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• Somali Poetry
• African Languages and Literatures
• Linguistics
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Orwin Martin is an Associate Professor of Somali Language and Literature at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale', Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean. He holds a First Class Honors degree in Arabic and Amharic from SOAS (1986) and a PhD in Somali Phonology (1994). Previously, he served as Senior Lecturer at SOAS (2008–2020) and held various administrative roles including Head of Department (2011–2014). His research focuses on Somali poetry's linguistic and aesthetic dimensions, including meter analysis, Arabic influences, and literary translation. He has published extensively on Somali poets like Hadraawi and Weedhsame, and collaborates with international institutions like the Poetry Translation Centre. Teaching spans Somali language at all levels, comparative literature, and translation studies. He has organized conferences, including the 2018 Somali Studies Congress in Hargeysa, and contributed to academic roles such as editorial boards for African Languages and Cultures and the Journal of Somali Studies. Awards include a certificate from Hargeisa Youth Development Association for outreach work.

MUSTAFA KESKİNView profile

Associate Professor

• Arabic Language
• Rhetoric
• Islamic Theology
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MUSTAFA KESKİN serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Rhetoric within the Faculty of Theology at Gaziantep University, Turkey. Appointed to this position in 2021 after serving as a Doctor Lecturer since 2013, his academic career is deeply rooted in Islamic theological studies with specialized expertise in Arabic linguistics and rhetoric. His institutional affiliation spans both the Department of Fundamental Islamic Sciences and the specialized Department of Arabic Language and Rhetoric, reflecting his dual focus on theological scholarship and linguistic analysis. His educational trajectory includes: Doctorate (2013-2017): Gaziantep University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Basic Islamic Sciences Master's (2011-2013): Harran University, Institute of Social Sciences, Tafsir (Thesis) Licence (2008-2010): Ankara University, Faculty of Theology, Theology Undergraduation Completion (Distance Education) Associate Degree (2006-2008): Anadolu University, Faculty of Open Education, Department of Theology Licence (1995-2002): Anadolu University, Faculty of Business Administration Professor Keskin's research centers on the intersection of Arabic linguistic structures and Islamic theological texts, with particular emphasis on rhetorical devices in the Quran and Hadith literature. His work explores how classical Arabic grammatical frameworks inform Quranic exegesis, analyzes historical linguistic schools like the Baghdad tradition, and investigates poetic devices in early Islamic literature. This scholarship bridges philological precision with theological interpretation, revealing how linguistic choices shape religious meaning in foundational Islamic texts. His publications consistently demonstrate methodological rigor in applying classical Arabic linguistic theories to theological source materials. Analysis of his 15 most recent publications (2018-2024) reveals three dominant scholarly trajectories: systematic examination of rhetorical devices in Quranic surahs (particularly tibāq and metaphor), critical engagement with classical Arabic grammatical treatises (including works by Müberred and al-Fārisī), and historical studies of Islamic scholarly networks connecting Anatolia and Syria. His work demonstrates growing international collaboration, with increasing co-authorship in Arabic-language publications alongside Turkish and English outputs. The research consistently applies linguistic analysis to theological questions, creating a distinctive niche in Quranic stylistics and classical Arabic rhetoric. No scientific awards were documented in the source materials. Professor Keskin has supervised 15 graduate students across doctoral and master's programs, with thesis topics reflecting his core research interests. Doctoral work includes semantic analysis of Quranic roots (e.g., 'krm') and classical rhetorical poetry, while master's research spans prophetic traditions in poetry, Quranic command structures, and human values in early Arabic poetry. His editorial work on 6 academic volumes complements this mentoring role, particularly in publishing classical Arabic texts with contemporary commentary. Conference presentations (9 international venues) demonstrate active scholarly engagement, though specific research grants were not documented in the source materials. No dedicated research laboratories or formal research teams were mentioned in the institutional documentation.

