Syllabus for LING 570
Shallow Processing Techniques
for NLP
Fall 2007
Class time & location: MW 3:30-4:50pm, JHN 075
Instructor: Fei
Xia
Office:
Padelford A-210G
Office Hour: F:
10:30-11:30 am
Phone:
(206)
543-9764
Email:
fxia@u.washington.edu
TA:
Bill
McNeil
Office:
ART 337
Office Hour: M:
2:30-3:30pm
Email:
billmcn@u.washington.edu
Textbooks:
- (M&S) Manning & Schütze (1999). Foundations of Statistical Natural
Language Processing. Cambridge: MIT Press
- (J&M) Jurafsky and Martin (2008?). Speech and Language Processing (2nd
edition). Prentice-Hall.
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~martin/slp2.html#top
Prerequisites:
- CS 326 (Data Structures) or equivalent
- Stat 391 (Prob. and Stats for CS) or equivalent
- Programming in Perl, C, C++, Java, or
Python
- Basic unix/linux commands (e.g., ls,
cd, ln, sort, head):
tutorials on unix.
Grading:
- Assignments (70-80%):
They are handed out every Wed, and are due at 3pm the next Wed.
- Quizzes (10-20%): The time of quizzes will not be
announced in advance.
- Class participation (5-10%).
Course policies:
- Course website: All course information on this web page is
tentative and can change at any time. Confirm crucial dates or information
with me in person during class.
- Attendance: Students are expected to attend all classes:
announcements about assigned readings and assignments will be made
available at the start of each class. Such announcements may not be made
on this web page, so don't rely on information here instead of attending
class.
- Late assignments: There
will be a 1% penalty for every hour after the deadline. For instance,
suppose the assignment is due at 3pm and you turn in the assignment at 3am
the next morning, you grade would be x * 0.88, where x is the grade you would
get if you have turned in before the 3pm deadline. No assignments will be accepted four (4) days after the due date.
- “Incomplete”: According to UW policy, "incomplete grades
may only be awarded if you are doing satisfactory work up until the last two weeks of the
quarter." Therefore, it is crucial for you to hand in your homework
on time. An “incomplete” grade is given only under extremely unusual
circumstances (e.g., health issues, family emergency).
- Emails: Use the prefix
"ling570: " on all the subject line of your messages.
If you do not include the prefix, then the mail might go unanswered. If
you don’t receive a reply from me within 48 hours, please send me a
reminder.
Tentative Schedule:
|
Week
|
Date
|
Topic
|
Reading
|
Hw
|
Due
|
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1
|
9/26
|
|
M&S 4.2.2
|
Hw1
|
|
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2
|
10/1
10/3
|
|
M&S 2.1
J&M 2
|
Hw2
|
Hw1
|
|
3
|
10/8
10/10
|
|
J&M 2
J&M 3.4
|
Hw3
|
Hw2
|
|
4
|
10/15
10/17
|
|
J&M 3.1-3.8
|
Hw4
|
Hw3
|
|
5
|
10/22
10/24
|
|
J&M 4.1-4.9
M&S 6
|
Hw5
|
Hw4
|
|
6
|
10/29
10/31
|
|
M&S
10.2
|
Hw6
|
Hw5
|
|
7
|
11/5
11/7
|
|
M&S
9
|
Hw7
|
Hw6
|
|
8
|
11/12 (no class)
11/14
|
|
M&S 10.2
|
Hw8
|
Hw7
|
|
9
|
11/19
11/21
|
|
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Hw9
|
Hw8
|
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10
|
11/26
11/28
|
|
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Hw10
|
|
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11
|
12/3
12/5
|
|
J&M
22.1-22.2
|
|
Hw9 (11/30)
Hw10
(12/7)
|