Re: [Corpora-List] Suggested Track for Studying Computational Linguistics

From: Mark P. Line (mark@polymathix.com)
Date: Mon Sep 26 2005 - 22:22:44 MET DST

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    Marc Carmen wrote:
    >
    > Do a Computer Science degree emphasizing language processing
    > or
    > Do a linguistics degree emphasizing computer science

    I think it depends on whether you place more emphasis on your short-term
    probability of being hired, or on your long-term ability to make lasting
    contributions to the field.

    If I were just finishing up as an undergrad, I'd go for the long-term
    priority. And since it's a lot easier for a good linguist to understand
    software than it is for a good computer scientist to understand human
    language, I'd go for a computational linguistics program that is closely
    allied with (or even part of) a linguistics program.

    You're more likely to get hired with a degree in computer science, though,
    for the time being.

    -- Mark

    Mark P. Line
    Polymathix
    San Antonio, TX

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