NLP 101: INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

Welcome to NLP 101, a dynamic and hands-on online course where you will dive deep into the world of Natural Language Processing (NLP)! Whether you’re a beginner or looking to enhance your skills in AI and data science, this course is designed to provide you with the foundational knowledge and practical tools to work effectively with language data.

This is a self-paced online course featuring pre-recorded video lessons that guide you through the core principles and techniques of NLP. You will learn to apply these concepts using industry-standard tools and libraries. From processing text data to building models for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, and named entity recognition, this course will equip you with essential skills for working with language in a technical context.

Throughout the course, you will engage in practical exercises, gaining hands-on experience to confidently apply your learning. You’ll work with tools like NLTK, spaCy, and Hugging Face’s transformers, widely recognized in the NLP field.

Hands-On Skills You Will Gain:

• Text Preprocessing: Master the essentials of cleaning and preparing text data through techniques like tokenization, stemming, lemmatization, and stopword removal.
• Text Classification: Learn how to build models that categorize text into distinct groups using supervised machine learning techniques.
• Named Entity Recognition (NER): Extract crucial entities such as names, dates, and locations from text.
• Sentiment Analysis: Learn how to analyze the sentiment of text, detecting the emotional tone behind the content.
• Language Modeling: Build models for text generation and translation using deep learning methods.
• Working with NLP Libraries: Gain proficiency with popular Python libraries like NLTK, spaCy, and Hugging Face’s transformers.
• Introduction to Deep Learning in NLP: Understand how deep learning techniques, such as neural networks, are used in various NLP applications.

How This Course Works:

This self-paced course offers you access to pre-recorded video lessons where each concept is clearly explained, with practical examples guiding you along the way. You can learn at your own pace, revisiting material whenever necessary, and working through exercises on your schedule.

Final Project and Evaluation:

As part of the course, you will complete a final project where you apply the skills you’ve acquired to solve a real-world NLP problem. After finishing your project, you will record and submit a video presentation, showcasing your approach, the techniques you used, and the results you achieved. This will demonstrate your understanding and practical expertise in NLP.

Certification Requirements:

To earn your Certificate of Completion, you must:

1. Successfully complete all quizzes throughout the course to test your understanding.
2. Complete and submit your final project video, where you explain your work and results.

Once you meet these requirements, you will receive your certificate, validating your skills and knowledge in NLP.

This course is designed to equip you with practical, industry-relevant skills in NLP, empowering you to apply your knowledge to real-world problems. I’m excited to help you grow your expertise in this rapidly evolving field!