Victor Raskin
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. Much work in NLP is already downloadable from crl.nmsu.edu/Research/Projects/Mikrokosmos. To download (in Acrobat PDF format) one of the works below, click on its title:
Ontological Semantics, 2001 (forthcoming). 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