PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Tobias Kuhn

Tobias Kuhn works on controlled natural language and on nanopublications, small semantic packages that can be published through a decentralized network. In 2008 he presented AceWiki for collaborative ontology management in controlled natural language, and in 2010 he completed a doctorate in informatics at the University of Zurich with the thesis Controlled English for Knowledge Representation. In 2016 he was among the authors of The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship in Scientific Data. From 2015 to 2022 he was an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at VU University Amsterdam. He is founder and CEO of Knowledge Pixels in Switzerland and a guest at VU Amsterdam.

Now at
Knowledge Pixels and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Works
265
Citations
21,381
h-index
29

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 17 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2001–2006

    Studies in Zurich

    He studies computer science and economics at the University of Zurich from 2001 and graduates in 2006 as a Diplom-Informatiker, equivalent to a Master of Science in Computer Science.

  2. 2008

    AceWiki for ontologies

    In 2008 he publishes AceWiki: Collaborative Ontology Management in Controlled Natural Language, on collaborative ontology management in controlled natural language.

  3. 2009

    Awards for controlled English

    He receives the Mercator Award in 2009 for knowledge representation in controlled English. The paper How Controlled English Can Improve Semantic Wikis receives a best paper award at the Fourth Workshop on Semantic Wikis in 2009.

  4. 2010

    Doctorate in informatics

    From 2006 to 2010 he is a doctoral student in the Department of Informatics and the Institute of Computational Linguistics at the University of Zurich. He graduates in 2010 as a Doctor in Informatics, with the thesis Controlled English for Knowledge Representation.

  5. 2012–2015

    Postdocs and a VU professorship

    In 2012 he is a postdoctoral associate in the bioinformatics group of Prof. Krauthammer at Yale University. From 2013 to 2015 he is a postdoc in the Computational Social Science group at ETH Zurich, and in 2015 he is a visiting researcher in the Dumontier Lab at Stanford University. In 2014 he publishes A Survey and Classification of Controlled Natural Languages in Computational Linguistics, and in 2015 he becomes an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at VU University Amsterdam, a post he holds through 2022.

  6. 2016

    The FAIR guiding principles

    In 2016 he is among the authors of The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship in Scientific Data.

  7. Since 2023

    Founder and CEO

    Since 2023 he serves as founder and CEO of Knowledge Pixels in Switzerland, and he is a guest at VU Amsterdam. Nanopublications are small semantic packages that can be published through a decentralized network, and Nanodash is a web tool to browse and publish them.

  8. 2026

    A nanopublication network

    In 2026 he is an author, with affiliations at Knowledge Pixels in Switzerland and at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, of work on nanopublications that people and AI agents can publish and query.

Sources and credits

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  1. Tobias Kuhn tkuhn.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  2. [0807.4623] AceWiki: Collaborative Ontology Management in Controlled Natural Language arxiv.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  3. Tobias Kuhn | Institut für Computerlinguistik | UZH cl.uzh.ch. Checked 16 October 2026.
  4. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship | Scientific Data nature.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  5. A Robust Decentralized Infrastructure for Trust-Aware Open Knowledge Sharing knowledgepixels.com. Checked 16 October 2026.