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• Terminology
• Lexical Semantics
• Computational Terminology
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Marie-Claude L'HOMME is a Full Professor at the Département de linguistique et de traduction, Université de Montréal. She holds a prestigious membership in the Société royale du Canada (since 2013). Her research focuses on terminology theory, lexical semantics, and computational lexicography, with applications in environmental science, multilingual resources, and Indigenous language preservation. Her academic roles include teaching courses like TRA-6021 (Terminology, Texts and Knowledge) and TRA-6117 (Applied Terminology). She leads major research projects such as 'Le lexique entre humains et machines' and 'Uauitamutau assi', collaborating with institutions like the Observatoire de linguistique Sens-Texte (OLST). Her grants include funding from the CRSH and FRQSC for projects on environmental terminology and lexical frameworks. Her research interests emphasize methodological innovation in terminology encoding, frame semantics, and corpus-based approaches. She has advised over 20 graduate students on topics ranging from Chinese specialized lexicography to climate change terminology. Key publications explore polysemy management, environmental term structures, and Indigenous knowledge systems. Awards: Société royale du Canada membership (2013–) Grants: Led projects funded by CRSH (2023–2026, 2019–2025) and FRQSC Teaching: Courses on specialized terminology and lexicography Her lab contributions include developing resources like DiCoEnviro (environmental terminology) and multilingual dictionaries. Current projects address lexical structures in Innu-Aimun and cross-lingual term alignment.

• Translation Studies
• Chinese Language
• Spanish Translation
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Inna Kozlova Mikurova serves as a Researcher in the Department of Translation and Interpreting and East Asia Studies at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, actively supervising PhD candidates and leading the Grup Tradumàtica research collective. Her institutional affiliation demonstrates continuous academic engagement through project leadership until 2024. Her research profile reveals deep specialization in Chinese-Spanish translation interfaces with particular emphasis on classical Chinese texts. Key focus areas include: Translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms Classical Chinese function words adaptation Parallel corpus development for machine translation Cognitive processes in translation workflows Language resources for specialized translation Publication trends since 2019 demonstrate sustained output in high-impact translation journals, with recent work analyzing classical Chinese particles, pandemic-era educational adaptation, and machine translation post-editing. Her research consistently bridges theoretical translation studies with practical linguistic applications, particularly in Chinese-Spanish language pairs. As principal investigator for DESCRIBING POST-EDITESE IN MACHINE TRANSLATION (2020-2024) and contributor to Apertura cosmopolita al otro (2012-2015), she has secured significant research funding from Spain's Ministry of Science and Innovation. Her doctoral supervision capacity extends to 13 graduate projects according to institutional records. Her research infrastructure includes the Grup Tradumàtica collective which develops cognitive translation tools and maintains specialized language resources, particularly focused on East Asian language processing within European academic contexts.

• Legal Translation
• Court Interpreting
• Translation Competence
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Mariana Orozco-Jutorán is a Professor at the Department of Translation and Interpreting, part of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). She holds a Ph.D. in Translation Studies from UAB (2000), a Master's in Translation Theory (1997), and a Bachelor's in Translation and Interpreting (1995), all from the same institution. Her research focuses on legal translation, court interpreting, and translation competence acquisition, with emphasis on intercultural communication and language brokering in educational and healthcare settings. Education: Ph.D. in Translation Studies, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2000 Master's in Translation Theory (Magíster en Traducción), UAB, 1997 Bachelor's in Translation and Interpreting, UAB, 1995 Research Interests: Her work addresses legal translation challenges, court interpreting quality, and the role of language brokers in fostering social inclusion. She has pioneered methodologies for assessing translation competence and developing resources for judicial interpreters, with a focus on multilingual legal systems. Recent projects include CIMAS (Healthcare Intercultural Communication) and EYLBID (Empowering Young Language Brokers). Articles & Grants: Her 127+ publications span legal translation pedagogy, corpus-based interpreting studies, and intercultural communication. Key grants include the La calidad de la traducción project (2015–2017) and the YOUNG NATURAL INTERPRETERS initiative (2019–2022). Recent works emphasize practical tools for translators and interpreters, including resources for nonprofit organizations and digital educational games. Labs & Teams: She leads the MIRAS research group (Mediation and Interpreting: Research in the Social Field) and collaborates with the COMUNICA group on public service interpreting. Her work bridges academic research with real-world applications, such as improving judicial interpreting quality and supporting language brokers in schools.

