Victor Raskin

Victor Raskin is a Distinguished Professor of English and Linguistics at Purdue University with a career spanning multiple continents and disciplines. He serves as Editor-at-Large for HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research and is a Charter Member of Purdue's CERIAS advisory board.

• Education
  • 1970: Ph.D. in Structural, Computational, and Mathematical Linguistics (Moscow State University)
  • 1966: M.A./M.S. summa cum laude in Structural and Computational Linguistics (Moscow State University)
  • 1964: B.A./B.S. in Structural and Computational Linguistics (Moscow State University)

His research integrates linguistic theory with practical applications in natural language processing, focusing on ontological semantics and computational meaning representation. He has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches connecting humor theory with formal linguistic frameworks.

Key publication trends show consistent contributions to computational semantics since the mid-1990s, with notable work on lexical knowledge acquisition, language-based security systems, and philosophical foundations of linguistics. His 2004 collaboration on ontological semantics established a comprehensive framework for NLP systems.