This workshop introduces the topic of text mining and its applications. It covers different encoding mechanisms to convert text into numbers that algorithms can handle. It gives an overview of different text mining tasks, including de-identification, sentiment analysis and document clustering, and how they work with examples and live demos. There will also be references to state-of-the-art tools and libraries to conduct various text mining tasks.

Level: Introductory

Length: 3 Hours

Format: Lecture + Hands-on

Prerequisites: Basic Python

:: Mon. June 10 ::

09:00 to 12:00

Registration link

Compute Ontario Summer School is a series of online courses on Advanced Research Computing, High Performance Computing, Research Data Management, and Research Software. It runs from June 3 to June 21, 2024. The courses are delivered each workday from 9:00am to 4:30pm (EDT) with a lunch break,  in two parallel streams. Pick-and-choose the course(s) you want to attend. Registration is free. Please register early as  courses have a limited capacity. The Summer School is jointly delivered by SHARCNET, SciNet, Centre for Advanced Computing, in collaboration with the Alliance and RDM experts from across Ontario and Canada.