Introduction to Deep Learning Business Applications for Developers: From Conversational Bots in Customer Service to Medical Image Processing

©  Armando Vieira, Bernardete Ribeiro 2018

Armando Vieira and Bernardete RibeiroIntroduction to Deep Learning Business Applications for Developershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3453-2_5

5. Natural Language Processing and Speech

Armando Vieira¹  and Bernardete Ribeiro²

(1)

Linköping, Sweden

(2)

Coimbra, Portugal

 

Deep learning (DL) has had a tremendous impact on natural language processing (NLP). After image and audio, probably this is the area where DL has unleashed the most transformative forces. For example, almost all projects related to NLP at Stanford University, one of the most respected institutions working on this area, involve DL research.

Language understanding is one of the oldest, and probably hardest, problems in AI since it’s very high ...