Apply Natural Language Processing with Python
Learn Python for Natural Language Processing, the field behind chatbots, search engines, and autocorrect.
Includes Machine Learning, Data Science, Python, Regular Expression, NLTK, spaCy, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Genism, and more.
Skill level
IntermediateTime to complete
Average based on combined completion rates — individual pacing in lessons, projects, and quizzes may vary10 hoursProjects
4Prerequisites
2 coursesWe suggest you complete the following courses before you get started with Apply Natural Language Processing with Python:- Getting Started with Python for Data Science
- Python for Data Science: Working with Data
About this skill path
Natural language processing (NLP) is all about how computers work with human language. From your virtual assistant recommending a restaurant to that terrible autocorrect you sent your cousin, the field is a rapidly growing presence in our lives. This Skill Path will get you started using Python to analyze and even generate text. Don’t just use NLP tools — make them!
Skills you'll gain
- Parse text with regular expressions
- Create computer models of text
- Generate text with deep learning
Syllabus
8 units • 8 lessons • 4 projects • 8 quizzes- 1
Welcome to the Natural Language Processing Skill Path
Your NLP journey starts here.
- 2
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.
- 3
Text Preprocessing
Get a taste of regular expressions (regex) and find out how to prepare your text data for most NLP tasks.
- 4
Language Parsing
Apply regular expressions (regex) and other natural language parsing tactics to find meaning and insights in the texts you read every day.
- 5
Language Quantification
Learn different ways to represent language numerically, including bag-of-words, tf-idf, and word embeddings.
- 6
Text Generation
Learn about seq2seq and LSTM neural networks commonly used in NLP work and how to implement them for machine translation.
- 7
NLP Portfolio Project
You’ve learned a lot and it’s time to show off your skills. Analyze text message data any way you like in this portfolio project.
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Projects in this skill path
- practice Project
Discover Insights into Classic Texts
Perform a natural language parsing analysis with regular expressions to gain insights into Oscar Wilde's _The Picture of Dorian Gray_ or Homer's _The Iliad!_ - practice Project
Mystery Friend
Use scikit-learn's bag-of-words functions and Naive Bayes classifier to figure out which of your friends sent you an anonymous postcard! - practice Project
Read the News Analysis
In this project you will use tf-idf to analyze a collection of news articles.
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