EPFL CS320 - Computer language processing, Spring 2026

Links: Moodle and Course Description

Important information:

• Midterm exam date: 27.03.2026 at 13:05. You can prepare one reminder sheet (2 sided) that you can consule during the exam.

• Please register for project groups on Moodle as soon as this is possible

• The schedule for exercise sessions and lectures might change from week to week, please check the schedule below regularily.

Grading

The grade is based on a midterm (30%) as well as team project work (70%). Please read the grading policy page.

Schedule and Materials

Week	Labs	Day	Date	Time	Room	Topic	Materials
1		Wed	18.02.2026	13:15	CM 1 2	Lecture 1	Intro to CLP (PDF), Formal languages (PDF)
		Fri	20.02.2025	13:15	CM 1 1	Lecture 2	Operations on Formal Languages, Regular Expressions and Idea of a Lexer (PDF)
	1....	Fri	20.02.2025	15:15	CM 1 1	Lab 1	Interpreter lab released (due in 2 weeks)

Future plans

Week	Labs	Day	Date	Time	Room	Topic	Materials
-		Wed	25.03.2026		CM 1 2	Exercises
		Fri	27.03.2026	13:05		EXAM
		Fri	27.03.2026			EXAM
		Fri	03.04.2026	13:15		Holiday
		Fri	03.04.2026	15:15		Holiday
-		Wed	08.04.2026			Break
		Fri	10.04.2026			Break
		Fri	10.04.2026			Break

Deadline for submission of the report and code: end of the semester. Keeping in mind the grading policy, please submit:

• Final Project Report PDF + Code zip file including README. One PDF for report following Project report template and one ZIP file containing README with instructions. Only one person should submit on behalf of the group. Resubmissions are possible until the deadline.
• Final Teamwork Statement to be submitted by every student individually, applying to all the labs in the course including Lab 6.

Books

Printed and online books can be helpful, even if our goal is for lectures, exercises, and project instructions to be self-contained.

Staff

Professor	Viktor Kunčak
PhD TA	Samuel Chassot
MSc TA	Sidonie Bouthors
MSc TA	Léa Blancher
MSc TA	Charlie Mangano
MSc TA	Asli Ünlüer
MSc TA	Richard Petre