A Bachelor's degree and (1) 60 credits in language technology/computational linguistics, or (2) 60 credits in computer science, or (3) 60 credits in a language subject, 7.5 credits in computer programming and 7.5 credits in logic/discrete mathematics. Knowledge of English equivalent to what is required for entry to Swedish first-cycle courses and study programmes.
The course covers various methods from computational linguistics for information retrieval, including information extraction and question-answering systems, both for single- and multi-lingual materials. The course also addresses lexical semantics, text categorisation, and topic detection, as well as evaluation of such systems.
