NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

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One hour of lecture, one hour of discussion and one hour of computation per week. Introduction to the study of search and learning methods in designing and analyzing computational representations and algorithms for natural language processing. Implementation of linear and non-linear learning algorithms, with special attention to neural networks. Use of language models in sequence labeling and classification. Application of concepts in syntax and formal language theory to natural language parsing. Meaning representation, denotation and computation by means of compositional formalisms. Survey of on-line tools and human language technologies. Discussion of the interdisciplinary relationships between natural language processing, computational linguistics and artificial intelligence. LING 5980. RESEARCH SEMINAR IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS AND NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING. Credits vary from zero to six credit hours.