Vincent Ng

Professor of Computer Science
Human Language Technology Research Institute
University of Texas at Dallas

Contact Information

Office hours for Summer 2026: By appointment only
Office: ECSS 3.404
Phone: 972-883-4581
Fax: 972-883-2349
Email: vince at hlt dot utdallas dot edu
Administrative assistant: Garvin Solomon (Garvin dot Solomon at utdallas dot edu)

Postal address:
Computer Science Department
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 W. Campbell Road, MS EC31
Richardson, TX 75080-3021, USA
                 
[ Research (Overview, Papers, Data, Code/Software, Talks) | Professional Activities | Teaching | Rankings | Miscellaneous ]

UT Dallas CS undergrads: If you received an A or A+ in one or more of my courses (or an A- or above in my honors course) and are interested in the Ph.D. program, feel free to come talk to me.

Research

My general research area is machine learning of natural language. My recent projects have focused primarily on developing unsupervised and semi-supervised machine learning techniques for natural language processing, with the goal of reducing the amount of annotated data needed to build NLP applications and process resource-scarce languages. Areas in which my group has been working include:

Some items that may be of interest:

Professional Activities

Teaching

  • CS 6301: Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing (Spring 2021)
  • CS 4365: Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2006-2010, 2012-2026; Fall 2019, 2024)
  • CS 4365.HON: Artificial Intelligence Honors (Spring 2010-2015, 2017-2026)
  • CS 4375: Introduction to Machine Learning (Fall 2006-2009, 2011-2018, 2020-2021, 2024; Spring 2016, Summer 2021-2022)
  • CS 4375.HON: Introduction to Machine Learning Honors (Fall 2022-2026)
  • CS 6364: Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2009, 2011, 2024)
  • CS 6375: Machine Learning (Fall 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010; Spring 2014 (co-taught with Yang Liu))
  • CS 2305: Discrete Math for Computing I (Fall 2004)

Rankings

Miscellaneous

  • I am the professor of artificial intelligence for the undergrads (poster courtesy of absolutefunk). I have had some good times with them in events like this and this.
  • I was asked many times whether Andrew Ng is my brother. He isn't, but we were introduced to each other by a common friend when we were undergrads.
  • In case you want to know whether you are my doctoral cousin, here is my doctoral ancestry (and the years in which they obtained their degrees): Claire Cardie (1994) → Wendy Lehnert (1977) → Roger Schank (1969) → Jacob Mey (1960) → Louis Hjelmslev (1923) → Holger Pedersen (1897).

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