International Studies in Computational Linguistics: University of Tübingen

'Linguistics' means the science of language - it is concerned with the structure of languages and with how we use them to communicate. Of course we do not limit ourselves to studying natural languages. After all computers have their own languages too: artificial programming languages invented by humans. Now various questions come to mind: What are the differences between natural and artificial languages? If we can learn how to talk to computers, can machines learn how to talk to people? And how can we teach them to cope with everyday language, which is full of sloopy pronunciation, unifinished sentences, grammatical mistakes, metaphors and jokes?

Computational linguistics addresses these questions. Since many areas of Information Technology require the use of language, Computational Linguistics has become a central discipline for designing more intelligent means of communication.

The demand for natural language applications in information technology is continually increasing, but there are only a few people who combine competence in Computer Science with sufficient linguistic expertise. ISCL offers future-oriented training in the area of information technology, with the opportunity to acquire the linguistic knowledge and skills essential for the design and development of natural language applications.