Sciences, Philosophie, Histoire – UMR 7219, laboratoire SPHERE

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
ETH Zurich, Chair of History and Philosophy of Mathematical Sciences (D-GESS).

Managing Director
Turing Centre, ETH Zurich.

(Last update: 03/2021)

Research and Teaching Interests

• Philosophy and History of Formal Sciences (Mathematics, Logic, Computer Science)
• Philosophy of Language
• Philosophy and History of Sciences
• Semiology of Mathematics
• Historical Epistemology
• Contemporary French Philosophy

Education

• 2014: PhD in Philosophy, University of Bordeaux Montaigne.
  Dissertation title: “Une archéologie de la logique du sens. Arithmétique et contenu dans le processus de mathématisation de la logique au xixe siècle”. Supervisors: Jean-Michel Salanskis and Charles Ramond.

• 2007-2011: Licence [BSc] in Mathematics (L1-L2), University of Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie.

• 2007: Master [MA] in Philosophy, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

• 2005-2008: École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris (SI 2004).
  Major: Philosophy; Minor: Mathematics.

• 2004: Licenciatura [BA+MA] in Political Sciences, National University of Rosario (UNR, Argentina).

Publications

 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

• J. L. Gastaldi. « Une archéologie de la logique du sens : arithmétique et contenu dans le processus de mathématisation de la logique au XIXe siècle ». Theses. Université Michel de Montaigne - Bordeaux III, sept. 2014. url : https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01174485.

 PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

• J. L. Gastaldi and L. Pellissier. «The Calculus of Language: Explicit Representation of Emergent Linguistic Structure Through Type-Theoretical Paradigms». In : Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (à paraître (date estimée : 2021 Q1)). doi : 10.1080/03080188.2021.1890484.
• J. L. Gastaldi. «Boole’s Untruth Tables: The Formal Conditions of Meaning Before the Emergence of Propositional Logic». In : Logic in question. Ed. by A. Mokteki. Springer, forthcoming (estimated date: 2021 Q4).
• J. L. Gastaldi. «Why Can Computers Understand Natural Language ?». In : Philosophy & Technology 34.1 (2021), p. 149-214. issn : 2210-5441. doi : 10.1007/s13347-020-00393-9. url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-020-00393-9.
• J. L. Gastaldi. «Frege’s Habilitationsschrift: Magnitude, Number and the Problems of Computability». In: History and Philosophy of Computing. 2016, p. 168-185. doi : 10.1007/978-3-319-47286-7_12.
• J. L. Gastaldi. « Par-delà métaphore et littéralité». In : Implications Philosophiques (2016). url : http://www. implications-philosophiques.org/actualite/une/par-dela-metaphore-et-litteralite/.
• J. L. Gastaldi. «Frege’s Habilitationsschrift and the Functional Approach to Magnitudes». In: Preliminary proceedings of the Third international conference on the history and philosophy of computing (HaPoC 2015) : 8-11 Oct. 2015, Pisa, Italy. Ed. by F. Gadducci. Pisa : Pisa University Press, 2015, p. 45-47. isbn : 9788867415762.
• J. L. Gastaldi. «La politique avant l’être. Deleuze, ontologie et politique». In : Cités 40 (2009), p. 59-73. issn : 12995495, 19696876. url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40599521.

 CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS

• J. L. Gastaldi. «De Morgan’s Laws: The Place of Duality in the Emergence of Formal Logic». In: Duality in 19th and 20th century mathematical thinking. Ed. by R. Krömer, E. Haffner et K. Volkert. Birkhäuser, à paraître (date estimée : 2022 Q1).
• J. L. Gastaldi. «L’archéologie à l’épreuve des savoirs formels. Mathématiques et formalisation dans le projet d’une archéologie des savoirs». In: L’épistémologie historique. Histoire et méthodes. Ed. by J.-F. Braunstein, I. M. Diez and M. Vagelli. Éditions de la Sorbonne, 2019.
• J. L. Gastaldi. « Le sens d’une Logique du Sens : Deleuze, Frege et le rendez-vous manqué». In : Gilles Deleuze : Politiques de la Philosophie. Ed. by A. Jdey. Métis Press, 2015, p. 205-227.
• J. L. Gastaldi. «L’esthétique au sein des mots: Discours, figure, ou le renouvellement du projet critique». In: Le Moment philosophique des années 1960 en France. Ed. by P. Maniglier. Presses Universitaires de France, 2011, p. 537-556.
• J. L. Gastaldi. «Qu’est-ce qu’une figure? Lyotard et le problème du fondement d’une théorie de l’expression ». In : Lyotard à Nanterre. Ed. by C. Pagès. Continents philosophiques. Paris : Klincksieck, 2010. isbn : 978-2-252-03774-4.