• Theoretical Syntax
• Morphology
• Syntax-Morphology Interface
• +15 more

Ruth Kramer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University's College of Arts and Sciences. Her research lies at the intersection of syntax and morphology, with a focus on grammatical gender, number, agreement, and syncretism, primarily in Afroasiatic languages such as Amharic, Coptic, and Ancient Egyptian. Institution: Georgetown University School: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Department of Linguistics Rank: Associate Professor Email: rtk8@georgetown.edu Office: Poulton Hall 251 Status: On sabbatical in Fall 2023 Her research interests include theoretical syntax, morphological theory, the syntax-morphology interface, phi-features, clitic doubling, and the morphosyntactic behavior of gender and number. She specializes in Amharic and has made significant contributions to the understanding of gender assignment, plural formation, and agreement patterns in this language. She also conducts research on Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, particularly in word order, relative clauses, and plural morphology. Her publications reflect a strong trend in theoretical and cross-linguistic morphosyntax, especially within the framework of Distributed Morphology. Her work often bridges detailed empirical analysis of understudied languages with broad theoretical implications for syntactic and morphological theory. She has authored a major monograph, The Morphosyntax of Gender (Oxford University Press, 2015), and numerous articles in leading journals such as Natural Language and Linguistic Theory , Linguistic Inquiry , and Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics . Ruth Kramer is actively engaged in research collaboration, having co-authored papers with scholars like Mark Baker, Matt Hewett, and Anbessa Teferra. She has presented her work at major conferences and workshops, including NELS, Diachronic Generative Syntax, and the Afranaph Project. She teaches courses in linguistics and has advised students, though specific student names are not listed in the provided texts. She is also involved in academic service, such as contributing chapters to authoritative handbooks like The Oxford Handbook of Determiners and The Cambridge Handbook of Distributed Morphology .

Ahmad Al-JalladView profile

Professor

• Arabian Epigraphy
• History of Arabic Language
• Semitic Linguistics
• +4 more

Dr. Ahmad Al-Jallad holds the Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies and is a Professor at Ohio State University, with prior affiliation at Leiden University's Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL). His research focuses on Arabian epigraphy, pre-Islamic Arabic linguistics, and Semitic philology. He directs the Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia (OCIANA), a central resource for pre-Islamic Arabian epigraphic heritage. Education: Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. Key publications include The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia (2022), An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions (2015), and numerous articles on Semitic scripts and pre-Islamic Arabian religious practices. Research interests emphasize deciphering ancient scripts (e.g., Dhofari, Thamudic), reconstructing linguistic histories, and analyzing Safaitic inscriptions for insights into nomadic culture. Recent work includes studies on the pre-Islamic deity Allāh, linguistic divisions between nomadic and sedentary communities, and the decipherment of previously undeciphered scripts. His interdisciplinary approach bridges archaeology, linguistics, and religious studies, often combining epigraphic analysis with textual and paleographic methods.

Geoffrey KhanView profile

Professor

• Semitic Linguistics
• Hebrew Language
• Biblical Hebrew
• +7 more

Professor Geoffrey Khan serves as the Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He has held this prestigious position since 2012, following his academic progression from Lecturer in Hebrew and Aramaic (1993), to Reader in Semitic Philology (1999-2002), and Professor of Semitic Philology (2002-2012). His scholarly journey began with B.A. and Ph.D. studies in Semitic Languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Professor Khan's academic foundation includes a B.A. in Semitic Languages (1980) and a Ph.D. (1984) for his thesis "Extraposition and Pronominal Agreement in Semitic languages." His career at Cambridge commenced in 1983 with the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, where he has remained a central figure in Semitic scholarship. Professor Khan's research spans three major domains within Semitic linguistics. His work on Hebrew encompasses comprehensive studies of Biblical Hebrew syntax, the Tiberian Masoretic tradition, and medieval Hebrew grammatical thought, particularly Karaite contributions. In Aramaic studies, he has conducted extensive documentation of endangered North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialects through fieldwork across northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and western Iran. His Arabic research focuses on editing medieval documentary corpora, including materials from the Cairo Genizah and early Islamic regions. He serves as editor-in-chief of the comprehensive Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, containing approximately 1,000 articles on Hebrew language traditions. Professor Khan's publication trajectory reveals consistent scholarly productivity across multiple Semitic language traditions. His recent works demonstrate particular focus on the Tiberian pronunciation tradition of Biblical Hebrew (2020), Neo-Aramaic dialect documentation (2021-2024), and medieval Arabic documents from Nubia (2024). His scholarship bridges traditional philological approaches with contemporary linguistic theory, addressing both historical and contemporary aspects of Semitic languages. Professor Khan's scholarly distinction is reflected in numerous prestigious honors: Election as Fellow of the British Academy (1998) Election as Honorary Fellow of the Academy of the Hebrew Language (2011) Election as Fellow of Academia Europea (2014) Election as Honorary Member of the American Oriental Society (2015) Extraordinary Professor (Honorary) by University of Stellenbosch (2016) Lidzbarski Gold Medal for Semitic philology (2004) Honorary doctorates from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2017) and University of Uppsala (2018) Professor Khan actively supervises graduate research, currently guiding Lina Brüssel's work on "The Medieval Karaite Transcriptions of Hebrew into Arabic Script." His leadership extends to multiple major research initiatives including the "Documentation of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects" project, "Arabic Documents from Fatimid Nubia," and the preparation of the "Oxford Grammar of Biblical Hebrew" for Oxford University Press. His scholarly contributions have been supported by various funding bodies enabling extensive fieldwork and publication projects across multiple continents.

