The Research Group in Computational Linguistics was founded in 1998 as part of the School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications and since 2005 it has been a member of the Research Institute of Information and Language Processing. The group is led by Prof. Ruslan Mitkov and is pursuing active research in a wide variety of topics in computational linguistics. The group has established an international reputation which can be seen through our projects and papers.

The results from the Research Assessment Exercise announced on 17 December 2008 confirm the Research Group in Computational Linguistics as one of the top performers in UK research. The research output of the group has been rated as internationally leading, internationally excellent and internationally recognised.

Computational Linguistics was entered in Unit of Assessment "Linguistics" and Wolverhampton was ranked joint 3rd with 2 more universities. According to the league tables of the Guardian, The Times and Research Fortnight, research in Linguistics at the University of Wolverhampton is one of the top 6 best in the UK.

• 2013-05-13From Monday, 13 May 2013, The research group has relocated from MB to MC building. We are now located on the first floor of MC building rooms 130-137. The old phone numbers are still working and we are in the process of updating the contact details for all the members.
• 2013-01-07The Research Group in Computational Linguistics would like to welcome its newest member, Jane Bradbury who joined the group on 4th January 2013 as a research associate in lexicography, working on the new AHRC-funded DVC project.
• 2012-11-01The Research Group in Computational Linguistics would like to welcome its newest member, Dr Ismail El Maarouf. Ismail joins the group from 1 November 2012 as a research associate in computational linguistics, working on the new AHRC-funded DVC project.

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