Yaacov Choueka (;
1936 - 2020) was a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University, where he served as head of the institute for Information Retrieval and Computational Linguistics. Until 2017, he headed Genazim - the computer unit of the
Friedberg project for the study of the Genizah. His areas of expertise included systems for retrieving textual information, large textual databases, computerized processing of natural languages, especially in Hebrew, computer analysis of text, computerized dictionaries, mechanized morphology and syntax, and in electronic publishing.
He played leadership roles in:
* The
Bar Ilan Responsa Project
The Bar Ilan Responsa Project (the ''Global Jewish Database'') is a collection of Jewish texts in Hebrew, sold on CD and more recently on USB flash drive by Bar-Ilan University (in Ramat Gan, Israel). There is also an online version available by ...
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Friedberg Geniza Project
* "Hachi Garsinan" Talmud Bavli Variants
*
Rav-Milim Dictionary
In 2019 he won the Katz Prize for his contribution to the study of
halakha
''Halakha'' ( ; , ), also Romanization of Hebrew, transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Judaism, Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Torah, Written and Oral Torah. ''Halakha'' is ...
in its application in modern life.
References
Israeli Mizrahi Jews
Israeli computer scientists
Burials at Har HaMenuchot
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