Top 10 Skills for NLP Specialists

Are you aiming to build or pivot into a career in natural language processing (NLP)? In this course, tech consultant and lifelong data geek Ben Sullins highlights ten skills you need to have, as an NLP specialist. Ben goes over programming and proficiency with computational libraries and frameworks. He explains the importance of algorithmic thinking and problem-solving ability, as well as a sound understanding of machine learning and deep neural networks. Ben discusses text representation techniques and statistical analysis, then dives into why you need to be able to detect patterns and anomalies and use good communication skills. Plus, he guides you through text mining and some useful NLP techniques.