Dr. Rejwanul Haque is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing at South East Technological University (SETU), Carlow, Ireland. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Dublin City University (DCU), where he was supported by an SFI PhD Fellowship (2008–2011). His career spans industry and academia: he contributed to MT systems at Lingo24 and Applied Language Solutions, developed cloud-based MT solutions like SmartMATE, and led industry-oriented research at ADAPT Centre for Huawei Noah’s Ark. He was a Research Fellow at ADAPT (2019–2021) with Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship funding, and Programme Director for MSc AI at National College of Ireland (2020–2022). His research focuses on AI, NLP, and machine translation challenges, including low-resource translation, ethical MT use, and adaptive systems. He has published 70+ peer-reviewed papers and collaborates with institutions like DCU, Trinity College Dublin, and French universities. He currently supervises two PhD students at SETU and secured funding for SETU’s PhD programme. Education: PhD in Computer Science and Engineering (Dublin City University, 2011) Research Interests: Dr. Haque’s work addresses cutting-edge NLP topics such as interactive machine translation, fairness in AI, domain adaptation, and sustainable MT models. He explores applications in biomedical translation, social media analytics, and question-answering systems. His recent projects include developing adaptive MT systems using large language models and improving low-resource language translation through novel techniques. Grants & Collaborations: He secured €189,924 via a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship and attracted SETU PhD scholarships (2023–2024). Collaborators include Microsoft Ireland, ADAPT Centre, and researchers from University Saint-Etienne, La Rochhelle University, and TCD. His work on the Citizen’s Assembly for COVID-19 earned the ADAPT Recognition Award (2020). Labs/Teams: Active contributor to the ADAPT Centre’s NLP initiatives and collaborates with DCU’s MT group. Engages in cross-institutional projects with French academic partners to advance multilingual systems and ethical AI practices.










