In the first workshop of the series, we will provide a broad overview of NLP and introduce basic concepts used in NLP, including keyword counting, sentiment classification, and topic modeling. Additional topics include how NLP can be used, what the data looks like, what social science questions could be answered using NLP, and more.
Lead Instructor: Dr. Xuan Lu, Research Fellow and Research Investigator, School of Information
Dr. Xuan Lu is a research fellow in the School of Information, University of Michigan. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Peking University. She is interested in large-scale user behavior data analysis. Her current research focuses on using emoji as a lens for understanding the languages, sentiments, health, behaviors, and cultural differences of social media users. She is a recipient of the WWW best paper award in 2019 and Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship in 2017.