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Dr. Neasa Ni Chiarain

Ussher Assistant Professor (C.L.C.S.)
ARTS BUILDING
      
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Dr. Neasa Ni Chiarain

Ussher Assistant Professor (C.L.C.S.)
ARTS BUILDING


Neasa Ní Chiaráin is working on the development of speech and language technology for Irish, particularly on Irish language synthetic voices as part of the ABAIR initiative (www.abair.ie) in the Phonetics and Speech Lab, CLCS. As well as working on the development of the underpinning linguistic resources needed for synthesis, her research focuses on exploring the application of speech and language technology in a Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) context, particularly for the teaching/learning of Irish.
  2ND LANGUAGE   attidude & motivational studies of second-language learners   Autonomy in Language Learning   Celtic languages and literature   classroom second language learning/acquisition   Computer Assisted Language Learning   Corpus Linguistics   DIALOG   Discourse & Dialogue   Dyslexia and problems of written language   Education and minority language   Educational applications of Speech Technology   Game-based language learning   intelligent computer-assisted language learning (iCALL)   Irish Language   Irish speech and language technology   LANGUAGE   LANGUAGE ACQUISITION   Language and technology   LANGUAGE LEARNING   Language pedagogy   Learner corpora   Minority language education and maintenance   Natural Language Processing   ORAL LANGUAGE   Second language acquisition   Second language acquisition, socio-cultural and psychological aspects   Second language curriculum   SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS   Second Language Learning   SPEECH   Speech and Language Technology   Speech and Language Technology in Education   Speech processing/technology   SPEECH RECOGNITION   Speech synthesis   Speech technology   Technology and communication   Technology and language
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Fluent Medium Medium
German Fluent Medium Medium
Irish Fluent Fluent Fluent
McInerney, J., Tran, K.-T., Lonergan, L., Ní Chiaráin, Neasa, Ní Chasaide, Ailbhe, & Devereux, Barry, Qomhrá: A bilingual Irish and English large language model, Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages (LoResLM 2026), co-located with EACL 2026, Rabat, Morocco, Association for Computational Linguistics, 2026, Conference Paper, IN_PRESS
Liam Lonergan, Ibon Saratxaga, John Sloan, Oscar Maharg Bravo, Mengjie Qian, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Christer Gobl, Ailbhe Ní Chasaide, Fotheidil: an Automatic Transcription System for the Irish Language, Proceedings of the 5th Celtic Language Technology Workshop (CLTW 5), Abu Dhabi, UAE (Online), January 20, 2025, 2025, pp35"45 , Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
McInerney, Joseph, Tran, K.-T., Lonergan, Liam, Ní Chasaide, Ailbhe, Ní Chiaráin, Neasa, & Devereux, Barry, Qomhrá: A Bilingual Irish and English Large Language Model, Queen's University Belfast Vision and Language Symposium "One World, Many Modalities", Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2025, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Text-to-Speech Synthesis and Language Revitalisation, C.A. Chapelle & H. Hasselgard, The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, 2, 2025, [Neasa Ní Chiaráin], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, IN_PRESS
Cummins, J., Barnes, E., Ní Chiaráin, N., Ní Chasaide, A., What Does Access To AAC For Irish Mean To You?' Geabaire, The First Symbols-Based AAC Application For The Irish Language: Preliminary Findings From An Evaluation Study, Reach: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 2025, p2 - 7, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Lonergan, L., Qian, M., Ní Chiaráin, N., Gobl, C. and Ní Chasaide, A., Low-resource speech recognition and dialect identification of Irish in a multi-task framework, The Speaker and Language Recognition Workshop (Odyssey 2024), Quebec City, Canada, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Barnes, E., Ní Chiaráin, N., Ní Chasaide, A., Predictors of dual-language literacy attainment in Irish-English bilinguals, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 27, (8), 2024, p1069-1084 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Intleacht Shaorga agus Teagasc/Foghlaim na Gaeilge, ComharTaighde 10, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Barnes, E., Ní Chiaráin, N. & Ní Chasaide, A., Phonemic Awareness: Language-Specific and Universal Contributions, Reading and Writing, 2024, phttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11145 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Barnes, E., Ní Chiaráin, N. & Ní Chasaide, A., phonemic awareness: language-specific and universal contributions, Reading and Writing, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
  

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Branislav Bédi, ChatGPT-4 C-LARA-Instance, Belinda Chiera, Cathy Chua, Catia Cucchiarini, Anne-Laure Dotte, Stéphanie Geneix-Rabault, Christèle Maizonniaux, Claudia Marginean, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Louis Parry-Mills, Chadi Raheb, Manny Rayner, Annika Simonsen, Manolache Lucret Viorica, Fabrice Wacalie, Pauline Welby, Zhengkang Xiang, Rina Zviel-Girshin, ChatGPT-Based Learning And Reading Assistant (C-LARA): Second Report, 2, HAL: Id: hal-04516027, March, 2024, p1 - 146, Report, PUBLISHED
Ní Chiaráin, Neasa, Endangered Languages from an Irish perspective: Tír gan Teanga, Tír gan Anam, EuroCALL 2023: CALL for All Languages, Reykjavík, Iceland, 15-18 August 2023, 2023, University of Iceland, 3 - 4pp, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Ní Chiaráin, Neasa, Speech Technology for Irish: the ABAIR initiative, UK Speech 2023, Sheffield, UK, 14-15 June 2023, 2023, University of Sheffield, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Ní Chiaráin, Neasa, Developing the ABAIR Irish Synthetic Voices, Sheffield Speech Synthesis Workshop, Sheffield, UK, 12 June 2023, 2023, University of Sheffield, 5 - 6pp, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Government of Ireland, The Digital Plan for the Irish Language, 2023-2027, January, 2023, p1 - 140, Report, PUBLISHED
Ní Chasaide, A., Lynn, T., Uí Dhonnchadha, E., Ní Chiaráin, N and Judge, J., Digital Plan for the Irish Language: Speech and Language Technologies 2023-2027, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, 2022, Report, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Provost's Teaching Award - nominee 2020-21
European Language Label Award 2022 October 2022
National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2024: ABAIR-Geabaire - County Winner 12/10/2024