Sussi Olsen

Sussi Olsen is an Academic Research Staff member (Researcher) in the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen, employed at the Center for Sprogteknologi (CST) since 1997. Her work centers on developing and validating linguistic resources for language technology applications.

Education:

• Masters degree in Spanish and Computational Linguistics, University of Copenhagen

Her research spans technological language resources, morphological/syntactic/semantic annotation, computational lexicography, corpus linguistics, and resource validation. She specializes in Danish language processing and EU-level language technology infrastructure, with expertise in historical Danish (19th century) and multilingual resource integration. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics and practical NLP applications.

Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a strategic focus on semantic resource development for Danish, including formal lexicons (COR.SEM), language model evaluation frameworks, and sign language-spoken language integration. These works demonstrate convergence between lexical semantics, benchmarking methodologies, and European language equality initiatives, particularly through EU-funded projects like the European Language Equality agenda.

She actively contributes to EU language technology projects including the Central Word Register for Danish (COR), European Language Grid, Federated TermBank, and ELEXIS. Her project portfolio shows sustained engagement with terminology management, semantic annotation standards, and resource validation since 2008. She has presented extensively on historical Danish language processing and semantic annotation methodologies.

Olsen is affiliated with the Center for Sprogteknologi and participates in the DigHumLab project. She holds governance roles as Member of the Board of Representatives and Board of Directors of the Danish Language Council, and formerly chaired the Society of Lexicographers in Denmark.