Computational Linguistics & Phonetics Computational Linguistics & Phonetics Fachrichtung 4.7 Universität des Saarlandes

Resources for computational linguists

Hauptseminar at the Department of Computational Lingusitics and Phonetics, Saarland University (Specialisation: LT, CL)
Summer Semester 2007

Teachers: Magdalena Wolska and Michaela Regneri
Room: 2.11, Conference Room
Time: Monday, 11-13 (c.t.)

Formalities

Credits

Full credits (participation, homeworks, talk, paper)

MSc/BSc (Hauptseminar): 7 ECTS
Diplom-CL/CL-NF (Hauptseminar): 4LP

Partial credits (participation, homeworks, talk)

MSc/BSc (Hauptseminar): 4 ECTS
Diplom-CL/CL-NF (Hauptseminar): 2LP

(Note: The partial credits number has changed to be consistent with other courses.)

Credit Requirements

Required reading

  • general reading assigned for each thematic block (see schedule)
  • specific reading assigned for each session (see schedule)

Homework Assignments

Homework assignments throughout the semester (see homeworks)

Talk (Referat)

  • topic and general outline at least three weeks before scheduled talk (in person or per email)
  • slides at least one week before scheduled talk (personal appointment, slides one day before by email)
  • final version of slides within one week after talk

You can use your own laptop for the presentation or ours (in that case, get us the slides (PDF or PowerPoint): bring a file on a memory stick, put it somewhere for downloading or send it to us by email).
Come 15 min before the seminar on the day of your presentation to set things up!

Paper (Hausarbeit)

Length: 15 pages (max. 18);
Formatting requirements: Nothing special. Use a standard article style in LaTeX or a standard document template in Word; 11pt or 12pt font size. Make sure you do citations etc. properly.

If you intend to take this seminar as a Proseminar, we will discuss the special requirements with you; probably, your paper will be shorter and your topic a little less "in-depth" than for a Hauptseminar credit. Some useful tips about writing a paper:

(Lectures in Computational Linguistics Propaedeutikum)

Consultation

We are available for consultation, in particular to discuss your talk or paper in intermediate stages. So, don't hesitate to ask for an appointment.