Natural Language Processing in Humans and Machines

NLP_HM

Instructors: Anuja Negi, Mathis Lamarre, Subba Reddy Oota, Fatma Deniz

Overview

Language English
Credits 3 ECTS
Grading 20% participation, 40% presentation, 40% report
Lecture Period not offered in the summer semester of 2025
Report submission deadline TBD
Time (10am-5pm, incl. 1h lunch break)
Location (MAR 5.060)
Max. number of participants 20
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Please note

Attendance of the first session is required to activate the registration! Individual laptops are required during this seminar.

Content

In this block seminar, students will learn about selected research topics in natural language processing in humans and machines. In addition, students will get hands-on experience fostering their own and each others’ learning through reading scientific papers and giving a presentation.

Learning outcomes

During the seminar, students will learn:

  • basic and advanced hands-on knowledge in natural language processing techniques,
  • to read and examine the scientific literature critically,
  • to identify and present examples of relevant real-world application fields of the scientific publication,
  • to give a good scientific presentation to peers that is precise, informative, and engaging.

Schedule (Winter semester 2024/25)

Oct 7, 2024 NLP basics (lecture & tutorial) [intro] [lecture] [tutorial]
Oct 8, 2024 NLP advanced (lecture & tutorial) [lecture] [tutorial]
Oct 9, 2024 NLP in Machines & How to read a paper [read_write_paper] [lecture] [tutorial1] [tutorial2]
Oct 10, 2024 NLP in humans & How to present [how_to_present] [neuro_primer] [lecture] [tutorial]
Oct 18, 2024 Presentation day! -