| Titels | Prof. dr. |
| Initials | F.A.H. |
| Main position | Hoogleraar VU / Scientific director the LarKC project |
| Disciplines | Mathematics |
| Artificial intelligence, expert systems | |
| Chair | Knowledge Representation & Reasoning |
| Domain | Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Membership | Member |
| Since | 2017 |
| Board Member of Natural Sciences and Engineering | |
| Member of Science Committee DANS | |
| Employed by |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Faculteit der Exacte Wetenschap, Afdeling Informatica De Boelelaan 1081 1081 HV Amsterdam tel. 020 598 7731 f.a.h.van.harmelen@vu.nl |
| Personal website | |
| Research/publications |
Frank van Harmelen is a prominent researcher in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The aim of his research is to develop computers that can think and reason for themselves. That requires a logic-based method of organising data so that it can be accessed by computers. Van Harmelen is one of the founders of the Semantic Web, a system for describing web data that computers can read and use to perform tasks. The rules for the Semantic Web have since been incorporated into the standards governing the World Wide Web. Van Harmelen and his research group also turned the Dutch Breast Cancer Guidelines into data that is interpretable by computers.