Mastering NLP from Foundations to LLMs: Apply advanced rule-based techniques to LLMs and solve real-world business problems using Python

by: Lior Gazit (Author),Meysam Ghaffari(Author)

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26 April 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 340 pages

ISBN-10: 1804619183

ISBN-13: 9781804619186

Book Description

Enhance your NLP proficiency with mode frameworks like LangChain, explore mathematical foundations and code samples, and gain expert insights into current and future trendsKey FeaturesLea how to build Python-driven solutions with a focus on NLP, LLMs, RAGs, and GPTMaster embedding techniques and machine leaing principles for real-world applicationsUnderstand the mathematical foundations of NLP and deep leaing designsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionDo you want to master Natural Language Processing (NLP) but don’t know where to begin? This book will give you the right head start. Written by leaders in machine leaing and NLP, Mastering NLP from Foundations to LLMs provides an in-depth introduction to techniques. Starting with the mathematical foundations of machine leaing (ML), you’ll gradually progress to advanced NLP applications such as large language models (LLMs) and AI applications. You’ll get to grips with linear algebra, optimization, probability, and statistics, which are essential for understanding and implementing machine leaing and NLP algorithms. You’ll also explore general machine leaing techniques and find out how they relate to NLP. Next, you’ll lea how to preprocess text data, explore methods for cleaning and preparing text for analysis, and understand how to do text classification. You’ll get all of this and more along with complete Python code samples.By the end of the book, the advanced topics of LLMs’ theory, design, and applications will be discussed along with the future trends in NLP, which will feature expert opinions. You’ll also get to strengthen your practical skills by working on sample real-world NLP business problems and solutions.What you will leaMaster the mathematical foundations of machine leaing and NLP Implement advanced techniques for preprocessing text data and analysis Design ML-NLP systems in PythonModel and classify text using traditional machine leaing and deep leaing methodsUnderstand the theory and design of LLMs and their implementation for various applications in AIExplore NLP insights, trends, and expert opinions on its future direction and potentialWho this book is forThis book is for deep leaing and machine leaing researchers, NLP practitioners, ML/NLP educators, and STEM students. Professionals working with text data as part of their projects will also find plenty of useful information in this book. Beginner-level familiarity with machine leaing and a basic working knowledge of Python will help you get the best out of this book.
About the Author Lior Gazit is a highly skilled Machine Leaing professional with a proven track record of success in building and leading teams that use Machine Leaing to drive business growth. He is an expert in Natural Language Processing and has successfully developed innovative Machine Leaing pipelines and products. He holds a Master degree and has published in peer-reviewed manuscripts. As the Executive Director of the Machine Leaing group in the Financial sector, and a Principal Machine Leaing Advisor at an emerging startup, Lior is a respected leader in the industry, with a wealth of knowledge and experience to share. With much passion and inspiration, Lior is dedicated to using Machine Leaing to drive positive change and growth in his organizationsMeysam Ghaffari is a senior data scientist with a strong background in natural language processing and deep leaing. Currently working at MSKCC, where he specialize in developing and improving machine leaing and NLP models for healthcare problems. He has over 9 years of experience in machine leaing and over 4 years of experience in NLP and deep leaing. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Florida State University, His MS in computer Science – Artificial Intelligence from Isfahan University of Technology and his B.S. in Computer Science at Iran University of Science and Technology. He also worked as a post doctoral research associate at University of Wisconsin-Madison before joining MSKCC