Victor Raskin
Distinguished Professor of English and Linguistics

vraskin@purdue.edu

Education:
1970     Ph.D. in Structural, Computational, and Mathematical Linguistics, Moscow State University, USSR
1966     M.A./M.S. summa cum laude in Structural and Computational Linguistics, Moscow State University, USSR
1964     B.A./B.S. in Structural and Computational Linguistics, Moscow State University, USSR
Experience:
2007-present     Distinguished Professor of English and Linguistics
1999-present     Editor-at-Large, HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research
1998-present     Charter Member, Internal Advisory Board, Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), Purdue University
1994-present     PI- and VP-level consultant on natural language and information technology for research laboratories and businesses
1980-present     Professor of English and Linguistics, Purdue University
2000                President, International Society of Humor Research
1995-99            Chair, Graduate Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics, Purdue University
1987-99            Editor-in-Chief, HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research
1979-99            Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics, Purdue University
1979-80            Associate Professor of English and Linguistics, Purdue University
1978-79            Associate Professor of English, Purdue University
1978                 Visiting Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan
1973-78            Senior Associate Professor of Russian and Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
1973-78            Senior Associate Professor of Linguistics (half-time), Tel Aviv University, Israel
1966-73            From Lecturer to Acting Associate Professor of Linguistics, Moscow State University
1962-73            From Junior Assistant to Group Leader, Computational Linguistics Lab, Moscow State University
Research Interests & Background:
Linguistic and semantic theory and their applications
Natural language processing (NLP) and its business applications
Ontology
Computational semantics
World and lexical knowledge acquisition
Humor Theory
For a complete curriculum vitae, click here. It's long and never quite up to date, so click through a lot of nonsense to get to the publications. Some work in NLP is downloadable from ontologicalsemantics.com. To download (in Acrobat PDF format) one of the works below, click on its title:
Ontological Semantics 2004. With S. Nirenburg.
Prolegomena to the Philosophy of Linguistics. MCCS-99-318, 1999. With S. Nirenburg.
Natural Language Processing for Information Assurance and Security: An Overview and Implementations. With M. J. Atallah, C. J. McDonough, and S. Nirenburg). Published in: M. Schaefer (ed.), Proceedings. New Security Paradigm Workshop. September 18th-22nd, 2000, Ballycotton, County, Cork Ireland. New York: ACM Press, pp. 51-65.
Natural language watermarking: Design, analysis, and a proof-of-concept implementation. In: Ira S. Moskowitz (ed.), Pre-Proceedings of the 4th Information Hiding Workshop. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Center, 2001, pp. 193-208. With M. J. Atallah and others.
Lexical Semantics of Adjectives: A microtheory of Adjectival Meaning. MCCS-95-288, 1995. With S. Nirenburg.
Ten Choices for Lexical Semantics. MCCS-96-304, 1996. With S. Nirenburg.

Last Modified: October 15, 2002