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 == Abigail Walsh (Dublin City University, Ireland) == == Abigail Walsh (Dublin City University, Ireland) ==
 //I benefited from an STSM in England, where I developed an Irish resources targeting noun compounds. The impact of these resources is manifold. They are used in assessing the quality of machine translation engines and large language models (LLMs). They underlie a PhD project exploring rare and diverse phenomena that remain a challenge with current NLP models. They pave the way towards new collaboration between Ireland and France concerning LLM evaluation. They allowed me personally to build the research line of my post-doctoral project and to connect with many successful senior researchers in this field. // //I benefited from an STSM in England, where I developed an Irish resources targeting noun compounds. The impact of these resources is manifold. They are used in assessing the quality of machine translation engines and large language models (LLMs). They underlie a PhD project exploring rare and diverse phenomena that remain a challenge with current NLP models. They pave the way towards new collaboration between Ireland and France concerning LLM evaluation. They allowed me personally to build the research line of my post-doctoral project and to connect with many successful senior researchers in this field. //
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 +== Agata Savary (Université Paris-Saclay, France) ==
 +//Coordinating COST Actions, both UniDive and, previously, IC1207 PARSEME (2013-2017) has crucial importance for my career. Between the two Actions, I obtained a full professor position at a major French university, in probably the biggest NLP research group in France, and my COST experience was a major factor in this success. Currently UniDive is one of important international visibility factors in
 +my institution (the LISN lab at Paris-Saclay University). In November 2024, a 6-year evaluation of our university (by the national HCERES certification body) took place. UniDive was selected as one of 2
 +activities to be highlighted during oral presentations of my research group in this evaluation. I'm also in the process of setting up an ERC proposal, which directly builds upon UniDive assets. In case of success, the impact on my career will be invaluable.//
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 == Amal Haddad Haddad (University of Granada, Spain) == == Amal Haddad Haddad (University of Granada, Spain) ==
 //I went for an STSM to Bulgaria in September 2024. The visit was very useful for me to understand new annotation methods. Hopefully, there will be future collaboration between the  //I went for an STSM to Bulgaria in September 2024. The visit was very useful for me to understand new annotation methods. Hopefully, there will be future collaboration between the 
 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the LexiCon research group at my university.// Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the LexiCon research group at my university.//
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 +== Anila Çepani (Albanian Language Department, Faculty of History and Philology, University of Tirana, Albania) ==
 +//Being part of UniDive has been an exciting and enriching journey for me, especially in advancing the representation of the Albanian language in Universal Dependencies and multilingual linguistic research. Collaborating with colleagues from diverse backgrounds has helped us tackle complex annotation challenges, turning dilemmas into learning opportunities. Seeing Albanian take its place in a global linguistic framework is both rewarding and motivating!//
 +//Beyond technical advancements, UniDive has connected me with an inspiring community of researchers passionate about low-resource languages. The exchange of ideas and methodologies has broadened my perspective and reinforced the importance of linguistic diversity in both research and technology. Moving forward, I am excited to apply these insights to further develop Albanian linguistic resources, strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations, and contribute to innovative language technology solutions.//
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 +== Daniel Zeman (Charles University in Prague, Czechia) ===
 +Since the beginning of UniDive, the Universal Dependencies collection of treebanks was extended by 32 new languages (22 co-created by UniDive members), all of them low resourced: Azerbaijani, Bavarian, Bororo, Cappadocian, Egyptian, Georgian, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Highland Puebla Nahuatl, Latgalian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Middle French, Old Irish, Ottoman Turkish, Paumari, Sinhala, Western Sierra Puebla Nahuatl, Xavante, Zaar, Abaza, Abkhaz, Classical Armenian, Gheg, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, and Maghrebi Arabic-French, Nheengatu, Telugu-English, Tswana, and Veps. 