Diogo AlmeidaView profile

Associate Professor

• Neurolinguistics
• Language Processing
• Cognitive Science
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Diogo Almeida is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University Abu Dhabi. His research focuses on neurolinguistics and language processing, employing methodologies such as MEG/EEG, fMRI, and cross-linguistic studies. He holds an MSc in Cognitive Science from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and an PhD in Linguistics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to NYU Abu Dhabi, he held positions at the University of California, Irvine, and Michigan State University. Almeida’s research explores perceptual processes underlying language understanding, including syntactic structure processing, agreement phenomena, and the neural bases of lexical access. His work integrates behavioral experiments with neuroimaging techniques to investigate how linguistic structures are represented in the brain. Key areas include sentence processing selectivity in Broca’s area, cross-linguistic differences in agreement encoding, and the role of phonological and morphological features in real-time language comprehension. His publications span topics like masked priming effects, sociolinguistic influences on speech perception, and the reliability of experimental syntax methods. He leads the Language, Mind and Brain research group at NYU Abu Dhabi, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to language cognition. Almeida has contributed to debates on empirical rigor in syntax, advocating for robust experimental designs and large-scale data collection to validate theoretical claims.

Robyn CreswellView profile

Associate Professor

• Modernist Poetry
• Modern Arabic Literature
• Theory and Practice of Translation
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Robyn Creswell is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of Graduate Admissions at Yale University. He specializes in Modern Arabic Literature, Translation Studies, and Modernist Poetry, with a focus on the intersection of literature and politics in the Middle East. Creswell holds a Ph.D. from New York University (2011) and a B.A. from Brown University (1999). His research explores Cold War intellectual movements, pan-Arabism, and the role of translation in preserving literary heritage. Education: Ph.D., Comparative Literature, New York University, 2011 B.A., Comparative Literature, Brown University, 1999 (Magna cum laude) Research Interests: Creswell’s work spans Modernist Poetry, Arabic literature, translation theory, and the politics of Middle Eastern cultural production. He has written extensively on 20th-century Arab poets like Nazik al-Mala’ika and Adonis, analyzing how literary forms reflect broader sociopolitical shifts. His current project, The Ruins: Arabic Poetry in an Age of Extremes , examines post-WWII Arab intellectual history through poetic analysis. Publications: His book City of Beginnings: Poetic Modernism in Beirut (2019) won the Gaddis Smith International Book Prize. He has translated works by Iman Mersal, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Abdelfattah Kilito, including the National Translation Award-winning The Threshold (2022). His essays appear in The New York Review of Books , Daedalus , and Critical Inquiry . Awards and Fellowships: Guggenheim Fellowship (2021) National Translation Award (2023) Berlin Prize (American Academy in Berlin, 2015–16) Cullman Center Fellowship (2011–12) Teaching and Service: Creswell has taught courses on Arabic poetry, literary translation, and the global history of sports writing. He directed Yale’s Comparative Literature Department (2021–23) and served as poetry editor for The Paris Review (2011–18). He has organized academic symposia such as Translation/Tarjama (2018), exploring Arabic literary translation’s political dimensions.

Christopher LucasView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Linguistic Variation and Change
• Arabic Linguistics
• Maltese Linguistics
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Dr. Christopher Lucas is a Senior Lecturer in Arabic Linguistics at SOAS University of London, affiliated with the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. He holds a BA in Arabic from SOAS and an MPhil and PhD in Linguistics from the University of Cambridge. Prior to his current role, he served as a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at SOAS. His research focuses on linguistic variation and change, particularly in Arabic and Maltese, examining topics like negation, definiteness, and contact-induced grammatical change. He actively supervises PhD students in Arabic/Maltese linguistics and grammatical change. Key publications include works on negation typology, Maltese phonology, and historical linguistics. Dr. Lucas has authored/co-authored books such as *The History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean* and edited volumes on contact-induced change. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with empirical analysis, contributing to understanding language evolution through contact and historical processes. He is reachable at cl39@soas.ac.uk and office 447, Russell Square campus. Current research includes LADO applications in Arabic and Maltese language dynamics.

