Instructor: Dr. John Paolillo
Section: 3096

Section open to graduates only.
Section meets with LING L445

Present-day computer systems work with human language in many
different forms, whether as stored data in the form of text, typed
queries to a database or search engine, or speech commands in a
voice-driven computer system. We also increasingly expect
computers to produce human language, such as user-friendly error
messages and synthesized speech. Through selected readings, exercises,
demonstrations and Prolog programming, this course will (i) survey a
range of issues relating natural language to computers (ii) provide
practical experience about representation and use of natural
language on computers (iii) illustrate key principles of Natural
Language Processing using the Prolog language.

(No prior programming experience is assumed.)