Mícheál Ó Meachair

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Ollamh Cúnta
Campas na Naomh Uile
Droim Conrach
Baile Átha Cliath 9
D09 N920
T:Ext. 6033

E:micheal.omeachair@dcu.ie
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Tá bunchéim aige sa Nua-Ghaeilge agus i Stair na hEalaíne, agus M.A. i Scríobh agus Cumarsáid na Gaeilge ón gColáiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath. Fuair sé céim dochtúireachta i réimse na teangeolaíochta corpais i gColáiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath. Dhírigh an taighde dochtúireachta seo ar chorpas acmhainní oideachais a thiomsú (EduGA) agus ar anailís a dhéanamh ar an gcastacht teanga sa chorpas sin. Is ríomhchláraitheoir agus logánaitheoir bogearraí é, agus is comhbhunaitheoir de chuid an Ríomhacadaimh é. I measc na spéiseanna taighde atá aige tá an teangeolaíocht chorpais agus teicneolaíochtaí teanga, agus is ball de Ghrúpa Taighde NLP cuid DCU é.

He has a degree in Modern Irish and History of Art, and an M.A. in Scríobh agus Cumarsáid na Gaeilge from University College Dublin. He received his doctoral degree in the field of corpus linguistics from Trinity College, Dublin. This doctoral research focussed on compiling a corpus of educational materials (EduGA) and analysing the complexity of the language therein. He is a programmer and localizer, and he is one of the co-founders of an Ríomhacadamh. His primary research interests are corpus linguistics and language technologies, and he is a member of the DCU NLP Research Group.

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2022 Úna Bhreathnach; Mícheál J Ó Meachair; Gearóid Ó Cleircín (2022) 4th Celtic Languages Technology Workshop Introducing the National Corpus of Irish Project Marseille, .
2022 Mícheál J Ó Meachair; Colm Ó Ciardubháin; Gearóid Ó Cleircín; Úna Bhreathnach (2022) 15th Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC) Conference The National Corpus of Irish: Supporting Educators and Creators of Educational Materials Limerick, .
2021 Katie Ní Loingsigh; Mícheál Ó Meachair; Brian Ó Raghallaigh; Úna Bhreathnach; Gearóid Ó Cleircín (2021) Corpus Linguistics 2021 From Galltacht to Gaeltacht: a diachronic corpus-based analysis of references to Ireland’s linguistics regions Mary Immaculate College and University of Limerick, .
2021 Mícheál J. Ó Meachair; Úna Bhreathnach; Gearóid Ó Cleircín; Brian Ó Raghallaigh (2021) Corpus Linguistics 2021 Corpas na Gaeilge Comhaimseartha (CGC): Development, annotation, and current plans Limerick, .
2018 Mícheál J. Ó Meachair; Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha (2018) The 9th Inter-varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Conference Difficult Words: An Analysis of Terminology in a Corpus of Irish Educational Materials Malta, .
2018 Mícheál J. Ó Meachair; Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha (2018) Inter-varietal Applied Corpus Studies Symposium A Corpus of Educational Materials Maynooth University, .
2015 Mícheál J. Ó Meachair; Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha (2015) Corpus Linguistics 2015 Relating a Corpus of Educational Materials to the CEFR Lancaster University, .

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2022 James Barry; Joachim Wagner; Lauren Cassidy; Alan Cowap; Teresa Lynn; Abigail Walsh; Mícheál J. Ó Meachair; Jennifer Foster (2022) LREC (Language Resources Evaluation Conference) gaBERT - an Irish-language Model Marseille, [Link]
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Committees

Committee Function From / To
Fochoiste Téarmaí Ríomhaireachta agus Teicneolaíochta de chuid an Choiste Téarmaíochta Cuireadh na téarma a mhol an fochoiste seo faoi bhráid an Choiste Téarmaíochta le go gcuirfí sa Bhunachar Náisiúnta Téarmaíochta iad (féach: Tearma.ie). -

Languages

Language Reading Writing Speaking
Irish Fluent Fluent Fluent
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Functional Basic Basic
German Basic Basic Basic

Research Interests

Teangeolaíocht chorpais, teicneolaíochtaí teanga, logánú, múineadh agus sealbhú teanga.

Corpus linguistics, language technologies, localization, language teaching and acquisition.