3 Algorithms Degree Programs in Czech Republic

The study branch Discrete models and algorithms offers wide education in theoretical and mathematical fundaments of computer science. The student obtains knowledge in the area of discrete models and related algorithmic and data techniques and various mathematical methods for their design. The study familiarizes the student both with the last results on discrete models, algorithms, and optimization and with possibilities and limitations in solving related algorithmic questions. The students acquire the thorough mathematical knowledge necessary for the analysis and design of discrete models and algorithms. The students can apply their skills in practice or can continue in the Ph.D. study of computer science or related areas.

The aim of the study program “Computer Science – Language Technologies and Computational Linguistics” is to get the graduates ready for research in the area of natural language processing and the development of applications dealing with both written and spoken language. Examples of such applications are systems of information retrieval, information extraction and summarization, machine translation, text analytics, grammar checking, automatic speech recognition, spoken dialogue systems, and speech synthesis. The emphasis is put on a deep understanding of formal mathematical and algorithmic foundations and their practical applicability in natural language processing tasks. Students of the program have the possibility to focus either on theoretical aspects of formal description of natural languages or on the technology-oriented side (state-of-the-art methods in statistics, machine learning, and deep learning) for language data processing.

Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary scientific field involving mathematics (including topics such as discrete mathematics, statistics, and probability), computer science (e.g. algorithmization, machine learning, artificial intelligence), and classical linguistics (e.g. morphology, syntax, language typology). Computational linguistics investigates language from a formal point of view, and it aims at developing methods that could be used in software applications in the field of Natural Language Processing, in which languages in their spoken or written form are handled. The program does not contain specializations.