Natural Language Processing II

Language is an important feature of what defines humanity (although other species use forms of language too!). It is a way for us to communicate even very complex ideas with others, but it is difficult to use it to communicate with software systems. Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an established field that goes back to the 1950s, but there have been a series of advancements and plateaus that have kept it from being as useful as possible.

Recent advancements are changing what is possible, however, and we are finding ourselves more able to ask for what we want from software without bending to its needs. As a result, we often get what we want.

We will cover Transformer-based Architectures and the emergence of Large Language Models such as ChatGPT.

This workshop will help you get started in adding NLP features to your software systems.

About Brian Sletten

Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on forward-leaning technologies. His experience has spanned many industries including retail, banking, online games, defense, finance, hospitality and health care. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary and lives in Auburn, CA. He focuses on web architecture, resource-oriented computing, social networking, the Semantic Web, AI/ML, data science, 3D graphics, visualization, scalable systems, security consulting and other technologies of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. He is also a rabid reader, devoted foodie and has excellent taste in music. If pressed, he might tell you about his International Pop Recording career.

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