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 Postgraduate Course: Individual Project in Advanced Natural Language Processing (INFR11192)
This course will be closed from 31 July 2024Course Outline 
| School | School of Informatics | College | College of Science and Engineering |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | Availability | Not available to visiting students |  
| SCQF Credits | 40 | ECTS Credits | 20 |  
 
| Summary | This course requires students to undertake a significant piece of individual, self-directed research in natural language processing, developed in consultation with a member of staff.  The project requires the application of skills learned through other courses and requires the development and synthesis of new skills, including problem-solving and communication skills. |  
| Course description | This course requires students to undertake a significant piece of individual, self-directed research in natural language processing, developed in consultation with a member of staff.  The project requires the application of skills learned through other courses and requires the development and synthesis of new skills, including: 
 * The ability to identify new research questions in NLP based on a review of the literature.
 
 * The ability to design and carry out experiments, implement systems, or prove mathematical results needed to answer NLP research questions.
 
 * The ability to communicate novel scientific results orally and in writing.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | This course is ONLY available to students on the first year of the PhD with Integrated Study in Natural Language Processing. |  
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |  
Learning Outcomes 
| On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 
        identify a specific research question in natural language processing and propose experimental, mathematical, or engineering methods to answer itcarry out and precisely document methods to answer research questions in natural language processingcommunicate novel research results in natural language processing to a scientific audience orally and in writing |  
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | Students on the course will develop skills in using a range of specialised skills, techniques, practices and/or materials that are at the forefront of, or informed by forefront developments; In applying a range of standard and specialised research and/or equivalent instruments and techniques of enquiry;  planning and executing a significant project of research, investigation or development;  demonstrating originality and/or creativity, including in practices; exercise substantial autonomy and initiative in professional and equivalent activities. |  
| Special Arrangements | Only available to students on the PhD with integrated study in Natural Language Processing. |  
| Keywords | Natural language processing,research skills |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Frank Keller Tel:
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 | Course secretary | Ms Lindsay Seal Tel: (0131 6)50 5194
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