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Text Analytics 2: Visualizing Natural Language Processing

Overview

Extend your knowledge of the core techniques of computational linguistics by working through case-studies and visualizing their results.

What you'll learn

  • Practice using document similarity and topic models to work with large data sets.
  • Visualize and interpret text analytics, including statistical significance testing.
  • Assess the scientific and ethical foundations of new applications for text analysis

Syllabus 6

  1. Module 1. Text Similarity:
  2. Learn how to use machine learning to find out which words and documents have similar meanings.
  3. Module 2. Visualizing Text Analytics:
  4. Learn how to explain a model using visualization and significance testing.
  5. Module 3. Applying Text Analytics to New Fields:
  6. Learn how to apply computational linguistics to new problems and new data sets.

Skills you'll practise

Word EmbeddingCase StudyArtificial IntelligenceTopic ModelingNatural Language Processing (NLP)Heat MapsMatplotlib (Python Package)Text MiningMachine LearningPython (Programming Language)Choropleth MapPandas (Python Package)Natural Language ProcessingJupyterDeep LearningComputational Linguistics

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 (6 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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