Jaap Kamps

Jaap Kamps is a Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a focus on information retrieval, natural language processing, and machine learning. His work spans theoretical and applied research, including contributions to

• neural ranking models
• domain adaptation
• scientific text simplification
• exploratory search
• digital libraries

for enhanced user access.

Recent research highlights include revisiting bag-of-words representations for transformers, context embeddings for retrieval-augmented generation, and positional bias analysis in generative systems. He actively contributes to the CLEF SimpleText Track, promoting simplified scientific communication for diverse audiences.

His collaborations involve co-authors like David Rau, Mostafa Dehghani, and Hosein Azarbonyad, with publications in venues such as ACM Transactions on Information Systems and ECIR. He mentors students and participates in conferences like ICTIR and SIGIR, driving advancements in efficient text ranking and user-centric search.