 EDITION OF COLLECTIVE WORKS

• Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
  Editor of the section “Semiology of Mathematical Practice”. Ed. by Bharath Sriraman, Springer, forthcoming. Contributors: Jeremy Avigad, Karine Chemla, Ladislav Kvasz, Reviel Netz, Lucien Vinciguerra, Juan Pablo Mejía-Ramos, David Waszek. https://meteor.springer.com/historyandphilosophymaths/?id=915&tab=About&mode=ReadPage&entity=6903.
• Computing Cultures : Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
  Guest editor for a special issue of the journal Minds and Machines. With Luc Pellissier. https://www.springer.com/journal/11023/updates/18800754.

 WORK IN PROGRESS

• «Realizability through Abstract Machines : The Dynamics of Interaction in Proof Theory». With Luc Pellissier.
• «Mathematical Language Processing : An end-to-end model for the unsupervised analysis of elementary arithmetic». With Luc Pellissier.
• «The Birth of the Formal : Mathematics, Logic and Language at the turn of the 19th century». Monograph.

 OUTREACH

• J. L. Gastaldi et B. Serra. « Swipe, ou l’écriture tout court. » In : Formules 22 (2020).
• J. L. Gastaldi. « La Ville Lumière ». In : Atlas Solitude. Ed. by S. Editions. Solitude Editions, 2015. Chap. Akademie Schloss Solitude, p. 199-203.
• J. L. Gastaldi. Superpositions. Text for Michaël Sellam’s exhibition : “des choses, de l’espace”, Galerie Vasistas. 2014.
• J. L. Gastaldi. «Bérénice Serra: AD64». In: Infra 7 (2013).
• J. L. Gastaldi. « Ouverture ». In : Quinze ans d’art à HEC. Espace d’art contemporain HEC, 2013, p. 102-105.
• J. L. Gastaldi et D. Alvaro. «Traduction espagnole de: Jean-Luc Nancy, “Les différences parallèles (Deleuze & Derrida)” ». In : Por amor a Derrida. Ed. by M. Cragnolini. La Cebra, 2008, p. 249-262.
• J. L. Gastaldi. « De l’ “intéressant” dans l’art ». In : L’exposition des idées. E.N.S./Villa Arson, 2007.
• J. L. Gastaldi and S. Lorenzi. « Rencontre ». In : L’exposition des idées. E.N.S./Villa Arson, 2007.

Approved Research Projects

• SemioMaths : Towards a theory of mathematical signs based on the automatic treatment of mathematical corpora. (2019-2022)
  Chaire HPM (ETH Zurich), Turing Center Zurich (ETH Zurich), Laboratoire SPHERE (Université de Paris). PI: Juan Luis Gastaldi. Project funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions(Individual Fellowship), H2020 programme of the European Union. Call H2020-MSCA-IF-2018.

• SemioLog : Segmentation et typage par orthogonalité pour le traitement automatique du langage mathématique. (2019-2020)
  SPHERE (Université de Paris), IRIF (Université de Paris). PIs : Juan Luis Gastaldi and Luc Pellissier. Projet funded by the Institut Humanités, Sciences, Sociétés, Université de Paris.

• COSA : Connection Science & Art. (2015-2019)
  MO.CO.ESBA, Institut d’Électronique et Systèmes (Université de Montpellier – CNRS), Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier (Université de Montpellier – CNRS), ENSAM (École Nationale d’Architecture de Montpellier). Persons in charge: Juan Luis Gastaldi and Bruno Alonso.

