Schedule

Notes:

Schedule is subject to change.
Slides will be posted throughout the semester, but feel free to get look at the schedule from last semester's course to see previous slides.
Assignments are due by class time (11:00am) on their due date.
"DBM" refers to Dickinson, Brew and Meurers. Readings are given in short format, e.g. DBM, 1:1-12 (1/16) means "DBM Chapter 1, pages 1-12, to be read by class on January 16".

Week	Dates	Topics	Materials	Assignments
1	1/14 1/16 1/18	Course introduction Text encoding	Course introduction slides Text encoding slides DBM,1:1-12 (1/16); 1:12-17 (1/18)
2	1/23 1/25	Text encoding Forensic linguistics	Forensic linguistics slides DBM,1:17-29 (1/23);
3	1/28 1/30 2/1	Forensic linguistics		HW 1: Encoding Language (due 1/30)
4	2/4 2/6 2/8	Document classification	Document classification slides DBM,5:127-151 (2/4);
5	2/11 2/13 2/15	Document classification Spelling correction	Writer's aids slides Supplementary spelling correction slides DBM,2:33-49 (2/13)	HW2: Forensic linguistics (due 2/13)
6	2/18 2/20 2/22	Spelling correction		HW3: Document classification (due 2/22)
7	2/25 2/27 3/1	Cryptography Midterm review (2/27) Midterm (3/1)	Cryptography slides
8	3/4 3/6 3/8	Cryptography
Spring Break	3/11-3/15
9	3/18 3/20 3/22	Machine translation	Machine translation slides DBM,7:181-194 (3/18); 7:194-209 (3/20)	HW4: Spelling correction (due 3/20)
10	3/25 3/27 3/29	Machine translation Grammars	DBM,2:49-65 (3/29) NOTE: Taking notes during lecture is particularly important for the grammar unit, in which we'll discuss categorial grammar. However, a lot of background (much more detail than you need to know) is available in the following papers. Steedman and Baldridge (2011) Baldridge and Hoyt (to appear)
11	4/1 4/3 4/5	Grammars		HW5: Cryptography (due 4/1)
12	4/8 4/10 4/12	Dialogue and Consciousness	DBM Dialogue Systems slides Dialogue and Consciousness slides DBM,6:153-177 (4/8)	HW6: Machine Translation (due 4/12)
13	4/15 4/17 4/19	Dialogue and Consciousness
14	4/22 4/24 4/26	Impact of Language Technology	Impact of Language Technology Slides DBM,8:215-220 (4/22)	HW7: Grammars and Dialogue (due 4/26)
15	4/29 5/1 5/3	Impact of Language Technology Review
Exam Week		Final Exam: Friday, May 10, 2:00-5:00 pm, PAR 201		Essay: Social context of language and computers (due 5/6, 10am)