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Biography
Paul Buitelaar is Professor in Data Analytics and Deputy Director of the Data Science Institute at the University of Galway where he leads a team in Natural Language Processing. He is co-Director of the SFI Centre for Research Training in AI and co-PI of the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics. His research interests are in the development and use of Natural Language Processing methods for knowledge extraction and semantic-based information access. He has been involved in a large number of national and international funded projects in this area, among which the EU funded projects: Monnet, which developed the lemon model for ontology based lexicons; MixedEmotions, which developed the MixedEmotions toolbox for multilingual, multimodal emotion analysis; Pret-a-LLOD, which developed the LingHub repository for linguistic data; and Pandem-2, which developed a social media analysis framework for analyzing two-way communication between government agencies and the general Public - No restriction in pandemic and other settings. He has further been the originator and lead on the development of the Saffron framework for knowledge extraction from text, which has been used in projects with the Irish Times, Fidelity Investments and Huawei.
Research Interests
Natural Language Processing and semantics, specifically with applications in semantic-based approaches to text mining, data analytics and information access and search, in particular by use of Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies Specific research interests: ontology-based information extraction, ontology learning, taxonomy extraction, term extraction, term translation, ontology translation, semantic similarity, entity linking, relation extraction, linguistic linked data, linked data profiling, emotion and sentiment analysis
Education/Academic qualification
PhD.
Accepting PhD Students
- Accepting PhD Students
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Detecting Hate Speech Towards the LGBT+ Population in Mexican Spanish Using Transformer Architectures
Subburaj, A., Kathiresan, A., Ponnusamy, R., Buitelaar, P. & Chakravarthi, B. R., 2026, Speech and Language Technologies for Low-Resource Languages - 3rd International Conference, SPELLL 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Chakravarthi, B. R., B, B., Rajiakodi, S., García Cumbreras, M. Á., Jiménez Zafra, S. M., Kovács, G., Eger, S., Wahyu Pamungkas, E. & Dobrovoljc, K. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 397-407 11 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2656 CCIS).Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Conference Publication › peer-review
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Fuse-MD: A culturally-aware multimodal model for detecting misogyny memes
Ponnusamy, R., Rajiakodi, S., Sivagnanam, B., Kizhakkeparambil, A., Sharma, D., Buitelaar, P. & Raja Chakravarthi, B., Mar 2026, In: Natural Language Processing Journal. 14, 100197.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Attention-inspired text-based recommender system with explanatory capabilities
Pérez-Núñez, P., Buitelaar, P., Díez, J., Luaces, O. & Bahamonde, A., Dec 2025, In: Applied Soft Computing. 184, 113650.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Contrastive Learning-Enhanced BERT Models for Hate Speech Detection in Marathi and Telugu
Kayande, D., Ponnusamy, K. K., Kumaresan, P. K., Buitelaar, P. & Chakravarthi, B. R., 24 Jul 2025, FIRE 2024 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation. Ganguly, D., Sanyal, D. K., Majumder, P., Majumdar, S. & Gangopadhyay, S. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 48-54 7 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Conference Publication › peer-review
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FlintstonesSV++: Improving Story Narration using Visual Scene Graph
Kapuriya, J. & Buitelaar, P., 2025, In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 3964, p. 29-38 10 p.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Conference article › peer-review
Activities
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Prasanna Kumar Kumaresan
Buitelaar, P. P. (Co-Supervisor)
2023 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Rahul Ponnusamy
Buitelaar, P. P. (Co-Supervisor)
2023 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Tunde Ajayi
Buitelaar, P. P. (Primary Supervisor)
2022 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Gaurav Negi
Buitelaar, P. P. (Primary Supervisor)
2022 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Ali Hatami
Buitelaar, P. P. (Primary Supervisor)
2021 → 2025Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
Prizes
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President¿s Award for Research Excellence
Buitelaar, P. P. (Recipient), Sep 2017
Prize: Honorary award