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 +== Dawit Jembere (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) ==
 +//My involvement in UniDive has created opportunities to work on dependency parsing for low-resource languages, specifically Amharic and Gedeo. This experience has expanded my professional network and shifted my career focus from pure linguistics to a hybrid field integrating linguistics and computer science. My contribution to Universal Dependencies (UD) began with treebanks for Amharic and Gedeo, and I have drafted a project titled Parsing Amharic and Gedeo UD Treebanks (using MaChAmp, Trankit, and UDPipe). This project is a direct result of my involvement in UniDive and demonstrates how the Action has shaped my research direction and professional growth.//
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 == Kilian Evang (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany) == == Kilian Evang (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany) ==
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 == Roberto Díaz Hernández (University of Jaén, Spain) == == Roberto Díaz Hernández (University of Jaén, Spain) ==
 //UniDive has given me the opportunity to meet scholars specialised in computational linguistics and to introduce concepts and methods from this discipline into Egyptian philology.  //UniDive has given me the opportunity to meet scholars specialised in computational linguistics and to introduce concepts and methods from this discipline into Egyptian philology. 
-Firstly, I have started to develop the first morphosyntactic treebank for pre-Coptic Egyptian. Secondly, I have opened a new line of research in Egyptian philology dedicated to the identification and analysis of multiword expressions in Egyptian. These two assets will contribute to the development of automatic morphosyntactic analysis of Egyptian texts for philologists and automatic translation of Egyptian inscriptions for archaeologists and visitors to Egypt. This will also help me become a professor after completing the ongoing junior professorship program.//+Firstly, I have started to develop the first morphosyntactic treebank for pre-Coptic Egyptian. Secondly, I have opened a new line of research in Egyptian philology dedicated to the identification and analysis of multiword expressions in Egyptian. These two assets will contribute to the development of automatic morphosyntactic analysis of Egyptian texts for philologists and automatic translation of Egyptian inscriptions for archaeologists and visitors to Egypt. This will also help me move forward in my academic career after completing the ongoing junior professorship program.//
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 == Stella Markantonatou (Athena Research Center, Athens, Greece) == == Stella Markantonatou (Athena Research Center, Athens, Greece) ==
-//I went for an STSM to the University of Sheffield and worked on nominal MWEs. I used this experience to involve students of MSc courses in NLP in the production and evaluation of multiword expression resources for Modern Greek with LLMs. This is a contribution to the students’ careers and to the issue of providing resources to Modern Greek that has no substantive lexica and only medium-size general purpose corpora.//+//The ILSP & Archimedes/Athena RC team is working in developing speech corpora, STT models,  UD treebanks and models for morphosyntactic annotation for several, both living and endangered dialects of Modern Greek that are located in a geographical area spreading from Italy to Syria.  UniDive has provided an accommodating scientific environment with the ongoing discussions, community meetings and STSM tools.// 
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 +//I could personally benefit from an STSM to go to the University of Sheffield and work on nominal MWEs. I used this experience to involve students of MSc courses in NLP in the production and evaluation of multiword expression resources for Modern Greek with LLMs. This is a contribution to the students’ careers and to the issue of providing resources to Modern Greek that has no substantive lexica and only medium-size general purpose corpora.//
  
 //A post-doctoral fellow from my team, Stavros Bompolas, works on Greek dialects with AI tools. UD treebanking is crucial for his research. He attended the UniDive 2024 Chisinau Training School and found it instrumental in shaping his research trajectory. The training provided essential skills and insights, particularly in the Universal Dependencies framework. This knowledge has been vital in building dialectal treebanks for Greek varieties. It has also enabled him to examine how the concept of diversity is applied in NLP, leading to more accurate and comprehensive analyses.// //A post-doctoral fellow from my team, Stavros Bompolas, works on Greek dialects with AI tools. UD treebanking is crucial for his research. He attended the UniDive 2024 Chisinau Training School and found it instrumental in shaping his research trajectory. The training provided essential skills and insights, particularly in the Universal Dependencies framework. This knowledge has been vital in building dialectal treebanks for Greek varieties. It has also enabled him to examine how the concept of diversity is applied in NLP, leading to more accurate and comprehensive analyses.//
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