NLP Seminar Autumn 2024

Time: every Friday from 10:15h until 12:00h
Location: Room 105 at the University Bern main building, Hochschulstrasse 4, Bern
ILIAS Course: https://ilias.unibe.ch/goto_ilias3_unibe_crs_3102245.html
KSL Entry: https://ksl.unibe.ch/KSL/kurzansicht?28&stammNr=471397&semester=HS2024&lfdNr=0

Responsible for the seminar: PD Dr. Matthias Stürmer
Main lecturer of the seminar: Luca Rolshoven

This seminar offers a conceptual and practical introduction to modern-day Natural Language Processing (NLP). The covered NLP techniques include the latest advancements such as transformer architectures, BERT, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), alongside foundational methods like Bag-of-Words (BoW), TF-IDF, and word2vec. Some lectures are featured by guest speakers from academia or industry, giving additional perspectives to the students.

Before each session, students have to study the reading material and prepare questions for discussion. This engagement will deepen the understanding and foster analytical skills. Additionally, participants will undertake a project in the realm of NLP, which they will present at the end of the seminar.

This seminar is mandatory for all students conducting a bachelor's or master's thesis at the Research Center for Digital Sustainability.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will …

• know the most important methods of NLP
• be able to understand papers in the field of NLP
• have planned, executed and presented a project in the field of NLP
• have developed your presentation skills
• be able to understand and critically comment on the presentations of your fellow students

Schedule 2024