Mary BaltazaniView profile

Researcher

• Phonetics
• Phonology
• Intonation and Pragmatics
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Dr Mary Baltazani is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Phonetics at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics, affiliated with the Phonetics Lab and Language & Brain Lab. Her research focuses on the interface between phonetics, phonology, and pragmatics, with special attention to intonation, Greek dialects, and sociophonetics. She leads and collaborates on projects examining language contact effects on intonation (e.g., Greek in Cyprus, Cretan Greek under Venetian influence) and the compositional nature of intonational meaning. Education: PhD in Linguistics from UCLA (2002), M.A. in Linguistics (UCLA), and academic positions at institutions including UCL, University College London, and the University of Ioannina. She has organized major conferences like BAAP 2014 and contributed to the creation of educational materials on Greek dialects through projects like VOCALECT. Research Interests : Intonation and pragmatics in Greek Historical and dialectal phonetics Language contact in the Eastern Mediterranean Prosodic typology and socioprosodic variation Current/Recent Projects: Greek in Contact (ESRC-funded): Examines Turkish and Italian influences on Greek intonation. Components of Intonation (British Academy): Investigates whether intonation's meaning is holistic or compositional. Grants include ESRC, British Academy, and NSRF European Regional Development Fund awards. Publications span encyclopedic entries, journal articles, and conference proceedings on topics like Cypriot Arabic prosody, Greek dialectal vowel systems, and historical phonetic change.

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Artificial Intelligence
• +5 more

Massimo Poesio is a Professor of Computational Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London and a full Professor of Natural Language Understanding at Utrecht University. He leads the ARCIDUCA project (EPSRC-funded) on conversational agents and the Dealing with Meaning Variation project (NWO-funded) exploring NLP applications. His research focuses on anaphora resolution, games-with-a-purpose, and applying NLP to combat deception and misinformation. He is a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute and supervises students in PhD programs like IGGI and Health Data in Practice. Education: Previous affiliations include University of Essex and University of Trento (founded CLIC Lab). Research Projects: DALI (ERC), SENSEI (EU), AnaWiki (EPSRC), and LiveMemories (Provincia di Trento). His work combines formal semantics with empirical methods, including brain data and corpus analysis. He has developed tools like Phrase Detectives and BART for anaphora resolution, and co-founded the Lingotowns platform for language learning.

• Egyptology
• Coptology
• Papyrology
• +7 more

Tonio Sebastian Richter is a Professor of Egyptology with a focus on Coptology at the Free University of Berlin's Department of History and Cultural Studies, Institute of Egyptology. He holds the position of Academy Professor at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and has served as the head of several major research projects including the DFG long-term project "Database and Dictionary of Greek Loanwords in Coptic" (DDGLC) and the Academy project "Structures and Transformations of the Vocabulary of the Egyptian Language. Text and Knowledge Culture in Ancient Egypt." His educational background includes a Magister Artium in Egyptology and Religious History from the University of Leipzig (1996), followed by a doctorate in 1999 and habilitation in 2005, both based on works concerning Coptic legal documents and their linguistic features. Richter has held academic positions at the Universities of Leipzig, Heidelberg, and Berlin, including serving as a Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation from 2011-2014. Richter's research interests span the history and cultural history of Egypt during the Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods, with particular focus on Coptic language and texts. His work examines documentary texts including papyri, ostraca, and inscriptions that illuminate economic, legal, and social history. He has made significant contributions to the study of Coptic legal documents, magical and alchemical texts, and language contact phenomena between Egyptian/Coptic and Greek/Arabic. His research has revealed important insights into Coptic alchemical papyri, which represent some of the earliest witnesses to "the divine art" and enrich our knowledge of the development of late antique science and its transmission from Greek to Arabic. Richter has also pioneered work on language change and contact in the Egyptian-Coptic language, particularly regarding Greek and Arabic loanwords. Academy Professor, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2015-present) Professor of Egyptology with focus on Coptology, Free University Berlin (2014-present) Heisenberg Fellow, German Research Foundation (2011-2014) Extraordinary Professor, University of Leipzig (2011) Richter has received numerous scientific awards including the Heisenberg Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (2011) and the Friedrich-Weller Prize from the Saxon Academy of Sciences (2000). He serves on the scientific advisory boards of several prestigious institutions including the International Thesaurus Commission of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae and the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Archaeological Institute. As an educator, Richter has been a main instructor for multiple International Summer Schools in Coptic Papyrology and has organized numerous academic conferences and workshops on Coptology, papyrology, and Egyptology. His work bridges linguistic, historical, and archaeological approaches to understanding ancient Egyptian civilization through its textual remains.

