LET-REMA-LCEX19
Introduction to Language and Speech Technology
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleLET-REMA-LCEX19
Credits (ECTS)6
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Arts; Graduate School;
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator
dr. B.J.M. van Halteren
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Lecturer
dr. B.J.M. van Halteren
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Contactperson for the course
dr. B.J.M. van Halteren
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Examiner
dr. B.J.M. van Halteren
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Academic year2020
Period
PER 1-PER 2  (31/08/2020 to 24/01/2021)
Starting block
PER 1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
You understand the degree to which text (either written or spoken) can be processed automatically and the purposes for which this processing can be used. You are able to select the proper resources or algorithms for given tasks and situations, and can follow up on this selection by finding and obtaining relevant resources and software, and judging their appropriateness. In case the available resources or software are not fully suited for the task/situation at hand, you can describe how they should be adjusted or extended (note that this does not imply your ability to implement such adjustments/extensions yourself).
 
 
Content
In this course, we examine the various linguistic levels that are being processed automatically (e.g. speech and syntax), the information that can be derived from that processing (e.g. for purposes of information extraction and man-machine dialogue), and the techniques that are used for the actual processing (e.g. Hidden Markov Models and word embeddings).
 
As for literature, we are currently in a transition phase, with the seminal handbook Speech and Language Processing (2nd edition) by Jurafsky and Martin starting to show its age, the 3rd edition more up-to-date but not quite finished, and a similar handbook (Natural Language Processing by Jacob Eisenstein) also not quite finished. As a result, we will work through selected chapters from the publicly available drafts of all three of these handbooks, and do some of the exercises. In selected cases, you will obtain hands-on experience with available systems and/or techniques.
Level

Presumed foreknowledge

Test information

Specifics

Assumed previous knowledge
Some experience with programming (not any specific programming language, but programming in general) and statistics

Instructional modes
At-home PER2 gel1
Attendance MandatoryYes

At-home PER2 gel2
Attendance MandatoryYes

Seminar

Tests
Written exam 1 (AT HOME)
Test weight40
Test typeWritten exam
OpportunitiesBlock PER 1, Block PER 2

Minimum grade
5,0

Written exam 2 (AT HOME)
Test weight60
Test typeWritten exam
OpportunitiesBlock PER 2, Block PER 3

Minimum grade
5,0