Computational Linguistics

Brief overview of the research field

This research area is all about the automatic processing of language, whether it is the analysis of thousands of written posts in internet forums, recognition of spoken commands, or communication with an avatar. The applications are diverse, from translation of texts to support of air traffic controllers through the analysis of radio traffic.

In Saarbrücken, computational linguistics has its own degree program. Along with the Department of Computational Linguistics and Phonetics, research in this area is also done at the Cluster of Excellence MMCI.

Professors in this field

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Prof. Dr. Vera Demberg
Professor, Saarland University
Computer Science and Computational Linguistics
Saarland University
Saarland Informatics Campus
C7 2, R. 302
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
+49 681 302-70024
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Prof. Dr. Josef van Genabith
Co-opted Professor, Saarland University
Multilingual Technologies
Saarland University
Saarland Informatics Campus
A2 2, R. 113
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
+49 681 302-2931
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Prof. Dr. Michael Hahn
Co-opted Professor, Department of Language Science and Technology (LST)
Language, Computation, and Cognition
Department of Language Science and Technology (LST)
Saarland Informatics Campus
C7 4, R. 3.19
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
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Prof. Dr. Dietrich Klakow
Co-opted Professor, Saarland University
Spoken Language Systems
Saarland University
Saarland Informatics Campus
C7 1, R. 001
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
+49 681 302-58122
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Prof. Dr. Alexander Koller
Co-opted Professor, Saarland University
Computational Linguistics
Saarland University
Saarland Informatics Campus
C7.2, R. 109
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
+49 681 302-4345
Assistant: +49 681 302-4344
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Prof. Dr. Manfred Pinkal
Co-opted Emeritus, Saarland University
Computational Linguistics
Saarland University
Saarland Informatics Campus
C7 4, R. 319
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
+49 681 302-4344

Junior faculty in this field

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PD Dr. Helmut Horacek
Group Leader, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Multilingual Technologies
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Saarland Informatics Campus
D3 2
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
+49 681 85775-2450
Assistant: +49 681 302-2235
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Dr. Simon Razniewski
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI INF)
Knowledge Base Construction and Quality
Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI INF)
Saarland Informatics Campus
E1 4, R. 425
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
+49 681 9325-5126
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Dr. Andrew Yates
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI INF)
Searching, Mining, and Learning with Informal Text
Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI INF)
Saarland Informatics Campus
E1 4, R. 413
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
+49 681 9325-5113