• Choses de prix : Métaphysique comparée de l’objet d’art et de la marchandise. (2013-2017)
  Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre, Université of Paris 8, PSE, MediaLab Science Po, Musée du Quai Branly and MO.CO.ESBA. PI : Patrice Maniglier, Catherine Perret, Pierre-Yves Geoffard, Bruno Latour, Frédéric Keck and Juan Luis Gastaldi. Funded by the Université de Paris Lumières and the Carasso Foundation.

• Formal Mediums: Arts&Mathematics Platform. (2012-2013)
  Research Platform in art and mathematics, Akademie Schloss Solitude. PI: Juan Luis Gastaldi and Mladen Alexiev.

Organisation of Conferences, Seminars and Lectures

• 2019-: Seminar and Working Group “SemioLog”. SPHERE, IRIF, LLF (Paris Diderot University). Coordinators: Juan Luis Gastaldi and Luc Pellissier.

• 2021: HaPoC-6 (History and Philosophy of Computing). ETH Zurich, Turing Centre Zurich (on behalf of the HaPoC Council). Orginaser: Juan Luis Gastaldi.

• 2021: IC2S2 Satellite Event : Artificial Emotional Intelligence. Can and Should Emotions Be Computed ? ETH Zurich. Organizers: Juan Luis Gastaldi, Samuel Hunziker, Edith Schmid and Jennifer Scurrell. July 27th.

• 2021: Workshop : The Development of 19th Century Geometrical Knowledge. Projective Geometry, Duality, Reflection and Inversion. ETH Zurich, Turing Centre. Organisateurs : Juan Luis Gastaldi et Idit Chikurel. 24-25 Juin.

• 2016-2019: Seminar “Semiomaths”. SPHERE (CNRS, University of Paris Diderot). Organizers: J. L. Gastaldi, P. Maniglier and D. Rabouin. Person in charge: J. L. Gastaldi.

• 2019: Lecture series “Around digital humanities and their uses in the history and philosophy of science”. SPHERE (Paris Diderot University). Co-organized with Emmylou Haffner et Edgar Lejeune.

• 2018: “Semiomaths” First International Workshop. ETH Zurich. Person in charge: J. L. Gastaldi. Organizers: Chair HPM (D-GESS ETHZ), Turing Centre Zurich, SPHERE (Paris Diderot Uni- versity).

• 2015-2016: Seminar “Mathématiques 19e-20e, histoire et philosophie”. SPHERE (Paris Diderot Univ.). Organizers: S. Decaens, D. Waszek, P. Bertin and J. L. Gastaldi.

• 2016: Workshop “Poetry and Computing”. MO.CO.ESBA - hTh, Montpellier, France.

• 2011-2013: Seminar “Formalisme(s): la philosophie française et les sciences formelles”. CIEPFC
  (ENS Paris). Organizers: J. L. Gastaldi and T. Tho.

• 2012: “Formal Seminar”. Research seminar about formalism in art, philosophy and sciences. Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany..

• 2010: Workshop “Theory of Expression and Aesthetics”. LNS Laboratory (EA 4201), Bordeaux
  Montaigne University. Organizers: J. L. Gastaldi and Julia Peker.

• 2009: Workshop “Deleuze and Philosophy”. UNR, Rosario, Argentina. Organizers: J. L. Gastaldi
  and M. Navarro.

Prizes, Awards, Fellowships

• 2019-2022: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, H2020-MSCA-IF-2018.

• 2011-2012: Research Fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.

• 2007-2011: Doctoral Fellowship “LNS”, Bordeaux Montaigne University, France.

• 2005-2007: Masters Fellowship “Saint-Exupéry”, French Government and Argentinian Government.

• 2005: “Leaders” Scholarships (for students with the top academic records in Latin America). Carolina Foundation, Spain.

• 2004 : “Best Average Grade” distinction. National University of Rosario, Argentina.

• 2003: Scholarship “Outstanding Student”. Acindar Foundation, Argentina.