Leon van Wissen

Computational Neerlandist

University of Amsterdam

Biography

I am a scientific programmer at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) for the Golden Agents project and CREATE working with historical databases and linked data.

Interests

Language Technology and the Semantic Web
Dutch literature
Early modern history
Cycling

Education

MA (Research) in Literary Studies and Computational Linguistics, 2015-2018

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
BA in Dutch language and culture, 2012-2015

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Projects

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Ontology to describe Reconstructions and Observations in Archival Resources

Hollywood Science: Art, Science and Film

Course tought at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2017 and 2018.

Publications

Jirsi Reinders, Leon van Wissen (2019). From archive to annotation: the pipeline of scanning, crowdsourcing, transcribing and modelling.

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Emillie de Keulenaar, Leon van Wissen, Ivan Kisjes (2019). Keeping up with the times: Measuring the relevance of Social Sciences and Humanities research in Dutch societal debates (2000-2018). DH Benelux 2019.

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Leon van Wissen (2019). Transport Acts [=Kwijtscheldingen] revisited: giving shape to seemingly structured data.

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Leon van Wissen (2019). Topic modelling De Gids: An explorative study into the use of topic modelling on a cultural periodical.

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Leon van Wissen (2018). CollationParser: Bereken het aantal folia aan de hand van een collatieformule uit de STCN.. Jubileumcongres van de Nederlandse Boekhistorische Vereniging (NBV).

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Teaching

Courses thought

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Humanities

Faculty of Humanities, department Language, Literatuur & Communication

Hollywood Science, Art, Science and Film - Teacher (Spring '18)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hollywood Science, Art, Science and Film - Teacher (Fall '17)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Methods and Techniques - Teaching assistant (Spring '17)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam