Ever been curious about the science behind Siri or the way Instagram/Facebook screen millions of posts and captions daily for fake news? Well, look no further, because we have just the workshop for you! In this hands-on workshop, we explore some interesting applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP), where you will even get to create your own implementations of NLP models!

We begin from scratch, with an introduction to one of the most fundamental types of Machine Learning (ML) models, and take a look at how it can be used in different problem contexts. The main part of the workshop then uses these fundamentals to introduce NLP as an application of ML, with some interesting datasets from sources like NUSMODS and Google Reviews. Finally, we wrap things up with a little contest based on a real life problem where the winner gets to walk away with some fun prizes!