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Introduction to Computational Linguistics (U01974)

? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 9  ? Acronym : INF-3-ICL

Computational Linguistics brings together important aspects of formal linguistics and computation, and this course aims to cover the key concepts and techniques required for research and more specialised study in this rapidly evolving field. In line with contemporary developments, the course is slanted towards shallow processing methods. The following topics will be covered: -An introduction to linguistic models and computational algorithms commonly used in computational linguistics. -The use of standard tools for carrying out representative natural language processing tasks. -The role of computational linguistics in real-world applications.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Artificial Intelligence 2A (INF-2-AI2A) and Artificial Intelligence 2B (INF-2-AI2B). Or Informatics PGs.

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

Subject Areas

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information
22/09/2005 14:00 15:00 Room G19, Adam Ferguson Building Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Monday 14:00 14:50 Central
Lecture Thursday 14:00 14:50 Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
-Describe standard formal models of lexical, morphological and syntactic structure.
-Describe and appraise the main computational algorithms used in part-of-speech tagging and in context free parsing.
-Appraise the utility and feasibility of rule-based and statistical techniques for carrying out representative language processing tasks.
-Use a scripting language to combine various text processing tools into a system.
-Demonstrate an understanding of Gold Standard evaluation methodology.

Assessment Information

Written Examination 75%
Assessed Assignments 25%

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length
1ST May - - 1 hour(s) 45 minutes
2ND August - - 1 hour(s) 45 minutes

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mr Neil McGillivray
Tel : (0131 6)50 2701
Email : Neil.McGillivray@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Colin Stirling
Email : cps@dcs.ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/

School Website : http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/

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