Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning for Developers

This book is for developers who are looking for an introduction to basic concepts in NLP and machine learning. Numerous code samples and listings are included to support myriad topics. The first two chapters contain introductory material for NumPy and Pandas, followed by chapters on NLP concepts, algorithms and toolkits, machine learning, and NLP applications. The final chapters include examples of NLP tasks using TF2 and Keras, the Transformer architecture, BERT-based models, and the GPT family of models. The appendices contain introductory material (including Python code samples) for various topics, including data and statistics, Python3, regular expressions, Keras, TF2, Matplotlib and Seaborn. Companion files with source code and figures are included.

Features:

• Covers extensive topics related to natural language processing and machine learning
• Includes separate appendices on data and statistics, regular expressions, data visualization, Python, Keras, TF2, and more
• Features companion files with source code and color figures from the book.

The companion files are available online by emailing the publisher with proof of purchase at info@merclearning.com.

Campesato Oswald :

Oswald Campesato (San Francisco, CA) is an adjunct instructor at UC-Santa Clara and specializes in Deep Learning, Java, Android, TensorFlow, and NLP. He is the author/co-author of over twenty-five books including TensorFlow 2 Pocket Primer, Python 3 for Machine Learning, and the NLP Using R Pocket Primer (all Mercury Learning and Information).