ITO5217 Natural language processing
Faculty of Information Technology
ITO5217 Natural language processing is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology. It isn't offered in 2026. It needs ITO5047, ITO5201 or ITO5197.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 6 tasks
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ITO5217
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ITO5217
No unit lists ITO5217 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
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Overview
Natural language processing is a vital piece of technology in the information age. This unit will cover essential techniques for analysing words, sentences, documents and applications. In this unit you will gain an understanding in fundamental and cutting-edge aspects of language processing techniques, from building neural translation systems, to using the recent Transformer models in downstream applications. In addition to applied aspects, you will learn all the technical details underpinnig these systems.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 2 | Monash Online | Mo |
| Teaching period 6 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Assignment 1Exercise20%
- Assignment 2Project60%
- Quiz / Test20%
- Quiz 1Quiz / Test30%
- Quiz 2Quiz / Test50%
- Quiz 3Quiz / Test20%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
organise core problems and applications in NLP.
- 2
design systems to tackle NLP problems.
- 3
evaluate NLP systems.
- 4
assess various approaches to NLP.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachOnline learning
A minimum of 144 hours over the 6 week teaching period should be used to complete assignments, participating in discussions, private study and revision.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Trang Vu