
HiTZ is a leading reference center in Language Technologies from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). It focuses on research, training, technological transfer, and innovation in Artificial Intelligence specifically for language and speech. Composed of the Ixa and Aholab research groups, HiTZ has been a driving force in Basque Country's language technology sector since 1988 and 1995, respectively. The center is recognized for its research leadership in Spain, with publications in top conferences, national research awards, and prestigious European AI awards. HiTZ is actively involved in areas such as Machine Translation, Text Analysis, Speech and audio processing, and the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) with a focus on low-resource languages like Basque.

HiTZ is a leading reference center in Language Technologies from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). It focuses on research, training, technological transfer, and innovation in Artificial Intelligence specifically for language and speech. Composed of the Ixa and Aholab research groups, HiTZ has been a driving force in Basque Country's language technology sector since 1988 and 1995, respectively. The center is recognized for its research leadership in Spain, with publications in top conferences, national research awards, and prestigious European AI awards. HiTZ is actively involved in areas such as Machine Translation, Text Analysis, Speech and audio processing, and the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) with a focus on low-resource languages like Basque.