Riding the Tailwind of NLP Explosion

Explore the evolution and practical applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in this 40-minute video featuring CB Insight's lead data scientist Rongyao Huang. Journey through the history of NLP from its prehistoric roots to the modern Bronze Age of language models, and discover how to leverage the latest advancements in the field. Learn about transformer applications, practical NLP stack evolution, and strategies for implementing NLP pipelines in real-world scenarios. Gain insights into open-source toolboxes, challenges in NLP implementation, and the future of data science through the lens of NLP. Delve into specific examples like funding extraction pipelines and discover how to move beyond proof of concept to create robust NLP solutions.

- Data Science @ CBI I
- Agenda
- The Wind Rises NLP From Prehistoric to the Bronze Age & Beyond
- Prehistoric to the Bronze Age
- Bronze Age: Language Models
- Bronze Age: Three Pillars
- Beyond Bronze Age: Is It All About Scale?
- Beyond Bronze Age: New Frontiers
- Riding the Tailwind Modernizing NLP Slack @ CBI
- NLP Slack @ CBI
- Transformer Applications
- Practical NLP Stack Evolution
- Standing on the Shoulders of Transformers Challenges & Lessons
- Open Source Toolbox
- Practical R&D @ CBI
- Example NLP Pipeline Funding Extraction
- Going Beyond POC
- Pipeline Strategies
- The Second Frontier Bauhaus for Data Science