Nathaniel Christen

Nathaniel Christen is Lead Software Architect at Linguistic Technology Systems, in Fort Lee, NJ (USA). He received a BA in Mathematics, with a concentration in theoretical computer science, from Simon's Rock of Bard College in Massachusetts. He later completed his Masters in Cultural Studies at George Mason University in Virginia. He is a doctoral candidate (on leave) at the University of Ottawa in Canada. His doctoral research and dissertation have focused on the interrelation of phenomenology...See more

Nathaniel Christen is Lead Software Architect at Linguistic Technology Systems, in Fort Lee, NJ (USA). He received a BA in Mathematics, with a concentration in theoretical computer science, from Simon's Rock of Bard College in Massachusetts. He later completed his Masters in Cultural Studies at George Mason University in Virginia. He is a doctoral candidate (on leave) at the University of Ottawa in Canada. His doctoral research and dissertation have focused on the interrelation of phenomenology, cognitive linguistics, and the philosophy of science. Mr. Christen has served as a technology advisor for a student/faculty project on the implementation of a document repository serving as a digital archive for the emerging publications of students and faculty members. He served as a Teacher's Assistant at the University of Ottawa, where he taught classes in logic, ethics, and Kantian philosophy. He has programmed extensively in C++, Lisp, and custom languages. He contributed a lengthy chapter on hypergraph-based type theory for software development in a cyber-physical context to Elsevier's 'Advances in Ubiquitous Computing', edited by Amy Neustein. See less