Full-time Faculty
- James Pustejovsky, Chair
- Nianwen Xue
- Lotus Goldberg, Advising Chair
- Sophia Malamud
Adjunct Faculty
Associated Computer Science Faculty
Students in the program also take computer science courses from regular computer science faculty including:
- Richard Alterman
- Mitch Cherniack
- Antonella DiLillo
- Timothy J. Hickey
- Pengyu Hong
- Harry Mairson
- Olga Papaemmanouil
- Jordan Pollack
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Computational Linguistics is a field that appeals to students with a zeal for both language and computer science and a passion for developing ideas at the intersection of these fields. The Brandeis Master of Arts degree in computational linguistics focuses on the scientific study of language from a computational perspective, in which opportunities abound in many fields, including:
- automated text analysis
- speech recognition
- information retrieval
- web search
- machine translation
- "Big Data"
- cryptography
- computer security
This dynamic interdisciplinary program draws on the following fields:
- linguistic theory (phonology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics)
- computer science (artificial intelligence, theory of computation and programming methods)
- philosophy
- cognitive science
- psychology
A two-year M.A. program in computational linguistics is offered to qualified students with a B.A. degree. The five-year combined B.A./M.A. program in computational linguistics is offered to Brandeis undergraduate students with a background in either computer science or linguistics.