Piek Vossen Explained

Piek Th.J.M. Vossen (born 1960 in Schaesberg, the Netherlands), is professor of computational lexicology at the VU University Amsterdam,[1] head of the Computational Lexicology & Terminology Lab,[2] and founder and president of the Global WordNet Association.[3]

Education

Vossen graduated from the University of Amsterdam in Dutch and general linguistics and obtained a PhD (cum laude) in computational lexicology in 1995 at the same university.[4]

Awards

Vossen is a recipient of the 2013 Spinoza Prize[5] and a winner of the "Enlighten Your Research"-competition 2013 with the project "Can we Handle the News".[6]

Vossen was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.[7] [8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. Dr. P.T. Vossen - Medewerkers t-z - Faculteit der Letteren, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam . . 2014-03-11.
  2. Web site: Computational Lexicology & Terminology Lab.
  3. Web site: The Global WordNet Association . Global WordNet Association . 2013-07-10 . 2014-03-11.
  4. Web site: Weisscher . A . A short CV . 2014-03-11.
  5. Web site: Prof. P.Th.J.M. (Piek) Vossen . . 2013-06-11 . 2014-03-11.
  6. Web site: Winnaars Big Data wedstrijd Enlighten Your Research bekend . . nl . 2014-02-14 . 2015-01-02.
  7. Web site: KNAW kiest 26 nieuwe leden . Dutch . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 10 May 2017 . 14 May 2017.
  8. Web site: Piek Vossen . https://web.archive.org/web/20170514073705/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/14860 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 14 May 2017.

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