Miryam De Lhoneux is an assistant professor at KU Leuven and head of the LAGoM NLP lab, bringing 11 years of experience in computational linguistics and applied NLP. She completed a PhD in Computational Linguistics at Uppsala University after an MSc in AI (NLP) from Edinburgh, and has held postdoctoral positions in Uppsala and Copenhagen funded by competitive grants. Her work spans both academic research and industry R&D—she has experience as an AI specialist and an IBM research intern—bridging theoretical models with practical applications. She leads research on language technology while mentoring students and building collaborations across European institutions. Known for moving between languages and disciplines, she combines deep linguistic training with hands-on machine learning expertise to tackle multilingual and real-world NLP problems. Based in Antwerp, she maintains an active international research profile and lab leadership at KU Leuven.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Artificial Intelligence, specialization in Natural Language Processing, Master of Science (MS), Artificial Intelligence, specialization in Natural Language Processing at The University of Edinburgh
Master of Arts (MA), Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Master of Arts (MA), Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Université catholique de Louvain
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Linguistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Linguistics at Uppsala University
English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish
Contributions:3 releases, 119 commits, 73 pushes in 1 year
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Miryam De Lhoneux - Assistant Professor at KU Leuven