LINGUIST 138/238     -     SYMBSYS 138 Introduction to Computer Speech and Language Processing  Autumn 2004

Course Information

Time :	Tu,Th 3:15-4:45	Classroom	380-380X
Professor:	Dan Jurafsky	Office Hours	113 Margaret Jacks, Wed 2:30-4:00
TA:	Neal Snider	Office Hours	TBA

This new course is an introductory overview to the field of computer speech and language processing and computational linguistics. We will cover spoken language dialog systems, speech recognition and synthesis, web-based question answering, web search, finite-state methods, parsing and grammars, computational semantics, and discourse processing. The focus of this class is on writing scripts to use available online implementations of these applications, rather than on implementing the applications themselves. This class thus acts as a natural introduction to Stanford's rich offerings in computer language processing. Students are encouraged to continue with the classes listed in the the NLP, Speech and Dialog Processing, and Computational Linguistics Course List.

Course Requirements:

• Prerequisite: Prerequisite: CS 106B/X
• Homeworks: 7 homeworks (Homework Collaboration Policy)
  
• Readings: To be read before the class period in which they will be discussed.
• Determination of final grade:
  • 84% best 6 homeworks out of 7
  • 16% class participation

To be handed out.

Schedule