Homework Assignment 3

601.467/667 Introduction to Human Language Technology

Fall 2024

Due: Wednesday October 30, 2024

In the last couple of weeks, you have learnt about sequence to sequence models, and you have also been introduced to phonemes, which are the smallest units of speech. In this assignment, you will put these together by implementing a seq2seq model for pronunciation prediction of English words. All the questions and related instructions can be found on this Google Colab Link

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What to hand-in

Instructions for submission can be found on the notebook. You will turn in the completed notebook on Gradescope along with necessary model checkpoint files. Remember to:

1.   Paste the viewable link in the box provided in the notebook.

2.   Upload the full complete notebook along with necessary checkpoint files.

3.   Select pages for the respective questions on Gradescope under the writing part.

For this assignment, you can collaborate with other students to form a team of up to 3 people. Beyond your teammates, you are allowed to discuss general concepts and ideas related to the assignment, but you must not discuss actual solutions. You have to handle one single group submission to Gradescope with your teammates added.

How to submit

Enroll yourself in the Gradescope class (entry code provided on the website) and submit the PDF before 11.59 PM (EDT) on October 30, 2024 (Wednesday). Late policy please refer to the website. If you face any technical/other difficulties, please contact the TA/CAs on Piazza.

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