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End-to-End Natural Language Processing

March 31 @ 8:00 am April 27 @ 5:00 pm

In this course, “End-to-End Natural Language Processing”, you will learn about text data and how to process textual data using state-of-the-art AI tools. This course covers everything you need to know about natural language processing and various tasks. You will also learn about leveraging large language models for NLP, how to perform Prompt Engineering and Retrieval Augmented Generation, and how to create your own tiny AI models for specific tasks.

In this course, you will engage in hands-on activities, homework, and instructor consulting to make learning natural language processing enjoyable and rewarding. You will also be able to tackle real-world problems in natural language processing. By the end of this course, you’ll have the skills and confidence to tackle any task with natural language processing.

This course is one of 6 courses in the Foundations in AI pilot Micro-Credential pathway offered by the Translational AI Center at Iowa State University.

Complete any 3 courses listed below to earn the Foundations in AI badge:

Prerequisites

  • Basic Python programming
  • Basic understanding of deep learning
  • Basic PyTorch programming

Intended Audience

The course is intended for a broad audience within the spectrum of the software and technology industry, including software engineers, data scientists, data engineers, data analysts, research scientists, and software developers. The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of AI and how to use PyTorch for a broad range of audiences.

Course Procedures

The course starts on March 31, 2025. All coursework must be completed by May 31, 2025, in order to earn the micro-credential badge. You will continue to have access to the course materials until January 1, 2026. The approximate time to complete this course is 16 hours. 

This course has an instructional period from March 31 to April 27, 2025. During this instructional period, course materials will be released weekly and live synchronous sessions will be held. You may complete the course materials at your own pace. Live Zoom meetings will be conducted for interactive coding sessions. A suitable time for these live sessions will be determined through a group poll. The recordings of those sessions will be available soon after each meeting.

You will receive the End-to-End Natural Language Processing micro-credential badge upon successful completion of the course assessments.

Course Materials

Course materials are provided within the course. No additional purchase is required.

Expertise level:

Intermediate/Advanced

Registration

Students: 

Registration for TrAC microcredential courses would be as an independent study course with 1 credit per course. Any of the courses in the series are available for credit (each 1 credit and a maximum of 3 credits per semester) as an independent study (ME 590Z) under Dr. Aditya Balu. Students must register for the independent study by emailing benearl@iastate.edu and cc-ing baditya@iastate.edu. Also, fill this google form for our records: https://forms.gle/X615ftuW2cC9NQfj8

Industry Professionals/ISU Staff/Postdocs, etc.: 

Industry professionals, ISU Staff, and Postdocs can register to this course as non-credit microcredential badge only through ISU Online for an introductory promo price of $500.

Price: $500 Initial Promo Discounted price (ISU Professionals/Staff and government employees pay $300)