Yoad Vinter Seggev

Yoad Vinter Seggev is a Professor of Computational Semantics and AI at Utrecht University, affiliated with the Institute for Language Sciences and the Artificial Intelligence program. His work bridges theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, and cognitive science, focusing on formal semantics and human-centered AI.

Research Interests include semantic theory, computational linguistics, and the cognitive foundations of natural language. He explores topics like mass/count noun distinctions, reciprocal constructions, event semantics, and the formalization of nonverbal communication systems such as drum languages.

Scientific Awards include the ERC Advanced Grant (2016) for the project Forests and Trees: the Formal Semantics of Collective Categorization (ROCKY) and leadership of the NWO VICI program Between language and common sense (2010-2014).

Advising and Grants include leading major projects like the NWO Free Competition project When language has a beat (since 2016) and serving on editorial boards of top journals such as Linguistics and Philosophy and Journal of Semantics.