IN1140 – Introduction to LanguageTechnology
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course provides an introduction to language technology: methods for automatic analysis of linguistic data. It will further provide an introduction to linguistic theory and relate this to language technology problems. It will be given a first meeting with some language technology tasks such as tokenization, n-gram models, tagging and classification.
Learning outcome
After finishing IN1140, you?ll:
- be familiar with several language-technological application areas, such as information extraction, machine translation.
- be able to perform a basic linguistic analysis of linguistic data at several linguistic levels (morphology, syntax, semantics).
- be able to explain what challenges automatic analysis of natural language gives rise to.
- have knowledge of key formal models and methods in language technology.
- be able to write a program that performs some simple language technology tasks, such as tokenisation and frequency analysis.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures.
Special admission requirements
In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:
- Mathematics R1 or Mathematics (S1+S2)
The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies. Read more about special admission requirements (in Norwegian).
Overlapping courses
- 8 credits overlap with INF1820 – Introduksjon til spr?k- og kommunikasjonsteknologi (continued).
Teaching
4 hours of teachings each week, 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group teachings.
It's highly recommended to attend the first lecture as important information will be given.
Submitting and passing mandatory assignments is required to be allowed to take the exam. Read more about requirements for assignment of assignments, group work and legal cooperation under guidelines for mandatory tasks.
Examination
4 hours written digital exam. All mandatory assignments must be approved to be allowed to take the exam.
It will also be counted as one of?your three?attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:?INF1820 – Introduksjon til spr?k- og kommunikasjonsteknologi (continued)
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.