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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.
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BeginnerTime to complete
Average based on combined completion rates — individual pacing in lessons, projects, and quizzes may vary1 hourPrerequisites
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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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