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The Language Technologies Institute (LTI) of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University conducts research and provides graduate education in all aspects of language technology and information management. The LTI was established in 1996, as an expansion of the Center for Machine Translation (CMT).

The graduate programs in Language Technologies draw on CMU's longstanding accomplishments in natural language processing of written and spoken language. The curricula of the graduate programs are based on a set of approved courses that cover linguistic and statistical approaches, basics of computer science, and in-depth coverage of applied areas of language technology. Machine translation, information retrieval, and speech recognition are strongly emphasized. Students will also benefit from a modular set of laboratory courses, in which they will learn the basics of natural language technology through intensive hands-on practice.

The Masters in Language Technologies (MLT) is a professional degree which is normally completed two calendar years. Students choose an individualized curriculum from a set of approved courses and self-paced laboratory modules. Courses should be chosen to emphasize a specialty in one of three language technology areas: machine translation, information retrieval, or speech recognition. Faculty advisors work with students to construct their individualized curricula and supervise directed research. This directed research can focus on original research or a significant contribution to an existing language technology. For more information about our MLT program, visit the LTI MLT program page.

The Ph.D. curriculum draws on the same set of approved courses and laboratories as the MLT, but with additional distributional requirements which provide students with a broader education in all areas of language technology and computational linguistics. Ph.D. students can specialize in more theoretical aspects of computational linguistics, as well as the three main language technology areas. Ph.D. students must also demonstrate proficiency in writing, presentation, programming, and teaching, and complete and defend a Ph.D. thesis containing significant original research. For more information about our Ph.D. program, visit the LTI PhD program page.

Instructions and forms for applying to the LTI are now available online.

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Language Technologies Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA

The Center for Machine Translation (CMT) was a research branch of the School of Computer Science devoted to basic and applied research in all aspects of natural language processing, with a primary focus on machine translation, speech processing, and information retrieval. Containing a unique mix of academic and industrial researchers specializing in various aspects of computer science, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics and theoretical linguistics, the CMT provided a rich and diverse environment for collaboration among faculty, staff, visiting scholars, and qualified students. For more information about past CMT projects and publications, visit the LTI Research page.