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Coursera online course: Introduction to Natural Language Processing

This course provides an introduction to the field of Natural Language Processing. It includes relevant background material in Linguistics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. Some of the topics covered in the class are Text Similarity, Part of Speech Tagging, Parsing, Semantics, Question Answering, Sentiment Analysis, and Text Summarization. The course includes quizzes, programming assignments in

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How language gives your brain a break

Here’s a quick task: Take a look at the sentences below and decide which is the most effective. (1) “John threw out the old trash sitting in the kitchen.” (2) “John threw the old trash sitting in the kitchen out.” Either sentence is grammatically acceptable, but you probably found the first one to be more

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Textkernel Joins Forces with CareerBuilder to Deliver Powerful, Multilingual Semantic Search and Matching Technologies to Recruiters

CareerBuilder announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in Textkernel, a leading-edge software company providing semantic recruitment technology to the global market. The acquisition further supports CareerBuilder’s evolution into an HR software as a service provider and enables Textkernel to accelerate its global growth.Based in Amsterdam, Textkernel is leading innovation in the field

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For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights

Technology revolutions come in measured, sometimes foot-dragging steps. The lab science and marketing enthusiasm tend to underestimate the bottlenecks to progress that must be overcome with hard work and practical engineering. The field known as “big data” offers a contemporary case study. The catchphrase stands for the modern abundance of digital data from many sources

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Lectures on Language Technology Uppsala, May 26, 2015

The computational linguistics group at Uppsala University is delighted to invite you to an afternoon of public lectures on language technology by leading experts in the field. The lectures will take place in Room 7-0043, English Park Campus, Uppsala University, on the 26th of May according to the schedule below. Attendance is free for anyone

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RANLP 2015 Student Research Workshop: First Call for Papers – Submission deadline: 10 June 2015

Student Research Workshop associated with the conference ‘Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing’ http://lml.bas.bg/ranlp2015/ranlpStud2015 Further to the previous successful and highly competitive Student Research Workshops associated with the conference ‘Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing’ (RANLP, in 2009, 2011, and 2013), we are pleased to announce the fourth edition of the workshop which will be

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Facebook acquires Wit.ai, a startup that lets developers add Siri-like language processing to their apps

Wit.ai, the Y Combinator-backed startup that enables developers to add Siri-like language processing to their apps, has been acquired by Facebook. According to a blog post from the startup, Wit.ai is joining the social network, though its “platform will remain open and become entirely free for everyone,” it says. Wit.ai’s API lets developers add voice

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