Computational Linguistics Research Group
Computational Linguistics
The aim of computational linguistics is the development of models of human language
which are sufficiently precise and detailed to implement in a computer. The ultimate goal
is to build computer systems which are able to generate and interpret human language
in the same way that people do.
Research in our group currently falls into
three categories:
- Te Kaitito: NaturalLanguage
Processing in English and Māori
We have a large project to build a translation tool and a language teaching system for
the Māori language.
- Statistical Parsing
We are developing a collection of resources for statistical parsing and processing of
unrestricted text.
- Language and sensorimotor cognition
On a more theoretical level, we are interested in links between formal models
of language and computational models of general sensorimotor cognition. In 2009,
we were awarded a 2-years BuildIT postdoctoral fellowship to appoint a postdoctoral
fellow for the project The Sensorimotor Grounding of Language: a Computational Model
People
-
Alistair Knott Senior Lecturer
- Peter Vlugter Research Fellow
-
Lubica Benuskova Senior Lecturer
-
Martin Takac Postdoctoral Fellow
- Corrin Lakeland (PhD) Lexical approaches to back off in statistical parsing
- Hayden Walles (PhD) Language and sensory motor cognition
- Andrew Webb (PhD) Language and sensory motor cognition
Links
If you're interested in finding out more about computational linguistics,
here are some good places to start:
And if you have a spare moment and you want to find out how language really works,
you can always
Ask Mister Language Person.