science, 19 November 2012. Affiliated event to the Turing Centennial.
• Chair, 1st Workshop on History and Philosophy of Programming, AISB/IACAP Conference, Birmingham, July 2012.
• Chair, International Meeting Turing in Context I, King’s College Cambridge, 18-19 February 2012 -Chair, HaPoC1 Conference, Ghent University, 7-10 November 2011
• Chair, International Workshop Proof Systems at the test of Computer Science: Foundational and Applicational Encounters, 14 th Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, June 2011, Nancy, France.
• PC and Organizing Committee Member, 3rd Workshop on the Philosophy of Information, Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts, 18-19 November 2010.
• PC Member, International Conference Logic, Reasoning and Rationality, Ghent University, 20-22 September 2010.
• LC Member, Studia Logica Conference Trends in Logic VI, Brussels, 11-12 December 2008.

PHD SUPERVISION

• 2020-23 Alberto Termine, PhD in Philosophy, University of Milan.
• 2016-20 Elisabetta Mori, PhD in History of Computing, Middlesex University London.

TEACHING

• 2020-current Logic of Computation and Information, MA in Philosophical Sciences, University of Milan.
• 2018–2020 Philosophy of Computing and Information (Module Leader), MA in Philosophical Sciences, University of Milan.
• 2018–current Logic, BA in Philosophy, University of Milan.
• 2015–2018 History and Philosophy of Computing (Module Leader), BSc Computer Science, Middlesex University London.
• 2013–2018 Programming and Mathematical Foundations), BSc Computer Science, Middlesex University London.
• 2014–2015 Databases: Design and Online, BSc Computer Science, Middlesex University London.
• 2013–2014 Software Development: Java, BSc Computer Science, Middlesex University London.
• 2012–2014 Fuzzy Sets and Approximate Reasoning, Postgraduate Studies in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science, Ghent University (Belgium).
• 2007-2012 Survey of Philosophy of Mathematics, Postgraduate Studies in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science, Ghent University (Belgium).
• 2002-2006 Logic I & Philosophy of Logic, BA in Philosophy and Ethical Sciences, Palermo University, Italy.

LANGUAGES

• Italian Native Speaker
• English Fluent
• Dutch Fluent
• German Limited Proficiency
• Swedish Basic Knowledge