Catalog Description: This course provides a hands-on introduction to language technologies, covering methods for processing speech and text. This includes: statistical models, early neural models, and transformer-based LLMs; model architectures, training, evaluation, and social impacts; core tasks and methods like machine translation, parsing, and prompting; analysis and representation of speech and speech recognition models. Weekly assignments provide practical experience in building systems and understanding their strengths and limitations.

Units: 4

Prerequisites: COMPSCI C182, COMPSCI 188, or COMPSCI 189

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for EECS 283A after completing COMPSCI 288. A deficient grade in EECS 283A may be removed by taking COMPSCI 288.

Formats:
Spring: 3.0 hours of lecture and 1.0 hours of discussion per week
Fall: 3.0 hours of lecture and 1.0 hours of discussion per week

Grading Basis: letter

Final Exam Status: Written final exam conducted during the scheduled final exam period

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Class Schedule (Fall 2025):
EECS 183/283A – TuTh 15:30-16:59, Valley Life Sciences 2050 – Alane Suhr, Gopala Krishna Anumanchipalli

Class Notes
FALL 2025 POLICY (Subject to change in future terms):
Phase 1 and 2 seats are open to EECS/CS Grad and EECS MEng students. Remaining seats open during the adjustment period for non-EECS Grads. Non-EECS MEng students are prevented from waitlisting or enrolling.


*To enroll in this class, select the lecture and the 999 (placeholder) discussion section. Assignment to the actual sections will be managed by teaching staff.*

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