[Corpora-List] Master of Arts in Language and Information Processing: 12 months, University of Wolverhampton - UK

[Lucia Specia]

Dear all,

Please forward this to your undergraduate students or others you think
might be interested:


The Research Institute in Information and Language Processing (RIILP),
University of Wolverhampton invites applications for a Master of Arts
course in Language and Information Processing with a start date of
September 2010. The duration of the course is 12 months and gives
students valuable hands-on experience through lab-based practical
sessions as well as a solid theoretical grounding via lectures. The
modules offered in this programme focus on different areas within
Language and Information Processing, ranging from Computational
Linguistics and Programming to Translation Tools and Cybermetrics.

The course will cover module topics such as: Computational
Linguistics, Programming for Corpus Linguistics, Machine Translation
and other NLP Applications, Translation Tools for Professional
Translators and Introduction to Cybermetrics. Students will also
undertake an independent dissertation project and other
research-related modules. As well as participating in the obligatory
lectures students will have the opportunity to take part in a vibrant
research environment and will be given the chance to become involved
in various research projects. Attendance at seminars given by leading
lights in the field, internal group reading sessions and various other
research activities will support and enhance their studies.

The Research Institute in Information and Language Processing brings
together two complementary and interdisciplinary research teams that
explore the potential of advanced computing technologies for
‘understanding’ human language (Research Group in Computational
Linguistics  -  http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/) and social sciences
(Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group -
http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/), respectively. The Research Group in
Computational Linguistics is highly successful and delivers
cutting-edge research in a number of NLP areas such as anaphora
resolution, automatic summarisation, question answering, information
extraction, corpus linguistics and multilingual processing. The
Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group carries out innovative
research in blog analysis, hyperlink analysis, and web text analysis,
particularly for academic, media and research-related issues. The
results from the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirmed the
Research Group in Computational Linguistics and Statistical
Cybermetrics Research Group as top performers in UK research. The
research groups were ranked 2nd and 3rd in the UK.

Graduates will be specialists in Language and Information Processing
and will be well placed to continue their academic/research careers by
applying for PhD positions. They will also be able to access positions
in industry within this field, as well as in related areas such as
translation, software development and information and communication
technologies.

Applications should be made directly through the University website:

http://courses.wlv.ac.uk/course.asp?code=WL009P34UVD

For information about fees:

http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=20907

More information about the programme can be found at
http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/teaching/lip.php.

Informal inquiries and electronic applications can be sent by email
to:Erin Phillips, Course administrator: erin.phillips at wlv.ac.uk

Regards,

Lucia Specia

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