Technical Workshop Series
Introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP) (2nd Offering)
Presenter: Soroush Ziaeinejad
Date: Tuesday, June 4th, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: 4th Floor (Workshop space) at 300 Ouellette Avenue (School of Computer Science Advanced Computing Hub)
LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED once the presentation has begun.
Abstract:
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a rapidly growing field of Artificial Intelligence that focuses on enabling machines to understand, interpret, and generate human language. This introductory workshop will cover the basics of NLP, its applications, and popular techniques, including text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and machine translation. Participants will also get hands-on experience with NLP tools and libraries, such as NLTK, spaCy, and Gensim in Python.
Workshop Outline:
By the end of this workshop, you will have a solid understanding of NLP fundamentals and be equipped with practical skills to kickstart your journey in this exciting field. This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in NLP, regardless of their technical background. No prior knowledge of NLP is required, but some programming experience in Python would be helpful.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of Python and mathematics
Biography:
Soroush is a Ph.D. student and research assistant at the School of Computer Science. His main research area is Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval on social networks.