In this seminar, students will learn about selected research topics in natural language processing and its applications. In addition, an introduction to reading scientific papers, learning how to give a good presentation, and how to write a technical report. During the seminar, students will learn: - to read and examine the scientific literature critically, - to identify and present examples of relevant real-world application fields of the scientific publication, - to give a good scientific presentation to peers that are precise, informative, and engaging, - to summarize and write a concise technical report including a critical discussion of the research paper (with additional literature research).