ROCLING XVI——專題演講簡介

Should a student choose Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing as his major instead of semiconductor? Why do companies like Microsoft spend billions of dollars in R&D of Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing? In this talk, I will provide a historical aspect of why Microsoft started R&D in Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, how these technologies got deployed into mainstream Microsoft products and finally what products and features you can expect to be benefited from continuing development of these technologies. There are unbounded applications and potential benefit Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing technologies can bring to millions of users.