LING 581

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Natural Language Processing

Linguistics College of Humanities

Course Description

Intensive overview of natural language processing, including computational techniques, hands-on experience with linguistic technologies and corpora, language modeling approaches, and readings from current research.

When Taught

Fall and Winter

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3

Fixed

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

0

Other Prerequisites

Good programming skills in at least one language (preferably LISP, Prolog, C, C++, Perl, or Java) and a knowledge of basic discrete math. Upper-division linguistics/computers and the humanities students with less programming experience may enroll with instructor`s consent.

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NLP Tools

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to demonstrate by hands-on experience how to use NLP tools in the performance of linguistically interesting tasks.

Title

NLP-related Computation

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to demonstrate application of a novel, nonontrivial programming approach to solving some aspect of NLP-related computation.

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Computational Techniques

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to recognize and describe how computational techniques are used successfully in various areas of natural language processing.

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Current Research Literature and Trends

Learning Outcome

Students will read, understand, discuss, and assess current research literature and trends in the relevant areas.