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MA English with Specialization in Computational Linguistics
Computational Linguistics refers to the application of the principles of Computer Science, to the analysis and comprehension of both written and spoken language. It has applications in speech recognition systems, interactive voice response systems, instant machine translation, text editors, search engines, text-to-speech synthesizers, and language instruction manuals, to name a few. M.A in English with a Specialization in Computational Linguistics at GCU is an interdisciplinary programme that combines expertise in English, with machine learning, artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, and deep learning. The aim of the program is to equip students with a deep insight into thinking and intelligence so that they can facilitate human interaction with machines and software. Graduates in this field will be able to retrieve text that relates to specific topics, summarize tests, build dialogue agents capable of tasks like scheduling or purchasing, and answering questions that require descriptive answers or inferences. The graduates of this GCU postgraduate programme can attain roles as speech data evaluators, localization specialists, linguistic data managers, and annotators to name a few, in both government and private sector software companies.
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