Natural Language Processing

Catalog description

CS 554 / DS 554: Natural Language Processing (3 credits) Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of artificial intelligence, linguistics, and computer science, dedicated to enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language. NLP underpins advancements in human-computer interaction, information retrieval, sentiment analysis, chatbots, and a multitude of other applications. The course may cover a wide range of topics, including language modeling, sequence-to-sequence architectures, sentiment analysis, machine translation, and advanced techniques for natural language understanding and generation, providing a comprehensive foundation for NLP expertise. Recommended Background: Programming skills at the level of CS 5007.