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Mikko Aulamo is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts, Department of Digital Humanities, specializing in Language Technology. His work focuses on natural language processing, machine translation, and computational linguistics, with particular emphasis on multilingual datasets, low-resource language processing, and open-source translation tools.
His research interests span across several key areas in computational linguistics. Aulamo has made significant contributions to the development of high-performance language technologies, particularly through the HPLT (High Performance Language Technologies) project and the OPUS ecosystem. His work addresses critical challenges in multilingual machine translation, parallel corpus processing, and resource development for underrepresented languages. He has published extensively on topics including neural machine translation, corpus filtering techniques, rule-based translation systems, and the creation of multilingual resources that support language technology applications across diverse linguistic contexts.
Aulamo's recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward creating more accessible, high-quality language technologies. His work on the HPLT project has produced substantial multilingual datasets and models, while his contributions to OPUS-MT have democratized neural machine translation. His research particularly emphasizes solutions for low-resource languages, including indigenous languages of the Americas and Scandinavian minority languages like Northern Sámi.
Aulamo has been actively involved in several major research projects:
- High Performance Language Technologies (2022-2025) - EU Innovation actions
- OPUS-MT: Open Translation Models, Tools and Services (2020-2021)
- FoTran: Found in Translation - Natural Language Understanding with Cross-Lingual Grounding (2018-2024) - ERC Consolidator Grant
- fiskmö: Creation of a parallel corpus for Finnish and Swedish translation (2018-2021)
He is a key contributor to the Language Technology research group at the University of Helsinki, working closely with Professor Jörg Tiedemann's team on advancing the state of the art in multilingual language processing and translation technologies.
