Your Address Book for Life.
Kristopher Nelson's photo

Kristopher Nelson 7 connections

Teaching Assistant, UCSD
San Diego, CA

Professional Summary

I am a former project manager, systems administrator, and software developer (still consulting in those areas). I then went to law school and graduated in 2009. Now I am in a history of science PhD program, focused on law and technology issues.

Work/Education

Work Experience

University of Washington / Research Assistant (Law)
March 2009 - August 2009
Assisted a professor with intellectual property research, primarily historical licensing contracts between authors and publishers.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Systems Analyst/Programmer
September 1999 - June 2009
• Managed projects from conception through implementation, including client relations, timelines, budgets, communication and deployment.
• Researched and advised on technical and policy issues.
• Consulted with clients on implementing technical and policy-based solutions.
• Participated in team responsible for managing press, from lawsuits to Nobel Prizes.
• Led technical support and development services for main Web site.
May 2008 - July 2008
• Research & writing, discovery, depositions, investigation, and other legal work.
• Speciality is disability/employment law.
January 2008 - May 2008
Researched and wrote legal research memos and judicial opinions (both criminal and civil) under the supervision of Justice Lambden and his staff attorneys.

Education

PhD, History of Science, 2014
JD, Law, 2009
JD, Law, 2009
Bachelor of Arts, Comparative History of Ideas, 1998
View All Public stream

Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Aug 9, 2011

Further reflections on the nature of scientific evidence

For two weeks this July, I participated in a conference/summer session in Vienna (VISU) on the nature of scientific evidence (see also my initial reflections after the first week). The program brought together students and lecturers from a number of disciplines, including philosophy of science... more »

Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Jul 25, 2011

Facebook and Twitter and Google Plus… oh my!

So now we've got three–well, more like four–big players in the social networking space: Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and LinkedIn (sorry MySpace, Live.com, Yahoo!, Bebo, Friendster, XING, and others). Add to that a few other common options–the backyard fence, email, telephone... more »

Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Jul 15, 2011

Legal reasoning by analogy

My VISU presentation on reasoning in analogy in Warren and Brandeis' famous 1890 law review article on privacy.

Open publication – Free publishing – More brandeis more »

Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Jul 9, 2011

Bayesian networks and criminal defense

Image via Wikipedia

I have begun to consider the utility of formal methods of evidential evidence mapping. David Lagnado has presented Bayesian methodologies to us here in Vienna for the last week. Such an approach tends to be math-intensive in its quantitative form, but is powerful as well in its... more »

Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Jul 9, 2011

Initial reflects on the nature of scientific evidence

Image via Wikipedia

For the last week I've been a part of the Vienna Institute Summer University (VISU) at the University of Vienna, at a two-week conference on "The Nature of Scientific Evidence." The program brings together graduate students from a variety of disciplines from around the world... more »

Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry May 31, 2011

The tech transfer process: buffering science from commercialism

Technology transfer offices at universities are key players in the process of putting technology to work. They facilitate the sometimes difficult translation of academic discoveries into private, saleable technology. The offices also serve as a buffer between the demands of private enterprise and... more »

« Prev 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  ...  Next »