| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Engineering | ||||||
| Course Code | COMP 451 | ||||||
| Course Title in English | Introduction to Natural Language Processing | ||||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Doğal Dil İşlemeye Giriş | ||||||
| Language of Instruction | EN | ||||||
| Type of Course | Flipped Classroom | ||||||
| Level of Course | Introductory | ||||||
| Semester | Fall | ||||||
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| Estimated Student Workload | 152 hours per semester | ||||||
| Number of Credits | 6 ECTS | ||||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | ||||||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | Prior knowledge in programming, basic mathematics and probability. | ||||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||||
| Registration Restrictions | Only Undergraduate Students | ||||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To gain an understanding of computational properties of natural languages, learn different aspects and basic fundamentals of natural language processing, and become familiar with how to design algorithms and applications to process linguistic information. | ||||||
| Course Description | This course covers the fundamentals of natural language processing: morphological analysis, syntactic analysis, parsing, language models, semantics, pragmatic analysis, and evaluation. Moreover, some NLP topics and algorithms are covered such as part-of-speech tagging, word sense disambiguation, dialogue systems, language generation, text classification, summarization, and question answering. | ||||||
| Course Description in Turkish | Bu ders doğal dil işlemede kullanılan temel yöntemleri içermektedir: biçimbilimsel çözümleme, sözdizimsel analiz, bağlılık ayrıştırma, dil modelleri, anlambilim, pragmatik analiz ve performans değerlendirmesi. Ek olarak, kelime türü etiketleme, kelime anlamı belirleme, diyalog sistemleri, dil üretimi, metin sınıflandırma, özet çıkarımı ve soru cevaplama gibi bazı doğal dil işleme konuları ve algoritmaları ele alınmaktadır. |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) describe basic principles, algorithms and theoretical issues underlying natural language processing; 2) use probability and statistics to solve linguistic problems; 3) apply computational techniques and tools to process texts written in human languages; 4) analyze and interpret textual data used for natural language processing applications; 5) demonstrate team effort in identifying and solving a complex engineering problem using NLP techniques; 6) acquire and apply new knowledge to prepare a well-organized research report on a selected topic; 7) present research work in front of an audience |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Thorough knowledge of the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology. | |||||||
| 2) Understanding of and ability to apply essential research methods in psychology, including research design, data analysis, and data interpretation. | |||||||
| 3) Competence to use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry and a scientific approach to solving problems related to behavior and mental processes. | |||||||
| 4) Understanding and ability to apply psychological principles, skills and values in personal, social, and organizational contexts. | |||||||
| 5) Ability to weigh evidence, to tolerate ambiguity, and to reflect other values that underpin psychology as a discipline. | |||||||
| 6) Internalization and dissemination of professional ethical standards. | |||||||
| 7) Demonstration of competence in information technologies, and the ability to use computer and other technologies for purposes related to the pursuit of knowledge in psychology and the broader social sciences. | |||||||
| 8) Skills to communicate the knowledge of psychological science effectively, in a variety of formats, in both Turkish and in English (in English, at least CEFR B2 level). | |||||||
| 9) Recognition, understanding, and respect for the complexity of sociocultural and international diversity. | |||||||
| 10) Recognition for the need for, and the skills to pursue, lifelong learning, inquiry, and self-improvement. | |||||||
| 11) Ability to formulate critical hypotheses based on psychological theory and literature, and design studies to test those hypotheses. | |||||||
| 12) Ability to acquire knowledge independently, and to plan one’s own learning. | |||||||
| 13) Demonstration of advanced competence in the clarity and composition of written work and presentations. |
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | Thorough knowledge of the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology. | N | |
| 2) | Understanding of and ability to apply essential research methods in psychology, including research design, data analysis, and data interpretation. | N | |
| 3) | Competence to use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry and a scientific approach to solving problems related to behavior and mental processes. | H | Exam,HW,Participation |
| 4) | Understanding and ability to apply psychological principles, skills and values in personal, social, and organizational contexts. | N | |
| 5) | Ability to weigh evidence, to tolerate ambiguity, and to reflect other values that underpin psychology as a discipline. | N | |
| 6) | Internalization and dissemination of professional ethical standards. | N | |
| 7) | Demonstration of competence in information technologies, and the ability to use computer and other technologies for purposes related to the pursuit of knowledge in psychology and the broader social sciences. | N | |
| 8) | Skills to communicate the knowledge of psychological science effectively, in a variety of formats, in both Turkish and in English (in English, at least CEFR B2 level). | N | |
| 9) | Recognition, understanding, and respect for the complexity of sociocultural and international diversity. | S | Participation |
| 10) | Recognition for the need for, and the skills to pursue, lifelong learning, inquiry, and self-improvement. | S | HW,Participation |
| 11) | Ability to formulate critical hypotheses based on psychological theory and literature, and design studies to test those hypotheses. | N | |
| 12) | Ability to acquire knowledge independently, and to plan one’s own learning. | S | Exam,HW |
| 13) | Demonstration of advanced competence in the clarity and composition of written work and presentations. | H | Exam,HW |
| Prepared by and Date | ŞENİZ DEMİR , December 2020 |
| Course Coordinator | ŞENİZ DEMİR |
| Semester | Fall |
| Name of Instructor | Assoc. Prof. Dr. ŞENİZ DEMİR |
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Introduction to Natural Language Processing |
| 2) | Morphological Analysis and Disambiguation |
| 3) | Language Models and N-grams |
| 4) | Syntactic Analysis and Dependency Parsing |
| 5) | Semantics, Discourse, and Pragmatics |
| 6) | Evaluation Methods and Metrics |
| 7) | Part-of-speech Tagging and Word Sense Disambiguation |
| 8) | Text Classification and Named Entity Recognition |
| 9) | Text Summarization |
| 10) | Dialogue Systems |
| 11) | Natural Language Generation |
| 12) | Word Embeddings |
| 13) | Sequence-to-sequence learning with RNNs |
| 14) | Research report presentations |
| 15) | Final Examination/Project/Presentation Period |
| 16) | Final Examination/Project/Presentation Period |
| Required/Recommended Readings | (Recommended) Speech and Language Processing, D. Jurafsky, J.H. Martin, 2nd Edition, Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2009. (Supplementary) Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing, C.D. Manning, H. Schutze, MIT Press, 2002. (Supplementary) Natural Language Processing with Python, S.Bird, E.Klein, E.Loper, O’Reilly Media, 2009. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Flipped Classroom | ||||||||||||||||||
| Homework and Projects | In-Class flipped Practices, Projects | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laboratory Work | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Computer Use | Required | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other Activities | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment Methods |
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| Course Administration |
demirse@mef.edu.tr 535 Instructor’s office: Room 536 (5th floor) Office hours: TBA. E-mail address: demirse@mef.edu.tr Rules for attendance: No attendance required A reminder of proper classroom behavior, code of student conduct: YÖK Regulations Statement on plagiarism: YÖK Regulations |
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| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 70 | ||
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Project | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 34 | ||
| Midterm(s) | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Total Workload | 152 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 6.1 | ||||||
| ECTS | 6 | ||||||