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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>Graduate Course: GF (Grammatical Framework)</H1>
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<I>Aarne Ranta</I><BR>
Fri Aug 31 09:01:15 2007
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<A HREF="http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se">GSLT</A>,
<A HREF="http://ngslt.org/">NGSLT</A>,
and
<A HREF="http://www.chalmers.se/cse/EN/">Department of Computer Science and Engineering</A>,
Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University.
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Autumn Term 2007.
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<H1>News</H1>
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31/8 Revised the description of the one- and five-point variants.
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21/8 Course mailing list started.
To subscribe, send a mail to <CODE>gf-subscribe at gslt hum gu se</CODE>
(replacing spaces by dots except around the word at, where the spaces
are just removed, and the word itself is replaced by the at symbol).
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20/8/2007 <A HREF="http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se/courses/schedule.html">Schedule</A>.
The course will start on Thursday 13 September in Room C430 at the Humanities
Building of Gothenburg University ("Humanisten").
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<H1>Purpose</H1>
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<A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/">GF</A>
(Grammatical Framework) is a grammar formalism, i.e. a special-purpose
programming language for writing grammars. It is suitable for many
natural language processing tasks, in particular,
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<LI>multilingual applications
<LI>systems where grammar-based components are needed for e.g.
parsing, translation, or speech recognition
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The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of GF and
practical skills in using it.
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<H1>Contents</H1>
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The course consists of two modules. The first module is a one-week
intensive course (during the first intensive week of GSLT), which
is as such usable as a one-week intensive course for doctoral studies,
if completed with a small course project.
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The second module is a larger programming project, written
by each student (possibly working in groups) during the Autumn term.
The projects are discussed during the second intensive week of GSLT
(see <A HREF="http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se/courses/schedule.html">schedule</A>),
and presented at a date that will be set later.
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The first module goes through the basics of GF, including
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<LI>using the GF programming language
<LI>writing multilingual grammars
<LI>using the
<A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/lib/resource-1.0/doc/">GF resource grammar library</A>
<LI>generating speech recognition systems from GF grammars
<LI>using embedded grammars as components of software systems
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The lectures follow the
<A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html">GF Tutorial</A>.
<B>There will be a new version of the Tutorial available around 10 September</B>.
Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application
as their course work during and after the first intensive week.
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Those who continue with the second module will choose a more substantial
project. Possible topics are
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<LI>building a dialogue system by using GF
<LI>implementing a multilingual document generator
<LI>experimenting with synthetized multilingual tree banks
<LI>extending the GF resource grammar library
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<H1>Prerequisites</H1>
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Experience in programming. No earlier natural language processing
or functional programming experience is necessary.
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The course is thus suitable both for GSLT and NGSLT students,
and for graduate students in computer science.
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We will in particular welcome students from the Baltic countries
who wish to build resources for their own language in GF.
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