Week 1: NLP in the real world and Python

DATA 441/641 · Week 1

Notes

• 1.1 NLP in the Real World(slides)
• 1.2 Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and NLP(slides)
• 1.3 A Python Tour for NLP(slides)

Labs

• Lab 1: NumPy, NLTK, and Files(PDF)
• Lab 1 solutions (password)

Homework

• Homework 1(PDF)

Additional readings

• Practical NLP, Ch. 1
• NLTK book: Language processing and Python

Discussion

• Name a product you use and two NLP tasks it is doing.
• Why does a rule-only system struggle with sarcasm or a new slang word?