The Department of Computer Linguistics and Digital Technologies was created on the basis of the Uzbek Language Department established in 2023. The activity of the department provides students with knowledge on natural language processing (NLP), automatic translation, solving practical problems on creating language corpora, development of philological information systems, search systems, computer graphics, database creation and use, skills and forms skills. Laboratory of Computer Linguistics was established under the department. This center is responsible for modeling philological issues, creating and researching their information and knowledge bases; creates language modeling methods for artificial intelligence, as well as researches the problems of lexical databases – linguistic ontology, information search systems, computer lexicography, machine translation, computer linguistics terminology, computer language didactics, and conducts research on the development of linguistic digital technologies.
Department of Computational Linguistics and Applied Linguistics of the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek. Scientific and practical conference on the topic “MODERN TECHNOLOGIES OF COMPUTER LINGUISTICS – CTCL.2023” in cooperation with Japan Digital University (JSU), Scientific Research Institute for Development of Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence and “ASMIRUS” Scientific Conference Support Center will be held.
The department is taught by 3 professors with scientific degrees. Among them, 1 doctor of philology (DSc), 2 doctors of philosophy (PhD). Scientific potential of the department: 40%.
Computational Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Head of the department
ABDURAXMONOVA NILUFAR ZAYNOBIDDIN QIZI
Head of Department
Degree:
Doctor of Sciences, DSc
Scientific title:
Professor
Reception days:
Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
Address:
Address: 100174, Tashkent city, Almazor district, University street, 4th house
History of the department
The composition of the department
Scientific activity
The faculty members of the Department of Computational Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek mainly conduct research in the following scientific areas:
- Natural Language Processing (NLP);
- Automatic and machine translation;
- Corpus linguistics and the development of electronic corpora of the Uzbek language;
- Computational lexicography;
- Linguistic ontologies and semantic technologies;
- Language modeling for artificial intelligence;
- Information retrieval systems;
- Linguistic expertise;
- Computer-assisted language teaching;
- Parallel corpora and translation technologies;
- Development of digital and software resources for the Uzbek language;
- Development of morphological, syntactic, and semantic analyzers;
- Speech analysis and synthesis;
- Corpus-based translation studies and teaching methods.
Among the department’s priority research areas, special attention is given to:
- Development of the electronic corpus of the Uzbek language;
- Creation of linguistic and software tools for NLP;
- Artificial intelligence models for analyzing linguistic and speech phenomena;
- Development of computational lexicography;
- Implementation of translation software into practice.
Research at the Computational Linguistics Laboratory affiliated with the department is conducted in the following areas:
- Modeling philological tasks;
- Development of knowledge bases;
- Linguistic ontologies;
- Semantic technologies;
- Machine translation;
- Digital language technologies.
In addition, the department annually organizes the international scientific and practical conference CTCL – Contemporary Technologies of Computational Linguistics, where research in the fields of computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, and modern language technologies is discussed.
Under the scientific supervision of Professor Nilufar Abdurakhmonova, two international researchers are currently conducting research at the department: You Xiaoqi (China) and Safiye Kırlangıç (Turkey).
Scientific Projects Implemented by the Department
2023–2024 — Innovative project “Paratranslator – Development of a Contextological Electronic Translation Dictionary Based on a Parallel Corpus.”
Project supervisor: Professor Nilufar Abdurakhmonova
The following PhD dissertations were defended at the department:
- Z. Kadyrova — “Creation of an Ontological Model of Medical Terms and Their Semantics” (2025). Scientific supervisor: Prof. N. Abdurakhmonova.
- G. Kholiyarova — “Lexicographic Research on Modeling the Electronic Thesaurus of the Uzbek Language” (2025). Scientific supervisor: Prof. N. Abdurakhmonova.
- O. Yulbarsov — “Creation of a Database of Industry-Specific Neologisms Using the Uzbek Web Corpus” (2025). Scientific supervisor: Prof. N. Abdurakhmonova.
- Sajid Valiya Valepil — “The Linguocognitive Aspect of Code-Switching in Uzbek Discourse in a Bilingual Society” (2025). Scientific supervisor: Prof. N. Abdurakhmonova.
- M. Saparova — “Semantic-Structural Study of Nouns for the Uzbek Language Thesaurus” (2025). Scientific supervisor: Prof. N. Abdurakhmonova.
- M. Orozalieva — “Development of Linguistic Support for the Audio Corpus of the Uzbek Language” (2026). Scientific supervisor: Prof. N. Abdurakhmonova.
Over the past three years, the department’s faculty members have published more than 50 articles in foreign scientific journals and proceedings of international conferences indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases.
The scientific achievements of the department staff are reflected in the following monographs:
- Abdurakhmonova N. “Explanatory Dictionary of Computer Linguistics Terms” (electronic edition, 2019).
- Abdurakhmonova N. “Computer Models of the Electronic Corpus of the Uzbek Language.” Monograph. – Tashkent: Globeedit, 2021.
- Abdurakhmonova N. “Educational Dictionary of Uzbek Homonyms.” – Tashkent: Bookmany, 2022.
- Abdurakhmonova N., Kadyrova Z. “Ontology in Computer Lexicography” (monograph). – Globeedit, 2023. – 140 p.
- Abdurakhmonova N., Shamsieva G. “Machine Translation Based on a Parallel Corpus” (monograph). – Globeedit, 2025. – 140 p.
- Abdurakhmonova N., Kholiyarov G. “Linguistic Foundations of Designing an Electronic Thesaurus of the Uzbek Language” (monograph). – Tashkent: Bookmany Print, 2025. – 102 p.
- Abdurakhmonova N., Urinboeva R. “Fundamentals of Creating Linguistic Support for a Speech Synthesizer” (monograph). – Globeedit, 2026. – 97 p.
- Iskandarova A.R. “Specialization of Translation Units in a Parallel Corpus” (monograph). – Tashkent, 2025. – 142 p.
- Kasimova Z. “Semantic Study of Uzbek Language Realities.” – Tashkent, 2024. – 130 p.
- Khudayberganova D.K. “Historical and Stylistic Features of Obsolete Words in Literary Works (Based on Pirimkul Kadyrov’s Novel ‘The Pass of Generations’).” Monograph. – Tashkent: Bookmany Print, 2025. – 148 p.
At the department, under the specialty 10.00.11 – “Applied and Computer Linguistics,” scientific research is conducted by 5 basic doctoral students and 15 independent researchers.
The department employs 13 faculty members, 7 of whom hold academic degrees: 2 Doctors of Science (DSc) and 5 Doctors of Philosophy (PhD).
A scientific club called “Computer Linguistics” has been organized in the department’s Computer Linguistics Laboratory, where talented bachelor’s and master’s students are actively engaged in scientific research activities
Victory was achieved in the nomination “Best Publication of the Year” (2025).
Professor Nilufar Abdurakhmonova won the “Eureka” competition.
International cooperation
At present, the department has established cooperation with a number of prestigious higher educational institutions around the world, including: Novosibirsk State University, Kazan Federal University, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Turan University, University of Cologne, University of Granada, University of A Coruña, University of Poitiers, Corvinus University of Budapest, Xi’an University, Vytautas Magnus University, University of Warsaw, Ankara University, and Istanbul Technical University.
Joint scientific research is carried out together with the faculty members of these universities, and their specialists are also actively involved in the educational process. In collaboration with foreign scholars, monographs and scientific articles are published in journals indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases.
Professor Nilufar Abdurakhmonova completed an academic internship at University of Cologne.
