Modern Natural Language Processing

About this course

This specialization features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the specialization. This comprehensive specialization covers modern Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, combining deep learning models and probability-based approaches. You will start by mastering neural networks, focusing on their role in NLP. Learn to implement text classification using TensorFlow and explore advanced models like convolutional and recurrent neural networks (RNNs). As the specialization progresses, you’ll apply these models to real-world NLP tasks like Named Entity Recognition (NER) and Parts-of-Speech (POS) tagging. The specialization then dives into NLP using probability models in Python, introducing Markov models and their applications in text classification, article spinning, and cipher decryption. Through hands-on coding exercises, you’ll apply these models to tackle real-world challenges. Ideal for learners with basic programming knowledge who want to master NLP techniques using deep learning and probability models. By the end of the specialization, you will be able to implement deep learning models for NLP tasks, apply probability models, build NLP applications using Transformers, & solve advanced NLP problems.