Bettina BeinhoffView profile

Associate Professor

• Sociolinguistics
• Language Ideologies
• Migration & Language
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Bettina Beinhoff is an Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics at Anglia Ruskin University and a Senior Lecturer at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge . She serves as Director of Studies in Linguistics and Chair of the School's Research Ethics Panel . Education : PhD and MPhil in Applied Linguistics from University of Cambridge; PGCert in Teaching at Higher Education Level. Research Interests intersect sociolinguistics , language ideologies , and identity negotiation in intercultural communication and second language acquisition . She investigates attitudes toward accents in migrant communities and constructed languages (e.g., Quenya, Na'vi ), analyzing how design intentions align with audience perceptions. Scientific Contributions include a British Academy research grant on CEFR intelligibility mapping and co-directorship of the Anglia Ruskin Research Centre for Intercultural and Multilingual Studies and Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy . Her recent Space Policy publication on planetary communication frameworks highlights her interdisciplinary work with the Interstellar Foundation , including a 2025 moon-bound message . Scientific Awards : Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy. Supervision includes PhD projects on language maintenance in migrant communities , identity in L2 acquisition , and behavioral mirroring in intercultural encounters . She actively participates in BAAL, EuroSLA, PhilSoc , and ALT (Association of Language Testers in Europe).

Marius FunkView profile

Researcher

• Conversational AI
• Nonverbal Behavior
• Cultural Comparison
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Marius Funk is a Research Assistant at the Chair for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence within the Faculty of Applied Computer Science at the University of Augsburg. His work focuses on conversational AI, nonverbal behavior, cultural comparisons, engagement prediction, and multimodal interfaces. In 2024, he co-authored a study creating the NoXi+J corpus to analyze cross-cultural non-verbal cues in multilingual dyadic interactions. This research aligns with his interests in understanding how cultural characteristics influence human-agent engagement. He can be contacted via email at marius.funk@uni-a.de or reached at his office in Augsburg.

Christof SchöchView profile

Professor

• Digital Humanities
• Computational Literary Studies
• Quantitative Text Analysis
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Professor Christof Schöch is a leading academic at the University of Trier and co-director of the Trier Center for Digital Humanities (TCDH) since 2017. He co-edits the Journal of Computational Literary Studies (JCLS) and has held significant leadership roles including chair of the German-speaking Digital Humanities Association (DHd 2018–2022) and president of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO 2023–2024). Completed doctorate in French Literature (binational Kassel/Paris, 2008) Thesis: La Description double dans le roman français des Lumières 1760-1800 Degree: Romance Languages, English, Psychology Schöch's research focuses on Computational Literary Studies , particularly statistical text analysis , data modeling , and quantitative methods applied to French Enlightenment literature and modern/contemporary French novels . He champions Open Science practices including open access, open data, and open source software. His work also intersects with digital publishing , copyright issues , and reproducibility in Digital Humanities . Recent publications highlight trends in multilingual stylometry , LLM applications , and historical data modeling . Notable contributions include the European Literary Text Collection (ELTeC) and MiMoTextBase RDF dataset. His academic awards include the 2010 Prix Germaine de Stael for his dissertation. Schöch actively develops digital infrastructure through projects like Wikibase instance for academic activity tracking and coleto text collation software. He participates in international collaborations such as the Text+ AG Legal and Ethical Issues and CLS INFRA infrastructure project. His teaching includes Advanced Digital Humanities courses on law and digital humanities and data analysis methods.

