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Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Jurafsky, Daniel.
and Martin, James H. (2008) Speech and Language Processing: International Edition, Pearson
Other Texts:
Kamath, Uday. and Liu, John. (2020) Deep Learning for NLP and Speech Recognition, Springer
Programmes
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
Generic PRS
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Module Code - Title:
CE2003 - THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR CONVERSATIONAL AI
Year Last Offered:
2020/1
Hours Per Week
Lecture
Lab
Tutorial
Other
Private
Credits
2
0
2
0
6
6
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
Conversational Artificial Intelligence (CAI) is the software and processes by which speech is transformed into input for computers and smart devices.
This module will provide students with practical insights regarding the theoretical concepts that underpin modern Conversational AI systems.
Syllabus:
Introduction to machine learning for Conversational AI, (CAI). Scripted versus CAI systems for Human Computer spoken word interaction.
Neural Networks for CAI. The definition and application of RNN, CNN, DNN, xNN subsystems to CAI.
Speech recognition, language modeling and language decoding for CAI. Evaluation of Speech recognition tools. Data collection and labelling for training in CAI. Bag of words testing. An introduction to N-gram based modelling of speech.
Evaluation of intent in CAI. Development of training sentences. Evaluation of Semantics, context and embedding in CAI systems.
Dialog management: Introduction to Reasoning and Response generation in computer-based CAI systems.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Identify the fundamental components of a Conversational AI (CAI) system
Decode elementary speech patterns for use in CAI systems.
Determine intent from uttered speech data in CAI systems.