the Computational Syntax course

[Aarne Ranta]

Dear all,

This is just to confirm that the course is open for CSE students. If you have used up the course code DAT235, some other code can be picked after the course. No other registration is needed at this point, but it would be useful if you let me (Aarne) know in case you plan to attend.

Attached a mail we sent to PhD students. For them, the course can be used as a part of a research project. For you, it can serve as an introduction to Masters thesis work.

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Dear PhD students

Next week, 25 March,  we will start a 7.5-credit course entitled Computational Syntax,

http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~aarne/computationalsyntax/

which is about natural language processing (parsing, semantics, translation) in GF, Grammatical Framework. 

http://www.grammaticalframework.org/

The course does not require prior knowledge of GF or linguistics; in fact, it can serve as a first introduction to linguistic concepts for those who have their background in programming. In the past, many students have found it particularly interesting to look at their own language from the GF perspective and go through the demanding but rewarding process of implementing its grammar. At present, many of these grammars are scaling up to full-scale translation systems, which poses new challenges for efficiency and robustness, as well as combining grammars with statistical methods. 

The course belongs to GU's Masters programme in Language Technology. But CSE students are also invited, on both Masters and PhD levels. For the latter, there is a possibility for taking as a course project something that relates to their research, with a potential for a publication if some novel ways of combining grammars with other things are found. Some relevant areas are

- algorithms

- machine learning

- information retrieval

- artificial intelligence

- logic

- formal methods

- software engineering

If you want more details, don't hesitate to ask us!

It would also be useful if you dropped a mail to Aarne if you plan to attend. But no other registration is needed for PhD students at this point.

With best regards

  Aarne, lecturer

  Inari, lab assistant

[Emil Bryngelsson]

I've seen several course postings like this from different places, which interesting courses offered that aren't in the standard course list for the MSc programme (CSALL) that I'm part of.

The obstacle so far has been that these credits do not count towards the 60 hp "obligatorisk valbar" credits that we need, and therefore there is not a lot of room to choose courses like this one.

I feel that a course like this could be part of the core 60hp courses in the CS:ALL program. Could you check this Aarne and confirm in case it is possible to count it as that?