The language technology network KIT
By language technology (human language technology, natural language processing), we mean applying linguistic theories to IT applications that handle natural languages.
The application areas of language technology include using spoken language in computer interfaces, computer-aided language education, writing aids (spell-checkers, hyphenation etc), information retrieval and document management, automatic translation, speech-recognition and -production, interactive network applications and electronic dictionaries.
The Department of Computer Science belongs to the national network for language education (KIT) that enables broad, multidiscipline language technology studies at several universities.
Computer science undergraduates can include language technology courses in their degree as a minor subject or as separate courses. The subject of language technology courses at the department is how to design systems that can manage texts. In addition, they discuss computational methods for isolating applicable information on real language use, such as data on certain words that often appear together, and can thereby be interpreted as idiomatic.
Contact person: Professor Helena Ahonen-Myka.