About
Anna Sågvall Hein is a Professor in Computational Linguistics at Uppsala University's Department of Linguistics and Philology. She concurrently serves as CEO and Head of the Board of Convertus AB, a Uppsala University spin-off specializing in machine translation technology since its 2006 founding.
Her research centers on Machine Translation and Computational Linguistics, with significant contributions to Swedish-Turkish language pair systems, parallel corpus development, and grammar checking methodologies. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with industrial applications, particularly in resource-scarce language scenarios and controlled language environments.
Publication analysis reveals consistent focus on machine translation architecture evolution, parallel corpus construction for minority languages, and human-computer interaction in mobile text processing. Her MATS system development demonstrates a 'glass box' transparency approach to translation engineering.
She leads major initiatives including the PLUG project (Parallel Corpora in Linköping, Uppsala, Göteborg) and the Supporting Research Environment for Swedish and Turkish. Her industry role at Convertus AB drives commercialization of academic language technology research through practical machine translation solutions.
