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Getting Started with Natural Language Processing
Humans communicate with language, but computers communicate with data. Discover how to translate between the two in this course.
Skill level
BeginnerTime to complete
Approx. 1 hourCertificate of completion
Included with paid plansPrerequisites
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About this course
From your virtual assistant recommending a restaurant to that terrible autocorrect you sent your parents, natural language processing (NLP) is a rapidly growing presence in our lives. NLP is all about how computers work with human language. Don’t just use NLP tools — make them!
Skills you'll gain
Use basic text pre-processing techniques
Gain familiarity with various types of language models
Use topic modeling to understand a text
Syllabus
Getting Started with Natural Language Processing
Delve into the exciting world of Natural Language Processing (NLP) with this overview of major topics in the field.
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