August 2022
Beginner to intermediate
10h 14m
English
on-demand course
Introduction to Transformer Models for NLP: Using BERT, GPT, and More to Solve Modern Natural Language Processing Tasks
with Sinan Ozdemir
Closed Captioning available in English
Overview
10+ Hours of Video Instruction
Learn how to apply state-of-the-art transformer-based models including BERT and GPT to solve modern NLP tasks.
Overview
Introduction to Transformer Models for NLP LiveLessons provides a comprehensive overview of transformers and the mechanisms—attention, embedding, and tokenization—that set the stage for state-of-the-art NLP models like BERT and GPT to flourish. The focus for these lessons is providing a practical, comprehensive, and functional understanding of transformer architectures and how they are used to create modern NLP pipelines. Throughout this series, instructor Sinan Ozdemir will bring theory to life through illustrations, solved mathematical examples, and straightforward Python examples within Jupyter notebooks.
All lessons in the course are grounded by real-life case studies and hands-on code examples. After completing this lesson, you will be in a great position to understand and build cutting-edge NLP pipelines using transformers. You will also be provided with extensive resources and curriculum detail which can all be found at the course’s GitHub repository.
Ancillary files for this LiveLesson can be accessed at https://github.com/sinanuozdemir/oreilly-transformers-video-series.
About the Instructor
Sinan Ozdemir’is currently Founder and CTO of Shiba Technologies. Sinan is a former lecturer of Data Science at Johns Hopkins University and the author of multiple textbooks on data science and machine learning. Additionally, he is the founder of the recently acquired Kylie.ai, an enterprise-grade conversational AI platform with RPA capabilities. He holds a master’s degree in Pure Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University and is based in San Francisco, CA.
Skill Level
Pearson publishes expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. These professional and personal technology videos feature world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Pearson IT Certification, Sams, and Que Topics include: IT Certification, Network Security, Cisco Technology, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, and more. Learn more about Pearson Video training at http://www.informit.com/video.
Learn how to apply state-of-the-art transformer-based models including BERT and GPT to solve modern NLP tasks.
Overview
Introduction to Transformer Models for NLP LiveLessons provides a comprehensive overview of transformers and the mechanisms—attention, embedding, and tokenization—that set the stage for state-of-the-art NLP models like BERT and GPT to flourish. The focus for these lessons is providing a practical, comprehensive, and functional understanding of transformer architectures and how they are used to create modern NLP pipelines. Throughout this series, instructor Sinan Ozdemir will bring theory to life through illustrations, solved mathematical examples, and straightforward Python examples within Jupyter notebooks.
All lessons in the course are grounded by real-life case studies and hands-on code examples. After completing this lesson, you will be in a great position to understand and build cutting-edge NLP pipelines using transformers. You will also be provided with extensive resources and curriculum detail which can all be found at the course’s GitHub repository.
Ancillary files for this LiveLesson can be accessed at https://github.com/sinanuozdemir/oreilly-transformers-video-series.
About the Instructor
Sinan Ozdemir’is currently Founder and CTO of Shiba Technologies. Sinan is a former lecturer of Data Science at Johns Hopkins University and the author of multiple textbooks on data science and machine learning. Additionally, he is the founder of the recently acquired Kylie.ai, an enterprise-grade conversational AI platform with RPA capabilities. He holds a master’s degree in Pure Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University and is based in San Francisco, CA.
Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Recognize which type of transformer-based model is best for a given task
- Understand how transformers process text and make predictions
- Fine-tune a transformer-based model
- Create pipelines using fine-tuned models
- Deploy fine-tuned models and use them in production
- Intermediate/advanced machine learning engineers with experience with ML, neural networks, and NLP
- Those interested in state-of-the art NLP architecture
- Those interested in productionizing NLP models
- Those comfortable using libraries like Tensorflow or PyTorch
- Those comfortable with linear algebra and vector/matrix operations
- Python 3 proficiency with some experience working in interactive Python environments including Notebooks (Jupyter/Google Colab/Kaggle Kernels)
- Comfortable using the Pandas library and either Tensorflow or PyTorch
- Understanding of ML/deep learning fundamentals including train/test splits, loss/cost functions, and gradient descent
Pearson publishes expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. These professional and personal technology videos feature world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Pearson IT Certification, Sams, and Que Topics include: IT Certification, Network Security, Cisco Technology, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, and more. Learn more about Pearson Video training at http://www.informit.com/video.