Notes:

• Schedule is subject to change.
• Slides will be posted throughout the semester.
• Assignments are due by class time (2pm) on their due date.
• DBM refers to Dickinson, Brew and Meurers.
• Readings are given in short format, e.g. DBM 1:1-12 means “DBM Chapter 1, pages 1-12, to be read by class on the date it appears.

Week 1

August 30: Course introduction

September 1: Text encoding

Week 2

September 4: Labor day.

Week 3

September 11: Forensic linguistics

September 13: Guest lecture: Jessy Li

                           Homework 1 due

September 15: Guest lecture: tba.

Week 4

September 18: Document classification

September 20: Document classification

September 22: Document classification

Week 5

September 25: Document classification

September 27: Document classification

                            Homework 2 due

September 29: Spelling correction

Week 6

October 2: Spelling correction

October 4: Spelling correction

                    Homework 3 due

October 6: Midterm exam review

Week 7

October 9: Midterm exam

October 11: Cryptography

October 13: Cryptography

Week 8

October 16: Cryptography

October 18: Cryptography

                    Homework 4 due

October 20: Machine translation

Week 9

October 23: Machine translation

October 25: Machine translation

October 27: Machine translation

Week 10

October 30: Machine translation

November 1: Grammars

                        Homework 5 due

November 3: Grammars

Week 11

November 6: Grammars

November 8: Grammars

November 10: Dialogue systems

Week 12

November 13: Dialogue systems

November 15: Dialogue systems

                            Homework 6 due

November 17: Dialogue systems

Week 13

November 20: Dialogue systems

November 22: Thanksgiving break

November 24 Thanksgiving break

Week 14

November 27: Impact of language and technology

November 29: Impact of language and technology

                        Homework 7 due

December 1: Impact of language and technology

Week 15

December 4: Impact of language and technology

December 6: Impact of language and technology

December 8: Final exam review

Week 16

December 11: Discussion

                            Essay due: Social context of language and computers