I teach regularly at the undergraduate and advanced level, primarily in computational linguistics. I am program responsible for the international master's program in AI and Language. I am the main supervisor for two PhD students and co-supervisor for one PhD student. 

Throughout the years, I have been taught courses at three universities: the Dept. of Linguistics at Stockholm University (SU), the Dept. of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University (UU), and the Dept. of Speech, Music and Hearing at KTH. I have been given various courses in computational linguistics (CL) and general linguistics (GL) from basic to advanced levels, as well as some PhD courses. 

Basic level courses:

• Corpus linguistics, 7.5 ECTS: 2023-2025 (SU)
• BA thesis supervision, 15 ECTS: 2000- (SU, KTH, UU)
• Languages, computers, and text processing, 7.5 ECTS: 2012-2020  (UU)
• Introduction to Language Technology, 7.5 ECTS: 2015  (UU)
• Advisor for Language Technology Project, 7.5 ECTS: 2011-2016  (UU)
• Techniques for large scale parsing (parts): 2009  (UU)
• Corpus linguistics, 7.5 ECTS: 2005, 2006, 2007 (UU)
• Computational grammar II, 7.5 ECTS: 2004 (UU)

Advanced level courses:

• Master's thesis course in AI and Language, 30 ECTS: 2026-2027 (SU)
• Project course in AI and Language, 15 ECTS: 2025 (SU)
• The structure of language, 7.5 ECTS: 2024-2025 (SU)
• Digital philology, 7.5 ECTS: 2018-2024 (UU)
• Corpus-based methods, 7.5 ECTS: 2023 (SU)
• Master thesis supervision, 30 ECTS: 2004-2023 (UU)
• Research and development, 15 ECTS: 2021 (UU)
• Computer-based tools for research in humanities, 7.5 ECTS: 2007-2013 (UU)
• Thesis work in language technology, 30 ECTS: 2005-2007 (UU)
• Advanced course in corpus linguistics, 7.5 ECTS: 2005 (UU)
• Advisor for Language Technology Project, 7.5 ECTS: 2011-2016 (UU)

PhD education:

• (Subs.) Director of the National Graduate School of Early Languages (DigPhil) 2025-2026
• I am the main supervisor of Micaella Bruton (SU) and Crina Tudor (SU), and co-supervisor of Oreen Yousuf (UU)
• I was co-supervisor: Eva Petterson and Mojgan Seraji
• Course in Digital philology II, 7.5 ECTS (SU/UU)
• Course in Digital Philology I, 7.5 ECTS: 2024 (UU)
• Natural Language Processing, GSLT, 2008
• Infrastructural tools for the study of linguistic variation: PhD course at Oslo University, June 2009

My research has two main strands: the automatic analysis of historical handwritten documents and large-scale text analysis for research in the humanities and social sciences. Over the past decade, my research has attracted more than €10 million in external funding and resulted in over 100 scholarly articles published in international venues.

Some projects that I led and/or contributed to: 

• DESCRYPT: Echoes of History: Analysis and Decipherment of Historical Writings: PI, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, 2025-2032
• DECRYPT: Decryption of Historical Manuscripts: PI, Swedish Research Council, 2018-2024 
• DECODE: Automatic Decoding of Historical Manuscript: PI, Swedish Research Council, 2015-2017
• HistoCrypt: A scientific forum for historical cryptology 2018-
• HistCorp: A collection of historical texts for 17 European languages 2015-
• SWEGRAM: Automatic Annotation and Analysis of Swedish texts, PI; part of the Swe-CLARIN project, Swedish Research Council, 2014-2024
• SWeLL: Research Infrastructure for Swedish as a second language: co-applicant, RJ, 2017-2019
• Multilingual Parallel Corpora, Swedish Research Council: member, 2006-2010
• Methods and Tools for Automatic Grammar Extraction: Swedish Research Council: member, 2005-2007
• An Infrastructure for Swedish language technology: member,  Swedish Research Council, 2007-2008

My research has also been featured in the media. For example:

• Vetenskapsradion, Sveriges Radio: AI decodes secret historical documents AI avkodar hemliga historiska dokument September 1, 2026 by Jonna Westin
• LaPresse: Décryptage de manuscrits anciens QUAND L’IA SE PREND POUR INDIANA JONES July 19, 2026 by Karim Benessaieh
• Dagens Nyheter: "Professor breaks historical ciphers with AI: It took 28 minutes" Professorn knäcker historiska chifferkoder med AI: ”Tog 28 minuter” by Rebecka Rosengart, June 2, 2026
• BBC Future: Plots, love letters and remedies: The medieval secrets being revealed by AI by Sandrine Ceurstemont, May 28, 2026
• Vetenskapsradion Historia (Radio Sweden, Science, History) Interview with me by  Urban Björstadius, February 2, 2025.
• Forskning och Framsteg (Research and Development). AI löser historiska krypton by Lina Wennersten-Gradert. September 2024
• The computational linguist who cracks historical riddles 2024. Article and film by Stockholm University
• Nobel Calling Stockholm 2024. How do we crack codes? Nobel Prize Museum.
• New Scientist: How scientists are cracking historical codes to reveal lost secrets
• C'T Magazine: Die Kryptografen des Papstes
• Populär historia: Historiska chiffer ska knäckas med algoritmer
• Curie: Tillsammans knäcker forskarna historisk kod
• Sveriges Radio P4 Uppland: Kryptologer från hela världen träffas på historisk konferens
• New York Times: How Revolutionary Tools Cracked a 1700s Code and other publications in the press about the Copiale cipher pdf, 6.3 MB.

You can find details about my research in my publications. 

I have also served on numerous committees for doctoral theses and mid-term evaluations, regularly act as a reviewer for conferences and workshops, and have undertaken numerous expert assignments for appointments in both Sweden and abroad. Additionally, I have served as an assessor for projects funded by the Swedish Research Council and the Wallenberg Foundation.

Beáta Megyesi's publications per year pdf, 403.9 kB. and per type pdf, 280.7 kB..