+GSLT and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, +Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University. +
++Autumn Term 2007. +
++GF +(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, +
++The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of GF and +practical skills in using it. +
++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. +
++The second module is an independent programming project, written +by each student (possibly working in groups) during the Autumn term. +This module ends with a three days' meeting where the projects are +presented and discussed. +
++The first module goes through the basics of GF, including +
++The lectures follow the +GF Tutorial. +Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application +as their course work during the intensive week. +
++Those who continue with the second module will choose a more substantial +project. Possible topics are +
++Experience in programming. No earlier natural language processing +experience is necessary. +
++The course is thus suitable both for GSLT and NGSLT students, +and for graduate students in computer science. +
++We will in particular welcome students from the Baltic countries +who wish to build resources for their own language in GF. +
+ + + + diff --git a/doc/gf-course.txt b/doc/gf-course.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cdd84755b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/gf-course.txt @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +Graduate Course: GF (Grammatical Framework) +Aarne Ranta +%%date(%c) + +% NOTE: this is a txt2tags file. +% Create an html file from this file using: +% txt2tags -thtml --toc gf-reference.html + +%!target:html + +GSLT and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, +Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University. + +Autumn Term 2007. + + +=Purpose= + +[GF http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/] +(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, +- multilingual applications +- systems where grammars are embedded as components performing e.g. + parsing, translation, or speech recognition + + +The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of GF and +practical skills in using it. + + +=Contents= + +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. + +The second module is an independent programming project, written +by each student (possibly working in groups) during the Autumn term. +This module ends with a three days' meeting where the projects are +presented and discussed. + +The first module goes through the basics of GF, including +- using the GF programming language +- writing multilingual grammars +- using the + [GF resource grammar library http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/lib/resource-1.0/doc/] +- generating speech recognition systems from GF grammars +- using embedded grammars as components of software systems + + +The lectures follow the +[GF Tutorial http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html]. +Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application +as their course work during the intensive week. + +Those who continue with the second module will choose a more substantial +project. Possible topics are +- building a dialogue system by using GF +- implementing a multilingual document generator +- experimenting with synthetized multilingual tree banks +- extending the GF resource grammar library + + + +=Prerequisites= + +Experience in programming. No earlier natural language processing +experience is necessary. + +The course is thus suitable both for GSLT and NGSLT students, +and for graduate students in computer science. + +We will in particular welcome students from the Baltic countries +who wish to build resources for their own language in GF. +