Computer and Applied Linguistics
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45.04.02 In Russian
Level of education Master
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 2 years
Programme description
The master’s programme ‘Computer and Applied Linguistics’ focuses on training multi-skilled experts in computer and applied linguistics, who are capable of working in the field of applied linguistics and modern linguistic technologies. Students master advanced computer-based methods of text processing and analysis or modern technologies of speech influence. They attend courses in machine translation and specialised databases in linguistic research or linguistic pragmatics and sociolinguistics. They also study one foreign language.
Main courses
- Mathematical Fundamentals of Machine Learning
- Machine Learning and Data Analysis
- Semantic Analysers
- Python Programming
- Domain Specific Languages
- Methods of Automated Analysis of Sentence Structure/Modern Issues in Machine Translation
- Statistic Combinatory Methods in Linguistic Research
- Morpho-Syntactic Analysers of Texts
Our advantages
Students master advanced computer-based methods of text processing and analysis or modern technologies of speech influence. They attend courses in machine translation and specialised databases in linguistic research or linguistic pragmatics and sociolinguistics. They also study one foreign language.
The educational trajectory ‘Computational Linguistics and Intellectual Technology’ is designed to train specialists in automated natural language processing for practical work in the field of computer-aided linguistic technologies.
The educational trajectory ‘Modern Technologies of Linguistic Manipulation’ is designed to train specialists in the field of: modern strategies of linguistic manipulation and speech influence; the theory of discourse; language policy; and pragmalinguistics.
Main areas of research
- Automated language processing, machine translation, corpus linguistics, linguistic problems of artificial intelligence
- The theory of discourse, linguistic pragmatics, sociolinguistics
Teaching staff
- Olga Mitrenina, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, expert in the development of dialogue systems and machine translation; author of over 50 research publications including those indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Scopus, and Web of Science; expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Olga Mitrofanova, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, expert in formal and linguistic semantics; author of over 70 research publications including those indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Scopus, and Web of Science
- Maria Khokhlova, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, expert in statistical methods, machine learning, and corpus linguistics; author of over 100 research publications including those indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Scopus, and Web of Science; Laureate of the St Petersburg Government Prize in the field of research and education (2020, 2022); Member of the St Petersburg University working groups on ‘Digital Economy’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence and Data Science’
Career opportunities
Our graduates are highly skilled specialists in such areas as: automated language processing; machine translation; linguistic problems of artificial intelligence; the theory of speech influence; pragmatics; and sociolinguistics.