thumb|Piek Vossen (2013) '''Piek Th.J.M. Vossen''' (born 1960 in Schaesberg, the Netherlands), is professor of computational lexicology at the VU University Amsterdam,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.let.vu.nl/nl/organisatie-van-de-faculteit/wetenschappelijk-personeel/medewerkers-alfabetisch/medewerkers-t-z/prof-dr-p-t-vossen/index.asp |title=Prof. Dr. P.T. Vossen - Medewerkers t-z - Faculteit der Letteren, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |publisher=VU University Amsterdam |accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref> head of the Computational Lexicology & Terminology Lab,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cltl.nl |title=Computational Lexicology & Terminology Lab}}</ref> and founder and president of the Global WordNet Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalwordnet.org/ |title=The Global WordNet Association |publisher=Global WordNet Association |date=2013-07-10 |accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weisscher |first=A |title=A short CV |url=http://vossen.info/a-short-cv/ |accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref>
== Awards == Vossen is a recipient of the 2013 Spinoza Prize<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/spinoza+prize/spinoza+laureates/overview+in+alphabetical+order/piek+vossen |title=Prof. P.Th.J.M. (Piek) Vossen |publisher=Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research |date=2013-06-11 |accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref> and a winner of the "Enlighten Your Research"-competition 2013 with the project "Can we Handle the News".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwo.nl/actueel/nieuws/2013/winnaars-big-data-wedstrijd-enlighten-your-research-bekend.html |title=Winnaars Big Data wedstrijd Enlighten Your Research bekend |publisher=Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research |language=nl |date=2014-02-14 |accessdate=2015-01-02}}</ref>
Vossen was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=https://www.knaw.nl/nl/actueel/nieuws/knaw-kiest-26-nieuwe-leden-2017 |title=KNAW kiest 26 nieuwe leden |language=Dutch |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=10 May 2017 |accessdate=14 May 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525042257/https://knaw.nl/nl/actueel/nieuws/knaw-kiest-26-nieuwe-leden-2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/14860 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514073705/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/14860 |title=Piek Vossen |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=14 May 2017}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.vossen.info}} * [http://www.let.vu.nl/nl/organisatie-van-de-faculteit/wetenschappelijk-personeel/medewerkers-alfabetisch/medewerkers-t-z/prof-dr-p-t-vossen/index.asp Faculty page at the VU University Amsterdam]
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