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NLP 255Topics in Applied Natural Language Processing

5 creditsGraduateStudent Option

Gives students a solid foundation in a specific application area of natural language processing, by learning about the theories, methods, tools, and techniques typically used in this area. The application area varies each quarter, with expected topics to include Information Extraction, Question Answering, Natural Language Generation, Sentiment Analysis, and others. Students learn about the state of the art and open challenges, and have the opportunity to explore and experiment with both standard algorithms and new emerging approaches.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): NLP 201 and NLP 202 and NLP 220 and NLP 244 and either NLP 243 or CSE 244B. Enrollment is restricted to natural language processing graduate students and computer science and engineering Ph.D. students, or by permission of the instructor.

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When it runs

Fall 2026Open Fall 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
50Lecture
Tue Thu 3:20pm–4:55pm
SiliconValleyCtrStaffOpen 16/34

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