The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is pleased to announce a half-day online CPD workshop ‘Natural Language Processing - an introduction for information professionals’ between 1 pm and 4 pm on Wednesday February 22^nd 2023.

Book Here: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1698126&group=201314

Overview - Natural Language Processing (NLP) has revolutionised the way that humans and machines interact. We now use our voices to control all manner of digital devices, delegate writing and proofing tasks to personal assistants, and rely on all manner of automated language services in the workplace. The intelligent processing of natural language is woven into the very fabric of our everyday lives. But have you ever stopped to think about how it works, where it is heading or how you might take advantage of the opportunities it offers?

This half day workshop provides an accessible introduction to the world of NLP. We attempt to uncover some of the secrets of how it works, the benefits it provides and how to apply it to better manage, transform and exploit textual resources and other sources of unstructured data. No prior knowledge of coding is required or expected.

Who should attend?

• Library and information professionals who want to acquire an overview of NLP methods and approaches as an element of AI literacy, and build the knowledge and confidence to progress to learn more
• Intranet/web managers, information architects and search specialists
• Anyone who has implemented or is planning to implement a solution to manage, transform or exploit textual resources and other sources of unstructured data.

Topics covered include:

• NLP applications, platforms and toolkits
• Text processing and language modelling
• Lexical semantics and word embedding
• Sentiment analysis, text categorization and entity recognition
• Deep learning approaches
• Evaluating NLP systems.

Course leader - Tony Russell-Rose is Reader in Computer Science at Goldsmiths, University of London and Visiting Professor of Cognitive Computing and AI at Essex University. He is founder of 2Dsearch, a start-up applying artificial intelligence, natural language processing and data visualisation to create the next generation of advanced search tools. He is also director of UXLabs, a research and design consultancy specialising in complex search and information access applications. Previously Tony has led R&D teams at Canon, Reuters, Oracle, HP Labs and BT Labs. He has a PhD in Computer Science and a first degree in engineering, majoring in human factors.

Twitter: @tonygrr

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyrussellrose/

Blog: https://isquared.wordpress.com/

Booking and payment - The workshop (including presentation slides and documentation) costs:

• UKeiG/CILIP members £50 + VAT
• Non-members £80 + VAT
• Employer Partner staff £64 + VAT (Please contact your rep or email [log in to unmask] for the discount code

For more information, and to book online, go to: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1698126&group=201314

All UKeiG’s upcoming CPD events for 2023 are regularly updated at:

https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/event_list.asp?show=&group=201314