Natural language processing in the undergraduate curriculum

Authors:
Robert Dale;Diego Mollá-Aliod;Rolf Schwitter
Affiliations:
Centre for Language Technology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109;Centre for Language Technology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109;Centre for Language Technology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109
Venue:
ACE '03 Proceedings of the fifth Australasian conference on Computing education - Volume 20
Year:
2003

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Abstract

The paper has two purposes: first, we argue that natural language processing, and particularly those aspects of that field often referred to as language technology, should play an important role in the computer science curriculum; second, we describe in broad terms the content of an undergraduate program we have developed at Macquarie University that covers this material. We question the industrial relevance of much that is taught in NLP courses, and emphasize the need for a practical orientation as a means to growing the size of the field. We argue that a more evangelical approach, both with regard to students and industry, is required. The paper provides an overview of the material we cover, and makes some observations for the future on the basis of our experiences so far.