• German Language Teaching
• Multilingualism
• European Union Language Policy
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Lucia Šukolová is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Applied Languages , University of Economics in Bratislava , specializing in German language education and multilingualism. Her work bridges linguistic research with applications in diplomacy and non-philological academic contexts. Education: Second degree in German Language and Literature - Fine Art Education (2008, Comenius University in Bratislava); Third degree in International Relations (2015, University of Economics in Bratislava). Her research focuses on German as a foreign language , EU language policy , and multilingualism , particularly its role in diplomatic communication and professional terminology . Recent projects include analyzing language policy implementation in EU member states and the use of German in bilateral diplomacy. Her publications highlight trends in language education , corpus linguistics , and terminology extraction . She has contributed to conference proceedings and edited volumes, often addressing pedagogical approaches in multilingual settings. Šukolová co-researches the VEGA project: Multilingualism in Different Spheres of Life in Contemporary Bratislava (1/0295/23) , supported by the Slovak National Scholarship Fund (NHF) for teaching skill development (2022-2023). She has been on parental leave (2016-2017) but remains actively engaged in academic roles.

Nicole SchumacherView profile

Researcher

• Second and Foreign Language Acquisition
• Multilingualism
• Language Didactics
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Nicole Schumacher is a Researcher at the Institute for German Language and Linguistics within the Faculty of Language and Literature at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin . Her work focuses on second and foreign language acquisition , multilingualism , language didactics , and interaction analysis , particularly in contexts involving register acquisition , teacher professionalization , and virtual exchanges . Coordinated the Certificate course in German in a Multilingual Context (DiM) . Subproject leader in the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1412 , studying register knowledge in advanced learners. Engaged in projects like Interaction in Video Conferences for German as a Foreign Language and Spontaneous Language Production of Japanese Learners . Research Interests Schumacher explores how learners develop register flexibility and metalinguistic awareness in academic and multilingual environments. Her studies emphasize the role of multilingualism as a resource in education, particularly for immigrant students, and investigate language variation across different contexts. Publications & Projects Her recent work includes the CRC 1412 proposal on register knowledge and a chapter in Professional and Technical German in Science and Practice (2024) analyzing learner perspectives. She has contributed to understanding register acquisition , videoconference-based interaction , and oral language development in multilingual classrooms. Scientific Activities Presented at the 30th LIPP Symposium on register awareness (2025). Coordinated research on multilingualism didactics at the Deutsch-Französisches Forschungszentrum (2024). Advising & Teaching Schumacher has supervised numerous theses across German linguistics , education , and multilingualism studies , focusing on topics like verb order, grammatical transfer, and intercultural communication. She teaches courses on second language acquisition , multilingualism , and didactic methods in German as a Second/Foreign Language (DaF/DaZ).

Elisabeth VerhoevenView profile

Professor

• Register variation
• Typological language comparison
• Non-Indo-European languages
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Elisabeth Verhoeven is Professor of General Linguistics at Humboldt University of Berlin, affiliated with the Institute of German Language and Linguistics within the Faculty of Humanities. She leads project A06 on 'Modeling register variation across languages' as part of the Collaborative Research Center 1412 (CRC 1412) 'Register: Language Users' Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation'. Her research focuses on typological language comparison and the study of less researched non-Indo-European languages, particularly Maya and Chibcha languages of Central America. Verhoeven employs experimental and corpus linguistic methods to trace cross-linguistic variation back to more abstract principles of language systems. She has made significant contributions to understanding register variation across different time periods, languages, modalities, and cultural contexts. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on register phenomena, syntactic complexity in oral registers, and the linguistic structures of Mayan languages. She has co-authored multiple publications in 2023-2024 as part of the CRC 1412 initiative, indicating her active research engagement. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with empirical corpus studies and experimental approaches. Verhoeven collaborates extensively with researchers across Europe, contributing to the development of the Lang*Reg corpus which contains data from German, Persian, Yucatec Maya, Kurdish, and Javanese, examining how the same speakers vary their language across different situations in terms of mode, acquaintance, professionalism, and expertise. She has presented her work at various research colloquia and retreats related to the CRC 1412, focusing on cross-linguistic aspects of register variation. Her ORCID identifier is 0000-0001-8775-8567, and she can be contacted at Humboldt University's main campus at Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin.

