Kenneth Enevoldsen has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor at the Center for Humanities Computing (CHC) at Aarhus University. In his new role, he serves as the daily lead of AarhusNLP and acts as the main point of interaction between Aarhus University and the Danish Foundation Models project, strengthening CHC’s position at the forefront of language technology research.

With a background in cognitive science, Kenneth brings an interdisciplinary and human-centered perspective to computational research. His work bridges technical development and broader questions about language, intelligence, and evaluation, contributing to a research environment that combines methodological innovation with societal relevance.

At CHC, his current research focuses on two main areas. The first is the continuous development of language models, exploring how large-scale models can be improved over time through approaches such as continual learning, resource-efficient representation learning, and robust model and data governance. The second centers on evaluation and meta-evaluation of language models, investigating how performance can be assessed on unseen data and how language relates to forms of reasoning. Together, these strands contribute to more reliable, adaptive, and transparent AI systems, while also addressing leaning systems.

He is particularly committed to advancing Danish foundation models within an open-source and open-science framework, and to strengthening the Danish language through international and multilingual collaboration. His work on Danish Dynaword and initiatives such as MMTEB, MAEB, and MIEB reflect this ambition to build resources and benchmarks that are both locally grounded and globally relevant.

Looking ahead, Kenneth aims to further develop CHC’s practices in open-source software and language technologies, creating tools that both researchers and industry can rely on and build upon. Through his leadership of AarhusNLP, he also contributes to providing a strong computational foundation for many of the activities taking place across CHC.

We are delighted to congratulate Kenneth on his promotion and look forward to the continued impact of his research, leadership, and collaborative spirit at CHC.