Published scientific papers; Co-authored a book titled 'Memory-based Language Processing' with Walter Daelemens; Co-edited volumes on Arabic computational morphology, interactive multi-modal question answering, and language technology for cultural heritage; Developed the Olifant software package and wrote a related paper.
Research Experience
Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University; Board member and domain chair for Social Sciences and Humanities, NWO (Dutch Research Council); Recent work involves reviving a specific technology, memory-based language models, as an eco-friendly alternative to the energy-consuming Transformer architecture used in today's chatbots.
Education
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Background
Research interests include the intersection of machine learning and language technology, particularly generative AI and large language models. Enthusiastic about multidisciplinary collaborations to advance these fields.
Miscellany
More loose thoughts and sketches can be found on his personal blog; Involved in consulting academic and governmental bodies on the implications of generative AI.