Piek Th.J.M. Vossen (born 1960,
Schaesberg
Schaesberg ( li, D'r Sjeet ) is a neighbourhood of Landgraaf and former village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg.
History
The village was first mentioned in 16th century as Gaesberg. The etymology is unknown. ...
, the
Netherlands
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), is
professor
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of
computational lexicology
Computational lexicology is a branch of computational linguistics, which is concerned with the use of computers in the study of lexicon. It has been more narrowly described by some scholars (Amsler, 1980) as the use of computers in the study of '' ...
at the
VU University Amsterdam
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...
, head of the Computational Lexicology & Terminology Lab, and founder and president of the
Global WordNet Association.
Education
Vossen graduated from the
University of Amsterdam
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in
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
and
general linguistics
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and obtained a
PhD (
cum laude) in computational lexicology in 1995 at the same university.
Awards
Vossen is a recipient of the 2013
Spinoza Prize
The Spinoza Prize ( nl, Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher ...
and a winner of the "Enlighten Your Research"-competition 2013 with the project "Can we Handle the News".
Vossen was elected a member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.
References
External links
*
Faculty page at the VU University Amsterdam
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1960 births
Living people
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
People from Landgraaf
Spinoza Prize winners
University of Amsterdam alumni
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam faculty