Academic biography

Leagan Gaeilge thíos:

I am an assistant professor in Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge at Dublin City University. I hold a BA (Mod.) in computational linguistics and a PhD in speech technology from Trinity College Dublin. My research focuses on digital terminology, onomastics and folkloristics, as well as phonetics and language technology. I am a recognised expert in digital onomastics and digital humanities more generally. I am the Co-Principal Investigator of the AHRC-IRC Decoding Hidden Heritages project (2021–24). I am the Principal Investigator of the Department of the Gaeltacht-funded Logainm Placenames Database of Ireland project (www.logainm.ie; meitheal.logainm.ie).

I am the technology manager of the Gaois research group (www.gaois.ie; github.com/gaois; docs.gaois.ie). I am module coordinator for LIG1004 (Irish Linguistics) and LIG1006 (Irish Onomastics), and module co-coordinator of LIG1010 (Corpus Research). I am the creator of the Gaois Linguistic Database of Irish-language Surnames (www.gaois.ie/en/surnames). I am the author of Fuaimeanna na Gaeilge (Cois Life, 2014) and creator of the RIA-funded www.fuaimeanna.ie. I am the product manager of Terminologue, the cloud-based terminology management platform (www.terminologue.org).

I was on the steering committee of the Department of the Gaeltacht and EU Directorate-General for Translation project to support GA terminology in the EU Institutions which concluded in 2025. I am on the Advisory Board and technical working group of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Historical Dictionary of Modern Irish (FNG). I am a member of the Society for Names Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI), the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF), and the Core Interest Group for Irish Language Technology (CIGILT). I am a member of the Board of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) and was previously a member of the DRI Expert Advisory Group (EAG).

Irish version:

Is ollamh cúnta mé in Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge ag Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath. Tá BA (Mod.) sa ríomhtheangeolaíocht agus PhD sa teicneolaíocht urlabhra agam ó Choláiste na Tríonóide. Tá mo chuid taighde dírithe ar an téarmeolaíocht, an ainmeolaíocht agus an mbéaloideaseolaíocht dhigiteach, chomh maith leis an bhfoghraíocht agus an teicneolaíocht teanga. Is mé an Comh-Phríomhthaighdeoir ar an tionscadal Díchódú Oireachtaí Folaithe (2021–24) arna maoiniú ag an AHRC/IRC. Is mé an Príomhthaighdeoir ar thionscadal Logainm Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann arna maoiniú ag Roinn na Gaeltachta (www.logainm.ie; meitheal.logainm.ie).

Is mé an bainisteoir teicneolaíochta i ngrúpa taighde Gaois (