Section outline

  • Content: Detailed description of course content and prerequisites can be found here.

    Textbook: The adopted textbook is Speech and Language Processing (3rd Edition, draft, January 12, 2025) by Dan Jurafsky and James H. Martin, available here.

    Additional resources: The following textbook can be used for consultation only: Introduction to Natural Language Processing by Jacob Eisenstein, October 2019, MIT Press, preprint version available here. The course also uses an electronic forum for discussion of technical matter and administrative information. You can also access video recordings of the lectures from academic year 2021/22 at this link

    Logistics: Lectures are on Monday 16:30-18:30 (room Ce) and on Wednesday 16:30-18:30 (room Ce).

    Office hours: Wednesday 12:30-14:30, email appointment required. Meetings can be face-to-face or else on-line at this Zoom link.

    • Announcements Forum

      Forum for general news and announcements. Only the lecturer can post in this forum. Subscription to this forum is automatic for every student who has registered to this course.

    • Class Forum

      Forum for discussion of technical matter presented during the lectures. Any student with a unipd account can post in this forum. Subscription to this forum is automatic for every student who has registered to this course.

    • Lab Forum

      Forum for discussion of technical matter presented during the open laboratory sessions. Any student with a unipd account can post in this forum. Subscription to this forum is automatic for every student who has registered to this course.

    • Project Forum

      Forum for project discussion. Any student with a unipd account can post in this forum. Subscription to this forum is automatic for every student who has registered to this course.