ADVANCED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

COMPSCI 769

Course Description

Develop algorithms and mathematical models for natural language processing tasks, including text categorization, information retrieval, speech recognition, machine translation, and information extraction. Focus is on the state-of-the-art computational techniques as they are applied to natural language tasks. Students are strongly encouraged to have knowledge of introductory artificial intelligence (e.g.,COMP SCI 540).

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average

3.7

-1.17% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

0.3% from Historical

A Rate

57.89%

-15.42% from Historical

Class Size

13.1% from Historical

2025 Fall Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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JUNJIE HU

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