Human Language Technologies

Catalog description

This course provides students with tools and techniques for processing and extracting meaning and knowledge from a large volume of text data, with a focus on applying contemporary research findings in human language technologies. The course begins with a brief overview of human language technologies (HLT), with the goal of covering the foundations of HLT to students with a diverse background. The course then covers three topics of contemporary interest in human language technologies: sentiment analysis, computational semantics, and computational discourse. Students will evaluate and compare ideas from recent research.