NLP Boot Camp / Hands-on Natural Language Processing (TTAI3030)

Course Overview

Description

The Hands-on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generative AI Boot Camp is an immersive, three-day course that serves as your comprehensive guide to building machines that can read, interpret, and even generate human language. This unique interdisciplinary field blends computational linguistics with artificial intelligence, allowing machines to understand, interpret, generate, and interact using human language. In a data-centric world, mastering NLP and Generative AI skills gives you a competitive edge, enabling the development of sophisticated applications like voice assistants, text analyzers, chatbots, and more, with an added flair of creativity and human-like interaction.

Our expansive curriculum encompasses a wide array of NLP and Generative AI topics. Beginning with an introduction to NLP, feature extraction, and the basics of Generative AI, the course progresses to hands-on development of text classifiers and exploration of web scraping, APIs, and AI assistants. Delving deeper, you’ll explore topic modeling, vector representations, advanced text manipulation, sentiment analysis, and the innovative world of text and image generation using AI. Half of your time will be dedicated to practical labs, where you'll apply your knowledge in real-world scenarios—creating pipelines, text classifiers, working with web data, analyzing sentiment, and experimenting with AI-generated content. These labs mirror actual industry challenges, equipping you with the necessary skills to efficiently process, analyze, and generate text data. Time permitting, you’ll engage with modern tools like Python libraries, the OpenAI GPT-4 API, TensorFlow, and others in a series of hands-on exercises.

By the end of this course, you'll have a comprehensive understanding of both NLP and Generative AI. You’ll leave equipped with practical skills and insights to process and analyze text data, implement advanced text representations, apply machine learning algorithms for text data, build simple chatbots, and creatively use AI for generating text and images. You'll be adept at harnessing these technologies to gain valuable insights from text data, enhance business processes, and improve user interactions with automated text-based and generative AI systems.

Hands-on: Build a Unique GPT Assistant from Scratch

During the course, one of the projects you will complete involves harnessing the power of OpenAI APIs to create a unique GPT assistant, which we call "MeGPT." This project is not just about programming; it's an exercise in creativity and applied NLP. You'll start from scratch, building your assistant's foundation, and then meticulously train it using a dataset tailored to your specific needs and interests. As you progress, you will learn to refine its responses, ensuring accuracy and relevance. This hands-on experience is invaluable for budding data analysts and data scientists, offering a real-world application of the skills you are learning. By the end of this project, your "MeGPT" will not only respond to queries but also reflect a level of customization that makes it uniquely yours, showcasing your proficiency in both data analytics and natural language processing.

Learning Objectives

This course combines engaging instructor-led presentations, insightful demonstrations, real-world hands-on labs and engaging group activities. Throughout the course you’ll:  

• Master the fundamentals of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generative AI, understanding their role in interpreting and generating human language for valuable insights.
• Develop the ability to transform raw text into structured formats and generate creative content using AI, enhancing machine understanding and human interaction.
• Discover how to collect and utilize web data, navigate through semi-structured data sources, and integrate AI APIs for enriched project capabilities.
• Learn how to implement sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and AI-generated content to extract meaning from text data, identify trends, and add creative dimensions.
• Gain proficiency in applying machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI techniques to text data for tasks like classification, prediction, and creative generation.
• Learn to analyze text sentiment, train emotion detectors, and interpret results, while also exploring the creative potential of AI in generating novel text and images, providing new ways to gauge public opinion, understand customer feedback, and enhance user engagement.

If your team requires different topics, additional skills or a custom approach, our team will collaborate with you to adjust the course to focus on your specific learning objectives and goals.