Pablo Gamallo OteroView profile

Professor

• Natural Language Processing
• Information Extraction
• Machine Learning
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Pablo Gamallo Otero is a Full Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) with extensive experience in Natural Language Processing and Information Extraction. His academic career began with a Linguistics thesis defended in 1998 at the Université Blaise Pascal, followed by post-doctoral work at the Artificial Intelligence Center of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Since 2004, he has been affiliated with USC, progressing from Isidro Parga Pondal research fellow to Ramón y Cajal research fellow, and ultimately to his current position as Full Professor. His research focuses on Natural Language Processing and Information Extraction, with current projects centered on semantic relation extraction and the development of hybrid language models (neuro-symbolic) applied to sentiment analysis and disinformation detection. His work spans machine learning, language technologies, and trustworthy AI, with a particular emphasis on Galician language processing. Gamallo has led numerous research projects including iRead4Skills, HYBRIDS, LingUMT, DeepR3.gal, and Big-eRisk, demonstrating his commitment to advancing language technologies for both academic and practical applications. His recent publications reveal a strong focus on Galician language models, neural machine translation, and the development of resources for low-resource languages. The research trends show an evolution from dependency parsing and lexical normalization toward contemporary challenges in large language models, sentiment analysis, and cross-lingual transfer learning, particularly for Romance languages and Galician specifically. As an entrepreneur in the field, Gamallo is the promoter and founding partner of Cilenis, a USC spin-off specializing in language technologies, and serves as the main developer of linguistic software tools including Linguakit and Avalingua. His contributions to the field extend beyond academia into practical applications that support language preservation and technological accessibility.

Jack RueterView profile

Researcher

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Endangered Languages
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Jack Rueter is a University Researcher in the Department of Digital Humanities at the University of Helsinki, specializing in computational linguistics and language technology for endangered and minority languages. His work focuses particularly on Uralic languages, including Erzya, Moksha, Komi varieties, and Sami languages. With a PhD in General Linguistics from the University of Helsinki (awarded December 23, 2010), he has maintained an active research career spanning over two decades. Dr. Rueter's research interests center around computational approaches to language documentation and preservation, with particular expertise in finite-state transducers, morphological analysis, and machine translation for low-resource languages. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical language technology applications, focusing on creating digital resources for endangered Uralic languages. His publication record shows a consistent focus on developing computational tools for minority languages, with recent work expanding to include applications of large language models and neural networks while maintaining strong foundations in rule-based approaches. The trend in his research demonstrates a commitment to both preserving linguistic diversity and adapting to new technological developments in NLP. Rueter actively contributes to the academic community through peer review, conference organization, and collaborative projects. He has served as a reviewer for journals and funding bodies including Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft and Acta Linguistica Academica, and is a member of the organizing committee for the International Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Uralic Languages. His project portfolio includes significant contributions to language infrastructure, such as the FIN-CLARIAH project (2024-2025) and multiple experimental treebanking projects for minority Uralic languages. These projects demonstrate his commitment to building sustainable digital resources for linguistic communities.

Beata MegyesiView profile

Professor

• Computational Linguistics
• Historical Cryptology
• Artificial Intelligence in Humanities
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Beata Megyesi is a Professor of Computational Linguistics at Stockholm University , leading groundbreaking work in Historical Cryptology and Digital Humanities . Her research bridges Artificial Intelligence with Philology to decode secret historical documents through projects like DESCRYPT (2025-2032) and DECRYPT (2018-2024), funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and Vetenskapsrådet . Current Chair of Swedish Research Council's Linguistics Review Group (2024-2025) Director of the international Master's Program in AI and Language Advisor to PhD candidates Micaella Bruton and Crina Tudor Research Focus includes: Automatic analysis of 17th-19th century ciphers with AI Development of Linked Open Data infrastructure for cryptology Decryption of papal and diplomatic correspondences from 1500-1965 Creation of HistCorp multilingual historical corpus collection Key Collaborations span institutions in Sweden, Norway, Spain, Germany, Hungary, and the USA , with notable projects like DECODE2LOD and Swe-CLARIN . Her lab has pioneered automated key extraction and neural network-based alignment of encrypted manuscripts to plaintext.

