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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).

Prerequisites

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

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
38

13.1% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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