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Text Analytics 1: Introduction to Natural Language Processing

Overview

Learn the core techniques of computational linguistics alongside the cognitive science that makes it all possible and the ethics we need to use it properly.

What you'll learn

  • 1. Construct applications using unstructured data like news articles and tweets.2. Apply machine learning classifiers to categorize documents by content and au…

Syllabus 3

  1. Module 1. Why Use Text Analytics?: Learn how artificial intelligence can help us work with language data
  2. Module 2. Working with Text Data: Learn what language looks like to both humans and machines
  3. Module 3. Text Classification: Learn how to use machine learning to categorize documents based on content, authorship, and sentiment

Skills you'll practise

Ethical Standards And ConductComputational LinguisticsCognitive ScienceWorkflow AutomationArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningText ClassificationGo (Programming Language)Text ProcessingData SciencePython (Programming Language)Sentiment AnalysisPandas (Python Package)Natural Language ProcessingText MiningNatural Language Processing (NLP)Scikit-Learn (Python Package)

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
  • A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
  • Self-paced: start any time.
  • A clear syllabus (3 parts) you can see before you start.

Disadvantages

  • Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
  • Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
  • Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
  • Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.

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Free to audit

  • Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
  • Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $309). Audit access may end after the course closes.

Taught by

  • Jonathan DunnLecturer
  • Tom CoupeAssociate Professor
  • Jeanette KingProfessor
  • Girish PrayagProfessor

University of Canterbury is in Tier 4: commercial training companies and platform-made courses of our institution ranking (66/100).

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