Jannis VamvasView profile

Lecturer

• Natural Language Processing
• Multilingual Language Models
• Machine Translation
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Jannis Vamvas is a Lecturer and active researcher in the Department of Computational Linguistics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. With a PhD thesis titled Model-Based Evaluation of Multilinguality , he specializes in deep learning for natural language processing, with particular emphasis on multilingual language models and their evaluation. Academic Roles Current Lecturer for Large Language Models , Text Generation , and Mathematical Foundations at UZH Postdoctoral Researcher (MUTAMUR Project, 2023) PhD in Computational Linguistics (2019-2023, supervised by Rico Sennrich, Lena A. Jäger, and Martin Volk) Education M.Sc. in Computational Linguistics (major) and Computer Science (minor) at LMU Munich (2017-2019) B.A. in Computer Science and Philosophy from University of Basel (2011-2015) His research focuses on multilingual language models, particularly SwissBERT for Swiss languages, and methods for evaluating translation quality through approaches like Contrastive Conditioning and Translation Cross-Likelihood. He explores how to adapt models to local data, detect translation errors, and improve document translation through source-primed conversation techniques. Recent publications highlight his work on: Translation direction detection Hallucination mitigation in machine translation Minimum Bayes Risk decoding Swiss multilingual language modeling Semantic difference recognition Scientific recognition includes: EAMT 2024 Highly Commended Thesis Best Paper Award at SwissText 2025 Best Scientific Paper Award at SwissText 2024 He teaches advanced courses on Large Language Models, Text Generation, and Mathematical Foundations, and has served as organizer of the Computational Linguistics Colloquium at UZH. Current projects include the InvestigaDiff initiative and machine translation for Romansh idioms.

Roger AnderssonView profile

Professor

• Historical Scandinavian Philology
• Medieval Studies
• Narrative Theory
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Roger Andersson is a Professor at Stockholm University's Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism, specializing in historical Scandinavian philology and medieval studies. His research focuses on Old Swedish texts, particularly those related to Saint Birgitta, medieval sermons, and the interaction between Latin and vernacular languages in manuscript cultures. Current president of Svenska fornskriftsällskapet (2017–2025) Former general editor of the Sermo book series (2006–2015) Lead critical edition of Old Swedish Birgittine texts His scholarly work examines scribal identification, medieval written culture, and the theological authority of vernacular texts. The Narratives: form and function group explores storytelling across historical periods, while his Scandinavian philology and language history research investigates early Scandinavian languages and literature. Roger's publications show strong focus on Birgittine studies, sermon analysis, and manuscript transmission patterns. His work bridges textual scholarship with broader theological and cultural interpretations of medieval Scandinavian literature.

Igor KudashevView profile

Lecturer

• Linguistics
• Translation Studies
• Terminology
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Igor Kudashev is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Helsinki, with a part-time position at the University of Tampere. His research focuses on Linguistics , particularly in Translation Studies , Terminology , Lexicography , and Language Technology . He has published extensively on topics such as corpus-based translation analysis, terminological resource federation, and digital tools in linguistic education. His recent research includes the 2020 study on Electronic tools for terminological accessibility and 2017 works on students' glossaries in Moodle, translation domestication/foreignization, and terminological-ontological resource integration. Earlier projects (2006–2016) involved EU-Russia terminology unification and Finnish-Russian collaboration. Notable awards include the International Award for Applied Research and Development (2008) and the Lotte Prize by RossTerm (2008) . He actively participates in academic conferences and peer review, and has hosted international scholars at the University of Helsinki.