JOSE RAMON PICHEL CAMPOS

Jose Ramon Pichel Campos is an Assistant Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), affiliated with the Department of Electronics and Computing and the Higher Technical School of Engineering. His primary research focus is computational linguistics, with an emphasis on Galician and Portuguese languages, machine translation systems, historical language analysis, and multilingual technology development. He leads the LComp Research Group in Computational Linguistics, dedicated to advancing language technologies for minority languages like Galician.

Education: He earned a Doctorate from the University of the Basque Country in 2020 with a thesis titled Distance measures between languages based on corpus. Application to the historical linguistics of Galician, Portuguese, Spanish and English, supervised by Dr. Pablo Gamallo Otero and Dr. Iñaki Alegría Loinaz.

Research Interests: Pichel Campos specializes in computational methods for measuring language distance, developing machine translation systems for low-resource languages, and leveraging historical corpora for linguistic analysis. His work bridges historical linguistics with modern AI tools, particularly focusing on Galician-Portuguese dialects and their technological applications.

Key Projects: He pioneered the Nós Project, an open-source initiative to enhance Galician language technologies, and contributes to initiatives like Proyecto Guaná IA, which applies AI to endangered language education. His research also addresses legal frameworks like the Paz-Andrade Law to improve Galician language processing through Portuguese resources.

Publications: His recent work (2022–2024) includes advancements in neural machine translation for Galician, corpus-based diachronic language analysis, and multilingual public administration tools. He frequently publishes in computational linguistics and digital humanities venues, emphasizing practical applications for minority languages.

Grants & Labs: His work is supported by grants focused on language preservation and technology, though specific grant details aren’t provided here. He collaborates with the imaxin| software team, developing multilingual PLN applications for businesses and institutions.