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Prof. Khalil Sima'an serves as Professor of Computational Linguistics and Vice Director of Education at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, within the Faculty of Science. He joined as Assistant Professor in 2003, advanced to Associate Professor in 2011, and attained Full Professorship in 2014.
His academic foundation includes a PhD in Computational Linguistics from Utrecht University, establishing his expertise in formal language modeling.
Prof. Sima'an's research drives innovation in Computational Linguistics through rigorous exploration of syntactic structures, semantic processing, and machine translation systems. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical NLP applications, particularly in parsing technologies and multilingual processing, positioning him as a key contributor to European language technology initiatives.
His distinguished recognition includes:
- Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Fellowship
- NWO Vidi Grant (2006) for pioneering early-career research
- NWO Vici Grant (2013) for groundbreaking senior research leadership
He actively shapes the field through editorial stewardship of Machine Translation and Journal of Natural Language Engineering, alongside pivotal conference roles including MT Summit XIV Chair (2013) and ACL 2010 area chair for syntax/parsing.
As core faculty in the Natural Language Processing & Digital Humanities (NLP&DH) research group, he advances collaborative projects integrating computational methods with humanities scholarship at LAB42's interdisciplinary hub.
