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Apr 23, 2024
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CSCI181O PO - Computational SemanticsWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
Instructor(s): K. Bruce
Credit: 1
This course is about computing meaning in natural languages. Unlike traditional (and highly successful) machine learning approaches to natural language processing that depend on statistical techniques and little linguistics theory, we will take an approach that relies on linguistic theory to compute the meaning of statements and questions, with a particular focus on question-answer systems and on representing dialogs, whether between humans or between humans and computers. An important benefit of this kind of approach to language is that computational systems can provide good tests of the validity of linguistic theories as well as create useful tools to understand and generate natural language. The course will begin with a quick introduction to mathematical logic and the lambda calculus which will be our primary tools for building a computational understanding of language. Prerequisites: CSCI 052 PO or CSCI 060 HM .
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 5
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