Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Fundamentals, 3rd Edition

April 12, 2025 Courses
English | MP4 | AVC 1280×720 | AAC 44KHz 2ch | 6h 14m | 1.33 GB
Natural Language Processing LiveLessons covers the fundamentals and
some of the more advanced aspects of Natural Language Processing in a
simple and intuitive way, empowering you to add NLP to your toolkit. Using
the powerful NLTK package, it gradually moves from the basics of text
representation, cleaning, topic detection, regular expressions, and sentiment
analysis before moving on to the PyTorch deep learning framework to
explore advanced topics such as text classification and sequence-to-
sequence models. The transformer architectures underlying large language
models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, and BERT are explored in depth along
with some practical applications. After successfully completing these lessons
you’ll be equipped with a fundamental and practical understanding of the full
breadth of Natural Language Processing tools and algorithms.
Learn How To
 Implement text tokenization and representation
 Use one-hot encodings and bag of words
 Identify relevant words by applying TF-IDF
 Clean text through stemming and lemmatization techniques
 Match patterns using regular expressions
 Understand named entity recognition
 Cluster documents and model topics using various algorithms
 Conduct sentiment analysis, including handling negations and
modifiers
 Utilize word embeddings for capturing semantic relationships
 Define GloVe
 Model sequences in PyTorch with RNNs, GRUs, and LSTM networks
 Transfer learning
 Apply language detection
 Understand and apply transformers
 Use LLMs for NLP tasks
 Build practical NLP applications with HuggingFace and large language
models
Lesson 1, Text Representations: Unlock the foundations of NLP by mastering
the art of transforming raw text into machine-readable formats. Journey from
basic tokenization and one-hot encodings to the strategic removal of stop
words that clutter your analysis. Discover how TF-IDF reveals the most
crucial words in your text, and explore the power of n-grams for capturing
meaningful phrases. Cap your learning with a dive into the fascinating world
of word embeddings that capture semantic relationships, all reinforced
through an engaging hands-on demo.
Lesson 2, Text Cleaning: Take your text processing skills to the next level.
Build on your representation knowledge by mastering stemming and
lemmatization techniques that strip words to their essential roots and
streamline your vocabulary. Wield the precision tool of regular expressions to
pinpoint exactly the patterns you need. See these powerful techniques come
alive in our practical demonstration that transforms theory into actionable
skills.
Lesson 3, Named Entity Recognition: Uncover the hidden structure in your
text. Master the crucial skill of part-of-speech tagging to identify the function
of each word. Harness chunking and chinking to gather meaningful word
groups, then extract the named entities that form the backbone of your
content. Watch as raw text transforms before your eyes in our
comprehensive end-to-end demonstration of the complete NLP pipeline.
Lesson 4, Topic Modeling: Take a deep dive into the heart of what your texts
are actually about. Explore explicit semantic analysis to pinpoint documents
discussing specific subjects, then discover how clustering unveils natural
topic groupings. Leverage the power of latent semantic analysis and latent-
Dirichlet allocation to extract hidden meanings. Unlock the potential of non-
negative matrix factorization to identify latent dimensions and drive
recommendations. Put it all together in our hands-on workshop that brings
these sophisticated techniques within your reach.
Lesson 5, Sentiment Analysis: Move beyond what is said to understand how
it’s said. Decode the emotional undertones of text by distinguishing positive
from negative language. Master the subtle art of handling negations and
modifiers that can completely flip meaning. Explore corpus-based
approaches to precisely measure word valence, with real-world applications
demonstrated in our compelling end-of-lesson workshop.
Lesson 6, Text Classification: Harness cutting-edge machine learning for
powerful text analysis. See how using PyTorch to implement feed-forward
networks and convolutional neural networks can classify movie review
sentiment with remarkable accuracy. Explore diverse applications of these
techniques across multiple domains, then cement your understanding by
building your own classifier in our guided practical session.
Lesson 7, Sequence Modelling: Master the technologies that grasp the flow of
language. Build on your classification knowledge with recurrent neural
network architectures that capture sequential patterns in text. Progress from
basic RNNs to sophisticated gated recurrent units and long short-term
memory networks. Explore fascinating auto-encoder models and text
generation capabilities before applying everything in a comprehensive
demonstration.
Lesson 8, Applications: Connect theory to real-world impact. Explore how the
fundamental tools you’ve mastered drive cutting-edge applications. Discover
why word embeddings—particularly word2vec—have revolutionized NLP,
allowing complex semantic relationships to be expressed through simple
vector algebra. Compare word2vec with its main competitor, GloVe, weighing
their respective strengths. Investigate how transfer learning is transforming
NLP, and tackle the challenge of language detection, all reinforced with a
practical demonstration session.
Lesson 9, NLP with Large Language Models: Step into the frontier of modern
NLP. Trace the revolutionary history of large language models and decode
the architecture that makes Transformers so powerful. Learn to leverage
HuggingFace to rapidly develop state-of-the-art applications for part of
speech tagging, named entity recognition, and knowledge extraction. See
these cutting-edge techniques in action during our immersive hands-on
demonstration that bridges theory and practice.