Josh McGiff

Josh McGiff is a second-year PhD student at the University of Limerick, specialising in Natural Language Processing and large language modeling. As a passionate Gaeilgeoir, Josh’s PhD research focuses on developing generative language models for the Irish language, aiming to bridge linguistic gaps in the digital age. Josh holds a degree in Computer Systems from the University of Limerick, where his undergraduate thesis explored building models to detect homophobic content on social media. Beyond his research, Josh lectures in the Immersive Software Engineering program and runs a business creating innovative software solutions for broadcasters. Aside from academia, Josh also has a strong interest in game development.

In the first year of this programme, Josh was named as one of the Sunday’s Business Post 30 under 30 in 2024.

Supervisor: Dr. Nikola Nikolov