7M06101 Computational Linguistics

The purpose of the educational program "7M06101 - Computational Linguistics" is the training of highly qualified specialists in the field of intelligent information technologies. The program is aimed at the formation of a professional personality specialist who is able to: interpret and apply deep research knowledge of theories and technologies in the field of computational linguistics; create and process various digital language resources; develop and apply various applied artificial intelligence technologies, as machine translation, speech recognition, data mining, machine learning, etc.

Upon completion of this educational program, it is expected that undergraduates will be able to:
1.discuss methodologies and technological advances in computational linguistics and natural language processing;
2.choose methodologies and technologies for solving problems of natural language processing;
3. use automated text translation;
4. analyze the grammatical system of Kazakh and other languages;
5. compare and contrast languages in terms of systematic differences in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics;
6. use the OEW tools for analyzing large sets of documents, defining topics and summarizing;
7. develop language resources and tools of the Kazakh language;
8. develop the resources and tools of OYA (natural language processing);
9. create parallel and comparable corps between Kazakh and foreign languages;
10. to make his own original contribution to the development of the field of computational linguistics: prepare publications, scientific and technical reports, reviews based on the results of completed studies;
11. conduct scientific and pedagogical activity, participate in the development of educational and methodological materials for teaching disciplines in the direction of the educational program "Computational Linguistics";
12. formulate solutions to problems based on research in the field of information systems by integrating knowledge from new or interdisciplinary areas and taking into account social, ethical, linguistic and scientific considerations.

For the future employment of graduates of the program 7M06101 - Computational Linguistics, the key employers are: 1. "Institute of Information and Computing Technologies" Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education RK. Scientific and production laboratories such as the "Laboratory of artificial intelligence and robotics"аnd "laboratory of computer engineering of intelligent systems" actively operate in this institute. The following tasks are the priorities for the laboratory: Research in the field of artificial intelligence and speech technologies; Development and research of a multilingual speech recognition system; Development of new technology for automatic speech recognition for low-resource languages; Development of methods and models for searching and analyzing criminally significant information in unstructured and semi-structured text arrays; Development of efficient algorithms and models for processing text data using the latest achievements in computational linguistics, etc. 2. Public and private educational institutions of secondary and higher education 3. Association of Innovative Companies (AIC) “Park of innovative technologies”, which brings together some of the best representatives of modern business in the field of innovation and information technology. LLP "Alem Research" as part of the “Park of innovative technologies” provides a full range of services in the field of software, all IT products have certificates of compliance with Kazakhstani and international standards; 4. LLP "Almatyenergoservis" - a large Kazakhstani engineering company that produces machine-building and electric power products for all sectors of the economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 5. Institute of High Technologies LLP, a subsidiary of NAC Kazatomprom JSC, is an integrated branch scientific institute that solves the strategic tasks of innovative development, technological renewal of production, a radical increase in the quality and competitiveness of manufactured high-tech products, as well as environmental issues; 6. SINETIC JSC is one of the largest engineering centers in Russia, performing a full range of works on the creation of industrial automation systems for enterprises, both modernized and newly built production facilities, based on SIEMENS automation equipment. Alumni of the program work in branches in Almaty and Pavlodar; 7. The company LLP "Systemotechnika" specializes in the field of information technologies, development of software products and automation systems; has more than 30 years of experience in the development and implementation of systems in the field of metallurgy, ore dressing, chemistry, and light industry.