CMSC 35100 - Natural Language Processing
Spring 2003

Syllabus

Shows the date and title for each session and provides links to the reading and homework assignments for each week.

Textbook

The course textbook is Speech and Language Processing: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, and Speech Recognition by Daniel Jurafsky and James Martin. This book is available in the Seminary Co-op bookstore or from several on-line book-sellers.

Prerequisites: CMSC 250/350 and CMSC 174 recommended.

The course will assume some background in search and development and analysis of algorithms. However, accommodations will be made for students with different backgrounds.

Course Description

A description of course goals, instructional staff and their office hours, classroom utilization, required and recommended materials, and grading procedures for the course. Note that this course has an emphasis on hand-on laboratory work.

Course Mailing List

The course email address is: cs35100@cs.uchicago.edu. We encourage announcements and discussion about the classes on the mailing list.

Reading List

Detailed information about the reading assignments for each week.

Homework Assignments

Specific homework assignments and information about the class project can be found here. Helpful hints provided by the TA in response to common questions will also appear here from time to time, so it is worth checking back occassionally.

Projects

Suggested project topics and materials will be available here.