Hossein Hassani
Assistant Professor at University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH)
Erbil Governorate, Iraq
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Top SchoolHossein Hassani is an Assistant Professor and software researcher with eight years of experience bridging higher education and industry, currently teaching and researching at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (University of Buckingham / SSST) and an MSc in Information Management, and applies this background to advance Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics. Hossein founded the Kurdish BLARK initiative, demonstrating a commitment to building foundational language resources for underrepresented languages. His work blends rigorous academic research, software engineering, and academic coaching, with strengths in analytical methods and academic writing. Based in Erbil, he brings practical classroom experience since 2007 and a track record of translating research into tools and datasets that enable language technology in Kurdish. Colleagues know him for combining deep technical expertise with a mission-oriented approach to language preservation and technology access.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MSc, Information Management, Master of Science - MSc, Information Management at Robert Gordon UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at The University of Buckingham (and Sarjevo School of Science and Technology (SSST))Bachelor of Science - BSc, Computer (Software), Bachelor of Science - BSc, Computer (Software) at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Github Skills (10)
nlp8
french6
corpus6
creative-commons4
turkish4
music4
data-science2
machine-learning2
deep-learning2
python2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
KurdishBLARK/KTC
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:11 commits, 12 pushes in 1 day
KurdishBLARK/KurdishBLARK.github.io
Dec 2019 - Jun 2022
The Kurdish-BLARK web page
Contributions:85 commits, 87 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 7 months
kurdish-language-processingnlpweb-pagekurdish
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