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

Language Technology II

Course Schedule

Date Type Topic Lecturer Slides
Tue 25.4. L Course Overview all [ML resources]
[NL-based interaction]
Thu 27.4. --
Tue 2.5. L Multilingual Resources VK [Hybrid NLP: Intro]
Thu 4.5. Ex Multilingual Resources VK [Hybrid NLP (Part II)]
Tue 9.5. L Multilingual Resources VK
Thu 11.5. Ex VK [exercise 1]
[grammar 1]
Tue 16.5. L Multilingual Resources VK [slides on QA with dep. rels distr. per email]
[exercise 2]
Thu 18.5. Ex VK [slides on semantics]
[exercise 3; due TILL June 1, 2006 @ the very latest]
Tue 23.5. L Machine translation MK Slides from 2005:
Symbolic MT
Statistical MT
Thu 25.5. -- (holiday) --
Tue 30.5. L Machine translation MK
Thu 1.6. Ex MK Programs
Tue 6.6. L Machine translation MK
Thu 8.6. Ex MK
Tue 13.6. L NLI Introduction; how to describe a dialogue? MP Slides 2006
Thu 15.6. -- (holiday)

Homework:
Experience with a spoken dialogue system over the phone
[homework sheet]
due: 21 June by email

Background: Jurafsky and Martin 200, Chapter 19, esp. 19.1 and 19.5; MiLCA online course Version 1, Section 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 (see Reading)

(F.Y.I.: A list of various systems)
dialog-a-dialog homework sheet
Tue 20.6. L Dialogue phenomena and dialogue management IKK Slides
Th 22.6. Ex Development of a spoken dialogue system with Diamant (Diamant Tutorial) MW/IKK
(Room 5.08)
Tue 27.6. Ex Development of a spoken dialogue system with Diamant (miniprojects) MW
(Room 5.08)
Th 29.6. L ISU-Based Dialogue Management IKK Slides
Tue 4.7. L Computer-assisted learning. IKK Slides

Videos:
Thu 6.7. Ex Development of a spoken dialogue system with Diamant (miniprojects) MW/IKK
(Room 5.08)
Tue 11.7. L Multi-modal Interaction MP
Th 13.7. Ex Development of a spoken dialogue system with Diamant (miniprojects) MW
(Room 5.08)
Tue 18.7. L Dialogue Design and Evaluation MP Slides
Th 20.7. Ex Development of a spoken dialogue system with Diamant (miniprojects) MW
(Room 5.08)
Tue 25.7. Exam 9:00-11:00 (s.t.) Seminarraum!