Osman AKTAŞView profile

Associate Professor

• Arabic Language and Rhetoric
• Comparative Linguistics (Turkish-Arabic)
• Islamic Sciences
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Osman AKTAŞ is a Turkish academic affiliated with Ankara Social Sciences University as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Islamic Sciences , Department of Basic Islamic Sciences. His career spans roles such as Research Assistant (2013–2017) at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University and Doctorate Teaching Staff (2019–2022) at his current institution. Education: PhD in Fundamental Islamic Sciences (2016–2019), Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Master's in Fundamental Islamic Sciences (2014–2016), Yıldırım Beyazıt University BA in Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge (2002–2006), Ankara University Research Interests include Arabic Language and Rhetoric , comparative linguistics between Turkish and Arabic, Islamic sciences, and interdisciplinary neuroscience studies on topics like epilepsy and laughter physiology. He has published extensively in these areas, including works on punctuation systems, prepositions, and word/sentence structures. Advising involves guiding four graduate students, including Mehmet Fevzi Sargın (PhD, 2024) and Asma Idrıs Mohammed Alfassı (Master’s, 2024). A TÜBİTAK 2211/A Domestic Doctoral Scholarship (2017–2019) supported his doctoral research. Despite his academic output, no scientific awards are documented.

Hüseyin ÇiçekView profile

Researcher

• Arabic Language
• Rhetoric
• Pragmatics
• +5 more

Hüseyin Çiçek is a Researcher in the Department of Arabic Language and Rhetoric at Gaziantep University's Faculty of Theology, Turkey, serving since 2019. His expertise bridges classical Arabic linguistic theory with contemporary pragmatic and syntactic analysis, focusing on Islamic scholarly traditions. His academic credentials include: Doctorate in Basic Islamic Sciences, Ankara Social Sciences University (2020-2025) Master's in Basic Islamic Sciences (with thesis), Ankara Social Sciences University (2018-2020) Licence in Islamic Sciences, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (2013-2018) Çiçek's research centers on Arabic pragmatics, syntax, and functional grammar, with specialized investigations into medieval scholars like Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani and Sekkâkî. He examines religious expressions through sociolinguistic lenses and conducts diachronic semantic analyses of Arabic roots, connecting historical Islamic scholarship to modern linguistic discourse. His 2024-2025 publications reveal a cohesive trajectory: applying functionalist and formalist frameworks to classical Arabic texts while exploring pragmatic functions in religious contexts. This work consistently bridges Islamic intellectual heritage with contemporary linguistic theory across multiple publication formats. As a researcher on the national project "Translation of Theology Academy Journal Issues on Islamic Economics and Religious Discourse" (2021-2023), he contributed to translating Turkish theological content into Arabic and English. No information indicates student supervision or additional grant activities.

Ashraf AbdouView profile

Lecturer

• Arabic linguistics
• Arabic language pedagogy
• Arabic phraseology
• +2 more

Ashraf Abdou is a Lecturer in Arabic at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies , University of Oxford. His academic work focuses on Arabic linguistics, language pedagogy, and phraseology. PhD Linguistics (University of Manchester) MA Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (American University in Cairo) MA Arabic Linguistics (Cairo University) BA Arabic and Islamic Studies (Cairo University) His research interests include: Arabic language pedagogy Arabic phraseology Arabic lexicography Corpus-based linguistic analysis Teaching methodology Semantic structures Abdou's publications demonstrate expertise in Arabic grammar, lexicography, and formulaic language through corpus-based approaches. Key themes include pedagogical applications, syntactic behavior of idioms, and lexical pattern analysis. He teaches courses in: Arabic Grammar English-Arabic Translation Arabic through Literature Media Arabic Modern Standard Arabic

Mo El-HajView profile

Associate Professor

• Natural Language Processing
• Financial NLP
• Arabic NLP
• +9 more

Dr. Mo El-Haj is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Natural Language Processing (NLP) at the College of Engineering & Computer Science, VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam, and holds a visiting role at Lancaster University. He specializes in NLP with a focus on Financial NLP, Arabic NLP, and multilingual systems for under-resourced languages. Education: PhD in Computer Science (University of Essex, 2012), MSc in Information Systems (University of Jordan, 2008), BSc in Computer Information Systems (University of Jordan, 2005). Awards include the FHEA Fellowship (2021) and the 2016 BBC NewsHack Best Tool award. Research interests include text summarization, financial narrative processing, biomedical NLP, and corpus linguistics. He leads the VinNLP research group and has supervised/co-supervised over 20 PhD students. Notable projects include the Welsh Automatic Text Summarisation tool (ACC) and the FreeTxt bilingual analysis toolkit, funded by the Welsh Government and AHRC. Publications span 92+ works in top journals/conferences like Computational Linguistics and LREC. Active in organizing workshops (e.g., WACL-4, FinNLP) and has served as external/internal PhD examiner at UK universities.