Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU Courses

Data-distributional Approaches for Generalizable Language Models

Explore data-distributional approaches for improving language models. Learn about optimizing data source mixtures, efficient resampling, and theoretical analysis of in-context learning for enhanced model capabilities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

UBM-based Acoustic Modeling for ASR - 2009

Explore advanced UBM-based acoustic modeling techniques for automatic speech recognition, enhancing ASR system performance and accuracy.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Universe To Be Decided: Towards Specialized Foundation Models for Advancing Astronomy

Explore specialized foundation models in astronomy, including AstroLLaMa-1 and AstroLLaVA, to enhance scientific inquiry and democratize access to astronomical knowledge.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Neurosymbolic AI: Combining Large Language Models with Symbolic Methods

Explore neurosymbolic AI's potential in story generation and D&D gameplay. Discover how combining neural networks with symbolic methods enhances AI robustness and improves accessible communication.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Information Retrieval - 2009

Learn fundamental concepts and techniques of information retrieval, including indexing, searching, and evaluating retrieval systems for effective data management and access.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Representing Acoustics of Speech for Speech Processing - 2009

Explore acoustic speech signal representation for speech processing applications, examining window sizes, Fourier transforms, and phase information. Gain insights from renowned expert Bishnu Atal.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bayesian Nonparametric Methods for Complex Dynamical Phenomena - 2012

Explore Bayesian nonparametric approaches for modeling complex dynamical phenomena, focusing on Markov switching processes and their applications in various fields.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

To Sentences and Beyond! Paving the Way for Context-Aware Machine Translation

Explore limitations of sentence-level machine translation and recent advancements in context-aware translation, including new evaluation datasets and document reconstruction techniques.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Machine Learning - Finding Patterns in the World

Explore patterns in data using machine learning techniques. Gain insights into real-world applications and methodologies presented by a Johns Hopkins expert.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Geometric Should Our Semantic Models Be?

Explore vector space models for word meaning representation and their extension to sentence-level semantics. Examine challenges and alternatives in computational linguistics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fast, Accurate and Robust Multilingual Syntactic Analysis - 2012

Explore advanced techniques for multilingual syntactic analysis, including dependency parsing, structured prediction models, and cross-language projection methods for improved natural language processing.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Improving Machine Translation by Propagating Uncertainty - 2009

Explore innovative techniques for enhancing machine translation accuracy through uncertainty propagation in natural language processing systems.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CDG-Based Language Models - 2009

Explore context-dependent grammar-based language models and their applications in natural language processing and speech recognition.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Speech and Audio Processing in Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces at Meta

Explore non-invasive neural interfaces for AR devices using EMG signals, focusing on speech and audio technologies to enhance human-computer interaction and egocentric machine intelligence.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

EM Works for Pronoun-Anaphora Resolution - 2009

Explore EM algorithm's success in pronoun-anaphora resolution, learning parameters for state-of-the-art performance without hand-labeled data. Gain insights from Eugene Charniak's research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video