Research
The research areas within ILCC.
Research in ILCC spans a broad spectrum covering computational approaches to language, communication, and cognition.
Natural language processing and computational linguistics
![NLP and associated word graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/panel_breakpoints_theme_uoe_mobile_1x/public/thumbnails/image/nlp.jpg?itok=HMk42fKK)
Including topics such as biomedical NLP, markup technology, semantics, discourse, machine learning for NLP, natural language generation, parsing and machine translation.
Spoken language processing
![Image of soundwaves](/sites/default/files/styles/panel_breakpoints_theme_uoe_mobile_1x/public/thumbnails/image/soundwaves.jpg?itok=hX8RnvgX)
Including topics such as speech recognition, inclusive speech technology, language acquisition from speech, prosody and information structure and speech synthesis.
Dialogue and multimodal interaction
![Network of people graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/panel_breakpoints_theme_uoe_mobile_1x/public/thumbnails/image/people-network.jpg?itok=fNSGZgOp)
Including topics such as conversational agents, graphical communication, multi-agent meaning negotiation, multimodal information retrieval, multi-party interaction and planning.
Information extraction, retrieval & presentation
![Graphic of a sea made of binary numbers](/sites/default/files/styles/panel_breakpoints_theme_uoe_mobile_1x/public/thumbnails/image/binary-waves.jpg?itok=QGIzgFS1)
Including topics such as summarization, social media, information extraction, information retrieval and question answering.
Computational theories of human cognition
![Illustration of a head with cogs inside it](/sites/default/files/styles/panel_breakpoints_theme_uoe_mobile_1x/public/thumbnails/image/head-cogs.jpg?itok=2tQntWCv)
Including topics such as adult language processing, child language acquisition, dialogue and discourse, gesture, semantics, music analysis, visual processing and human learning.
Educational and assistive technology
![Hand on tablet image](/sites/default/files/styles/panel_breakpoints_theme_uoe_mobile_1x/public/thumbnails/image/hand-on-tablet.jpg?itok=dNoKgFZN)
Including topics such as clinical applications, technology for special user groups and educational technology.
Design Informatics and Human Computer Interaction
![Human hand touching robot hand](/sites/default/files/styles/panel_breakpoints_theme_uoe_mobile_1x/public/thumbnails/image/istock-867341934_1.jpg?itok=RiTlSRNZ)
Including topics such as designing from/with/by data, visualisation, usable security and privacy, human factors, and intercultural design.
Research groups
A list of ILCC related research groups.